Lara's Review - Road Kill

I loved this episode, and it will definitely have a permanent place among my favorites.

There were a number of reasons why I loved it, but perhaps the foremost is that the entire cast was working on one case, they each had a role to play and they got to interact with each other, something that usually doesn’t happen when there is more than one storyline. The only person missing was Lily, which is always sad as she brings a compassion and softness to the morgue.

I loved this episode because it brought together great acting and brilliant production. Road Kill presented us with one of Crossing Jordan’s all time memorable villains in Ryan Kessler. The character was really well written; even though Kessler is a cold blooded murderer you feel empathy for her and almost feel sorry for her situation, Alicia Coppola did a fantastic job at portraying her on screen, and certainly managed to scare me sufficiently enough to make me check under my bed before I went to sleep.

The main cast was on fire in this episode. Part of what makes television different from theatre is that you can act with your eyes on television. Between Woody and Jordan, it was all in the eyes! It was great to see Jordan and Woody together again, even if there is still tension between the two, particularly when it comes to JD. Woody is obviously jealous of JD, but to his credit he is staying relatively mature about the situation. At the moment there is a nice truce between the two characters, I like it, and it will certainly make future episodes more interesting, because all issues do eventually come to ahead and I can’t wait to see it.

Between JD and Jordan, do I think the end is nigh? I am not sure, a major crack has begun to appear, and trust is something Jordan has always had a problem with, the fact that JD has this problem as well will make their relationship interesting, if there is no trust can the relationship succeed? I loved that Kessler pointed out Jordan’s issues with intimacy, maybe this realization will drive Jordan to work on these issues with JD, we will see.

The comic relief courtesy of Bug and Nigel is always good to have, and when they get to work together, fun will always ensue.

It is in episodes when the cast work together on one case that the camaraderie that exists between the actors off set is transferred onto screen and it always good to see this chemistry.

I love watching television for the film making process; it is always something that has fascinated me and I love it when it just works. Road Kill was a perfect example of great film making. The angles of the camera told the story, the transitions between the scenes were fluid and blended into each other with ease, and as usual, we can always rely on Crossing Jordan having a great soundtrack. Roxann Dawson did a great job at directing this episode; she knew the characters and was really able to tell not only the main story, but the interpersonal story as well.

This was an episode where everything worked, classic Crossing Jordan, certainly one of the best this season, if not so far.