Episode 105
Mr. Little and Mr. Big (02-18-07)
This
was just an odd episode. Not awful, not great, just
odd. I wonder where the idea came from.
I
don’t even know where to begin. Neither case interested
me. What I found to be interesting were the
interactions of the characters.
Ruby—I don’t know about all of you, but I loved her (or
the actress who portrayed her). She had this haunting
quality about her. Her eyes got to me every time I saw
her. Her face—the sadness, the happiness, the pain, the
joy, the anger, the shock, the deceitfulness…every
emotion Ruby portrayed (and there were quite a few) she
made me feel for her. Out of everything she was the
highlight of the episode for me.
The
resolutions of each case left me battling with myself.
The one thing both these cases had in common was the
characters had to deal with an ethical dilemma.
I was
glad Jordan didn’t turn Ruby in. I wanted the best for
her, but at the same time my moral sense of duty was
saying Jordan did the wrong thing. Guess that’s why
ethical choices are always so hard.
And
Woody, wanting to say something about Parnell, but not.
I get that he didn’t ‘see’ what happened, so saying
something might cause more trouble than it’s worth.
Again it comes down to an ethical choice. Does
Woody keep quiet, because, after all they did get a
dangerous drug dealer off the street. But was it
done the right way? And what does Woody write in his report about an underage boy being
dragged into helping out? Does he let these issues go?
Jordan is not equipped to deal with an emotional Lily.
She gives Lily some good advice, but their girl talk
felt very tense. We haven’t seen Jordan and Lily work
together in a long time. It’s interesting. To me
Jordan and Nigel seem to have an easier relationship
than Lily and Jordan.
Kate! She’s been the best addition to the morgue since
Elaine. I want to know more about her. She’s a pain in
the a** one moment and kind the next. She gives grief
to Garret and Nigel, then tells Ivers what she thinks of
him the next. She likes to be in control—whether it’s
undermining Garret or telling Nigel all information goes
through her (a bit hypocritical, but all of us can be,
it’s human). She definitely has her faults, yet at the
same time I like her.
Here’s where the episode just does jive for me:
1-
Woody’s story and Jordan’s story are on different time
lines—or at least they started out at different times. We start the episode
with Garret telling Jordan she’s going on a road trip
for the day. Obviously it’s morning. Then we flash to
Woody and he’s bringing in a suspect and it’s dark
outside (evening—and it can’t be just before daybreak
because Kate goes home to get eight hours of sleep).
Then we cut to Jordan driving and it’s bright out,
obviously well past daybreak. Times just don’t jive,
until we get to the end of the episode then they're on
the same day and time.
2-
How does Jordan work a 24 hour shift? She’s just
got off a 14 hour shift—then she’s gone for the entire
day dealing with Ruby and the ‘little guy’. She’s been
up for over 24 hours at this point. How’s she still
functioning?
--> The timeline for this episode is completely
missing. It’s impossible to have the events of this
episode unfold the way they did.
3-
Anyone want to guess what month it is? We ended 33
Bullets in May. We jumped a month in time in
Crazy Little Thing Called Love to put us at lets say
the beginning of July. Supposedly we jumped several
months in this episode (I believe I read 4 months
somewhere) so let’s say we’re into early November. Even
with the insanely warm winter we had up to January here
in Massachusetts,
there wouldn’t be trees and flowers in full bloom at
that point. Minor. I’m not picking on anyone. I know
the whole timeline issue is completely screwed up this
season.
Filming:
Something about the cutting between scenes didn’t work
for me. We ended so many scenes smack in the middle of
it—or so it felt to me. I was pulled out of one
case and dragged into the other. And just as I
switched gears, wham I was thrown back into the first
case. Some of the ending spots worked, but others
just didn’t flow for me. I get the suspense
factor…leave them wondering, but this didn’t feel right to me. I think the lack of
continuous time between the two cases didn’t help that.
It was very jumpy.
Question:
Is it a common fact that most people know that
hibiscuses don’t smell? I just wondered, cause I’m not
a plant person. I
went to look up the flower and it took me forever to
find the fact that indeed a hibiscus does not have a
smell. Maybe I’m just lacking in my plant education :)
Not
to sound mean, but this episode was pretty poorly
written—basic timeline issues that shouldn’t happen.
Maybe I’m being harder than the average person, but
story telling is what I do, and when your basic timeline
doesn’t work it’s hard to get the rest of the plot to
work. Maybe there were changes I don't know about.
I know circumstances always play a role, but the final
product we saw wasn't of the quality we're used to.
Does
it seem like there’s a lack of music this season?
Instead of having some great vocals we’re getting much
more instrumental music. I wonder if securing music
rights for earlier seasons has had anything to do with
the lack of music this season. I miss it though. CJ
always had great music.
2 1/2 dead bodies out of 5.
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