Post by pavlovsdog on Mar 21, 2008 0:46:26 GMT -5
boxman said:
frenchfan said:
Reference to water but also to the purity (again) and the loveThe strudel (“swirl”) is thus one of the cakes the most famous Vienneses. And according to the tradition, the paste must be stretched by innocent hands so that one can read a love letter with through!
Interesting!!
Then can we say that although Nick and Julie have "troubled waters" to navigate through, that their love for each other is still pure and innocent?? That's what a "Tastykake" versus "strudel/whirlpool" symbolism would seem to imply... ---
Did they ever reveal what triggered Sloan's alcoholism?? I don't think I remember hearing about any event in her life that triggered it. When the show has a character that abuses drugs or alcohol, they usually mention what life event triggered it, but it seems to have been left open in this episode. A bit unusual since Sloan was a major character. Her depression didn't seem to be genetic, did it? After all, her sister Megan seemed quite normal. I was wondering if Sloan was suffering from postpartem depression?? With the two very young kids?? Apparently, from the conversation with her husband in the parking lot, she must have been "normal" when she gave birth to her kids.... If Sloan indeed did suffer from postpartem depression, then it adds a ***very strange*** twist to Nick and Julie's story.....
There were a coupe of references to her being a formre ice skating protege. In the opening scene in the burger joint, the kids want to go skating and she gets agitated about it making some reference to Tonya and Nancy. Later in the game with the frat boys, she mentions how she nearly went to the Olympics in Lake Placid.
Maybe the drink problem was in part caused by her failure to make the grade in ice skating.
I liked this episode, but I did have one issue, which I suppose could be said about all episodes.
The death was recorded as an accident and only reopened because of the other frat guy coming forward with suspicion about his old bud Garrett. However, the undercover cop seemed to eliminate him early- therefore why continue to pursue the case as murder. Why then suddenly are there revealed to be 4 or 5 other potential suspects that were never suspected at the time? OK, I buy into the general concept that witnesses are more likely to suddenly talk many years later for various reasons, but given there was a cop already involved in the shady dealings of the bar owner, surely there would have been some investigation into him at the time, which in turn may have revealed the other events involved the frat guys and the eventual killer Rick.
