Post by TVFan on May 26, 2006 13:00:56 GMT -5
As a way of getting things up and running in this forum and by request, I'm going to post my Pass The Remote reviews of each of this past season's episodes. These "reviews" are in their original form, so they were written the Monday after the episode aired and they are meant for a more mass audience unlike our well versed CC group here. 
If you have a review, be sure to send it to me at tvfan08@yahoo.com.
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Getting Back on the 'Case'
So, remember how I was all warm and fuzzy over Without A Trace's return to glory last week? Well, take that and double it for my reaction to last night's Cold Case episode. I'm sorry I ever doubted you Cold Case! This had to be one of the show's finest hours for me. Everything clicked and the show lived up to its potential in a big way. The case was so emotional and well written. Lilly was a central part of the case, but the show still managed to give the other detectives really great scenes and plenty to do. I don't want to jinx anything, but it's looking like the earlier problems were due to six being too many on this show. How heartbreaking was the story in this episode?? A mother loses four of her five sons over a six year period. No wonder she had let her life slip so much. I liked the way this episode was not about who killed the boys as much as it was about this family and how each death affected them. Cold Case has the advantage of time, so it's nice when they utilize it to such a effective degree. This was the type of story that would not have had the same impact if it had not been a cold case. The juxtaposition of the opening scene with the family sitting around eating Thanksgiving dinner together with the current day images of the same, and sadly smaller, family was very moving. I thought that Lilly took this case especially hard since she had worked the first Bubley murder, and her inner-conflict of walking the line between caring and the hardened attitude of not caring was especially well done. Kathryn Morris really had a tour-de-force episode, and she carried it off beautifully. I LOVED Lilly's scene with Patrick in the file storage area. She may not have been able to eradicate the gang responsible for the four Bubley deaths, but she was able to get through to Patrick about his own life. Usually on this show, a lot of things are wrapped up at the end, but this episode gave you a sense of hope, but also a sense that there are some things that you just aren't going to be able to change. Vera's scenes with gang leader Miguel's pregnant girlfriend were also well done, and Scotty's hospital scene with the wounded gang member was great. This episode marked the return of one of my favorite Cold Case-isms: No Drugs Today. They used this back in season one to flush out a source, and now again to get the required information from a neighborhood drug dealer. It was well done both times, and hysterical both times! Overall, an excellent episode and exactly what this show needed to get it back on track.
To see this review it its original format, click over to Pass the Remote
If you have a review, be sure to send it to me at tvfan08@yahoo.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Getting Back on the 'Case'
So, remember how I was all warm and fuzzy over Without A Trace's return to glory last week? Well, take that and double it for my reaction to last night's Cold Case episode. I'm sorry I ever doubted you Cold Case! This had to be one of the show's finest hours for me. Everything clicked and the show lived up to its potential in a big way. The case was so emotional and well written. Lilly was a central part of the case, but the show still managed to give the other detectives really great scenes and plenty to do. I don't want to jinx anything, but it's looking like the earlier problems were due to six being too many on this show. How heartbreaking was the story in this episode?? A mother loses four of her five sons over a six year period. No wonder she had let her life slip so much. I liked the way this episode was not about who killed the boys as much as it was about this family and how each death affected them. Cold Case has the advantage of time, so it's nice when they utilize it to such a effective degree. This was the type of story that would not have had the same impact if it had not been a cold case. The juxtaposition of the opening scene with the family sitting around eating Thanksgiving dinner together with the current day images of the same, and sadly smaller, family was very moving. I thought that Lilly took this case especially hard since she had worked the first Bubley murder, and her inner-conflict of walking the line between caring and the hardened attitude of not caring was especially well done. Kathryn Morris really had a tour-de-force episode, and she carried it off beautifully. I LOVED Lilly's scene with Patrick in the file storage area. She may not have been able to eradicate the gang responsible for the four Bubley deaths, but she was able to get through to Patrick about his own life. Usually on this show, a lot of things are wrapped up at the end, but this episode gave you a sense of hope, but also a sense that there are some things that you just aren't going to be able to change. Vera's scenes with gang leader Miguel's pregnant girlfriend were also well done, and Scotty's hospital scene with the wounded gang member was great. This episode marked the return of one of my favorite Cold Case-isms: No Drugs Today. They used this back in season one to flush out a source, and now again to get the required information from a neighborhood drug dealer. It was well done both times, and hysterical both times! Overall, an excellent episode and exactly what this show needed to get it back on track.
To see this review it its original format, click over to Pass the Remote
