Episode 16
Lost and Found (02-25-02)

Brief Synopsis: Jordan searches for a missing infant whose father was murdered in an alley.

Jordan’s case should have been urgent, stressful, frantic even and instead I felt like we were at a dinner party working our way through the courses have a merry old time.  A missing child, especially baby, is not a ‘calm’ situation and that’s how they dealt with it.  I’m not sure what happened there, but the writing and the acting lost perspective.

Jordan: Jordan and Eddie actually got along (for the most part) in this episode.  Instead of thwarting each other they helped…now there’s an idea! It’s actually the one part of Jordan’s case I liked.  Eddie’s grown on me, but I’m smitten with Woody.  It was instant attraction-liking when Woody appeared. 

Jordan was adorable with the baby.  I have to agree with Eddie here, she looked so natural holding the baby.  Of course there won’t be a baby, but it was nice to see Jordan in a more motherly/compassionate view.  That’s not normally a side of Jordan portrayed too often.

Garret:  Well it seems Garret and Maggie are ‘together’—for how long this will last is anyone’s guess.  Abby knows what’s going on and that I think will have another bad effect on her if they can’t stay together this time (which I’m betting they’ll be breaking up again soon).  The one nice thing was seeing them agree about not letting Abby go off for a weekend.  Two bad parents enforce a point more than one saying no and the other saying yes.

What was up with the coach?  Was he supplying or looking the other way?  No resolution on that matter.  Here Garret goes and speaks his mind to the coach, yet we never learn if he was doing anything wrong or not. 

Bug: It’s nice to see Bug take on a good cause.  He fights for the less fortunate—something no one’s done for the poor lady how died.  It was nice to learn a little about Bug’s family, his background, and what it was like for him growing up.

Lily: Lily it seems has put Garret from her mind.  She avoided Garret at all cost and had some nice moments with Bug.  Hopefully she’s not one to dwell on the past and brood about it.  I don’t think that will happen.  Lily has too positive an attitude to let herself brood.

Nigel: Well I got my wish in one way.  They separated Bug and Nigel in this episode and proved my point that they can each carry their own story.  Nigel added a touch of humor—a job he’s good at doing.  I loved the get up Nigel was wearing.  Only he could pull off something like that.  And the little reference between him and Max about Scooby Do every Friday night on the cartoon network (along those lines) was hilarious.  I loved the line.

3 out of 5 Dead Bodies.