Episode 115
Dead Again (05-02-07)
This was some standard Crossing Jordan.
No major trauma to any one of our main characters—just
your standard two cases, and the team working to solve
them with their personal life intermingling in the
cases. I kind of miss the simplicity of those older
episodes. You know what you were getting. And while
this did pull on everything that’s happened this season
from Ivers to Lily to Jeffery it was still ‘normal’.
The logistics of Jordan’s case are
somewhat questionable, but I think the enjoyable part
wasn’t really about the case—you knew the husband was
guilty—it was more about the dynamics of Jordan and
Ivers working together. The roles were reversed—and our
dear little ‘pain in the backside’ Ivers was suddenly on
the other side of the fence.
Garret: The man has a hard time admitting an error.
Yes, he does. I thought it was
entertaining that Ivers was brought back into the morgue
dynamic. I thought we’d seen the end of him after
Isolation. I like the continuity of characters coming
back. Ivers had to deal with the circumstance of
returning to the morgue. It’s fun to see character
development in the minor characters like that. Just
like the continuation of Seely. Granted we don’t see
much of him, but there’s a dynamic between him and the
members of the morgue…and that’s built on each time he
reappears.
Okay, it’s official. I’ve totally
abandoned the J-W Ship. I’ve got a new couple that I’m
absolutely crazy over: Nigel and Kate! The best parts
of the episode for me were the Nigel/Kate interactions.
They have the dynamic I once loved about Jordan and
Woody.
Kate—flirting with Nigel! My favorite
moment of the entire episode. It was perfect, Kate
straightening his bow tie and then untying it. Totally
a ‘Kate Moment’. What’s so nice about the two is
neither of them are afraid to speak their mind to one
another and it creates some of the most delightful
scenes between them. They’re growing on each other.
Have you seen Kate smile so much? And 95% of the time,
Nigel is the source/cause of her smiles.
Lily giving birth in the morgue. I knew
it was coming—that said I didn’t believe it—the scene
was just not quite right. 1) As much as I ADORE Kate,
and thought she was great in this scene, she was the
WRONG person to be there. If the writers were going to
do a touchy-feely moment like that it should have been
Jordan delivering Lily’s baby, with Nigel, Bug and
Garret there. That’s the family dynamic.
I have to say it was amusing though to
hear Lily mutter she wasn’t giving birth in autopsy.
And both Bug and Kate saying they need a doctor and Lily
telling them they are doctors.
Wow Lily and Jeffery—anyone with eyes can
see they don’t belong together. I was a bit shocked at
how bad they were to each other. Jeffery has no
backbone (I’ve said that from the beginning). If he’d
been a stronger man, they might have had a chance
together. The scene at the precinct when Jeffery tells
Bug to get out of Lily’s life because he loves her and
Bug responds that he loves her too was one of the few
Lily Bug moments I’ve truly loved. There was no
thinking involved, just pure spontaneous reaction. I
wish Lily had been there to hear that.
Did Jeffery get what he deserved? I
can’t say I felt sorry for him. Sad, but not sorry.
Missing your child’s birth was a moment he’ll never get
back, but he brought this upon himself. I believe the
law is that Jeffery has no rights when it comes to the
child. He and Lily aren’t married, so basically Lily
has control of the situation. She tried to do the
co-parenting, but it didn’t work. It didn’t work
because Jeffery let his mother rule his life.
Random
Entertaining Moments:
Jordan: So now you’re a big picture guy
all of the sudden.
Lily: Pregnancy trumps menopause.
Kate: I’m going to go practice being
human.
Woody: After you bail her out, chain her
to something.
Bug: (after Lily tells him he is a
doctor) We need another doctor.
Random
Side Note:
The dead wife was living in Sudbury. I
work in that town. I always find it fun when I can
associate locations they name with actual places, or
events, or what not.
3 1/2 out of
5 dead bodies.
