Ep. 5.11 Family 8108

[longislanditalian2]

Her dad did die in Philly, they were in a camp in California but moved to Philly. The Daughter said that they never caught who did it.

[eduardodelroice]

Thanks LII2... So the police originally loooked in California???

[stillmanfan]

Good episode as it shows how sometimes people are embarrassed by what happened in history.

I loved how John was found by Lilly at the bar and she left the file there.

I don't know why but a Cold Case episode without 'boss' just seems stale or something.

[mayhemgirl]

How funny. I really thought the show flirted with cliches about the internment of Japanese-Americans. And I really, really had trouble buying the idea that someone who grew up as close friends with a family of another race could be "turned racist" in combat. I still do, actually: particularly if he was a commander of a valiant fighting unit made up of people who happened to be that race. That plot twist didn't work for me.

But despite the mental leap it takes to buy the murder motive, if there really are Americans out there who didn't know about the internment camps, then it's all worthwhile.

The Eastern Sierras are very physically beautiful, but they contain something ugly that we need to remember.

Now, whether we were in danger of rounding up Arab-Americans after 9/11, I don't know. I do know that I've had to slap down a few people for using derogatory terms for Arab-Americans on occasion. (My half-sister is half-Arab; she may live 3000 miles away, but I do feel a need to defend her honor when it's appropriate.)

So, yes--I may not have been able to buy the "puzzle" side of this. When I saw it, I thought it was a bit of a cop-out to make racism the motive. But if it's teaching people about a shameful chapter in American history, then that's a good thing.

[coldfan74]

Apr 24, 2010 22:06:56 GMT -5 mayhemgirl said:

How funny. I really thought the show flirted with cliches about the internment of Japanese-Americans. And I really, really had trouble buying the idea that someone who grew up as close friends with a family of another race could be "turned racist" in combat. I still do, actually: particularly if he was a commander of a valiant fighting unit made up of people who happened to be that race. That plot twist didn't work for me.

But despite the mental leap it takes to buy the murder motive, if there really are Americans out there who didn't know about the internment camps, then it's all worthwhile.

The Eastern Sierras are very physically beautiful, but they contain something ugly that we need to remember.

Now, whether we were in danger of rounding up Arab-Americans after 9/11, I don't know. I do know that I've had to slap down a few people for using derogatory terms for Arab-Americans on occasion. (My half-sister is half-Arab; she may live 3000 miles away, but I do feel a need to defend her honor when it's appropriate.)

So, yes--I may not have been able to buy the "puzzle" side of this. When I saw it, I thought it was a bit of a cop-out to make racism the motive. But if it's teaching people about a shameful chapter in American history, then that's a good thing.

A lot of young Americans don't know about the camps interestingly. Another sweep under the rug deal.

Just because one is a "friend" doesn't mean they aren't closeted racists. Racism comes in different forms..Stereotypes being one of them. Some subtle and other times blatant. So it doesn't surprise me at all.

Even though things are better in the US than it was then, we're still in an ugly chapter of American history. Maybe a few generations after us will it ever get better.

[ninja1088]

IMO Skip wasn't a racist as much as he was someone who was clearly suffering from PTSD,which wasn't known at all back in 1945. Skip has basically seen his comrades blown to bit by the Japanese,shot by the Japanese, and tortured by the Japanese. Throw in all the fighting and combat he did, there is no way you can come back the way you were before. December (when Ray died) was past the "honeymoon" phase of the troops coming home. Skip didn't see a friend that night,he saw someone that looked like the people who killed his army comrades and maimed others. War is hell, and it's clearly shown in the PTSD that Skip and so many others soldiers have suffered from.

[darthyan]

Given that he only started ranting after Stillman guessed that the faces looked like Billy and Ray, I think he clung to it in order to live with his guilt.