Post by TVFan on May 26, 2006 13:49:36 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 for, be sure to send it to me at tvfan08@yahoo.com.
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Cold Case Relives Springsteen's 'Glory Days'
Isn't it fun having new episodes of our favorite shows again? I mean, the hiatus is nice because we're all entirely too busy to catch new episodes during the holiday season (and thus the reason for the hiatus), but it's a welcome change when they do return. I guess absence truly does make the heart grow fonder! This was certainly the case last night with my love affair with Cold Case. I was once again skeptical of the single-artist soundtrack idea because I haven't been the biggest proponent of this device in the past, but I thought it worked nicely here. Of course being a huge Veronica Mars fan, I couldn't help but notice right off the bat that Meg was back! I mean it wasn't actually Meg (since she died on Veronica in the last new episode). Once again actress Alona Tal played a character in love with someone who was really in love with someone else. Except, poor Meg didn't live long enough to actually marry the person in love with someone else. It was good to see Meg again, though. Show creator and executive producer Meredith Stiehm wrote this episode and according to the article in the January 1st-8th edition of TV Guide, she actually wrote the episode to the lyrics of the Bruce Springsteen songs she wanted to use. It was an interesting experiment and it really served the show well. I thought the device worked best in the flashback where Clem decided to help Petey steal cars in order to get enough money to help May. The flashback was done so well that it didn't even require dialog because the lyrics from Springsteen's "Stolen Car" told the story. Director Mark Pellington (one of the series' stand-out directors) did an excellent job treating the flashbacks as music videos. I thought this was another episode where the resolution made sense and I wasn't left scratching my head.
Regarding the scoop last week from TV Guide that I covered here, it seems the wheels have been put into motion. I think this case had everyone on the team thinking about second chances. Stillman decided it was worth it to try and patch things up (piece by piece) with his ex-wife starting with dinner. May claimed that she and Clem tried to go back, but they learned that you couldn't, but I don't think she truly believed that idea. If things had turned out differently for Clem, I think he and May would still be happily together. This episode was really about the choices we make to follow the dreams we have when we're young and the lasting effects they have on our overall happiness. Sally and Clem found that the happiness they had with each other faded when the real world stepped in. I think the case left Lilly wondering what might have been if she and this "motorcycle man" had actually walked up those steps at the courthouse instead of sitting outside on them for hours. How would her life be different? It's hard to picture our sensible, by-the-book Lil running off with someone she had known two weeks and almost marrying him, but when you hear the part about how they sat on the steps and never entered the courthouse, it makes sense. It sounds like she was running away from a life that was more than likely suffocating her, but the sensible side in her realized marrying a virtual stranger wasn't going to fix anything. The closing shot of her in bed looking over the photos was more than likely (based on the TV Guide scoop) a bit of foreshadowing of future episodes. It will be interesting to see where this journey takes her.
To see this review it its original format, click over to Pass the Remote
If you have a review for, be sure to send it to me at tvfan08@yahoo.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cold Case Relives Springsteen's 'Glory Days'
Isn't it fun having new episodes of our favorite shows again? I mean, the hiatus is nice because we're all entirely too busy to catch new episodes during the holiday season (and thus the reason for the hiatus), but it's a welcome change when they do return. I guess absence truly does make the heart grow fonder! This was certainly the case last night with my love affair with Cold Case. I was once again skeptical of the single-artist soundtrack idea because I haven't been the biggest proponent of this device in the past, but I thought it worked nicely here. Of course being a huge Veronica Mars fan, I couldn't help but notice right off the bat that Meg was back! I mean it wasn't actually Meg (since she died on Veronica in the last new episode). Once again actress Alona Tal played a character in love with someone who was really in love with someone else. Except, poor Meg didn't live long enough to actually marry the person in love with someone else. It was good to see Meg again, though. Show creator and executive producer Meredith Stiehm wrote this episode and according to the article in the January 1st-8th edition of TV Guide, she actually wrote the episode to the lyrics of the Bruce Springsteen songs she wanted to use. It was an interesting experiment and it really served the show well. I thought the device worked best in the flashback where Clem decided to help Petey steal cars in order to get enough money to help May. The flashback was done so well that it didn't even require dialog because the lyrics from Springsteen's "Stolen Car" told the story. Director Mark Pellington (one of the series' stand-out directors) did an excellent job treating the flashbacks as music videos. I thought this was another episode where the resolution made sense and I wasn't left scratching my head.
Regarding the scoop last week from TV Guide that I covered here, it seems the wheels have been put into motion. I think this case had everyone on the team thinking about second chances. Stillman decided it was worth it to try and patch things up (piece by piece) with his ex-wife starting with dinner. May claimed that she and Clem tried to go back, but they learned that you couldn't, but I don't think she truly believed that idea. If things had turned out differently for Clem, I think he and May would still be happily together. This episode was really about the choices we make to follow the dreams we have when we're young and the lasting effects they have on our overall happiness. Sally and Clem found that the happiness they had with each other faded when the real world stepped in. I think the case left Lilly wondering what might have been if she and this "motorcycle man" had actually walked up those steps at the courthouse instead of sitting outside on them for hours. How would her life be different? It's hard to picture our sensible, by-the-book Lil running off with someone she had known two weeks and almost marrying him, but when you hear the part about how they sat on the steps and never entered the courthouse, it makes sense. It sounds like she was running away from a life that was more than likely suffocating her, but the sensible side in her realized marrying a virtual stranger wasn't going to fix anything. The closing shot of her in bed looking over the photos was more than likely (based on the TV Guide scoop) a bit of foreshadowing of future episodes. It will be interesting to see where this journey takes her.
To see this review it its original format, click over to Pass the Remote
