R. B. Mitsch's most memorable
scene and/or quote:
Kelly: "He's clumsy- he falls down a lot, he did not try to kill himself."
Russ: "He says he did. What's more he says he'll try it again."
Kelly: "He does and I'll smack him right in the mouth."
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R. B. Mitsch's review and rating:
An intriguing episode with mystery, suspense and a great background story. (Forgiving the fact that the "scenes from the past" are OBVIOUSLY not a pre-season 1 Kelly and Scott!) The story is fun in the training scenes, and the San Francisco framework location shooting looks nice. My only let down is that the acting feels pretty wooden by the supporting cast and the interior shooting feels cheaper than the usual "I Spy" standards. The great final scene where Scotty saves Elly is far too short. The flaws aside- fairly slick stuff.
Rating 8/10
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D. P. Cole's most memorable
scene and/or quote:
As much as I hate to admit it, the scene where Scotty (remembrance scene) bumps into Kelly and starts to pick up thing, he comments on Kelly's suit... [thread to follow] Yes, it conflicts with my review but it still grabbed me!
As for a quote:
Russ: " Both you and Kelly have great, big, fat, healthy egos. You both remember yourselves as more handsome, more hip and twice as skillful..."
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D. P. Cole's review and rating:
The pre-credits teaser has got to be one of the most attention-getting in the series' history. No small feat considering this is mid-season 3, with an obviously decreasing budget and already presenting itself with numerous forgettable storylines. The story itself works very well, although how the psychiatrist explains the drug which can selectively erase one's memories is stretching belief a bit. I prefer to think of it as a drug which can block most recent memories. Still, for 1967, it wasn't wrong to be creative with fantasies.
I have two minor problems with this story: As I recall, in season 1 it was stated Scott and Kelly known each other in the service for 3 years. So, in season 3 by this point it would be 5.5 years. This means they met in 1962 (contemporary time). Scotty used a lot of late-60s slang during those "remembrance" scenes of 1962. In essence, his dialogue and hairstyle were 'square' for the time and were absolutely wrong. Admittingly, the show is starting to look lower-budget (mainly due to local settings), but somebody could have taken the time to get a low-cut wig and to cut out the "Y'all've got groovy hip keen gassy mega bread awesome threads, man" and other such lines stated during the '1962' remembrance period scenes. Some care in the production department would have helped, but the story as a story does hold up on its own.
The only real problem I have is, when Scotty broke his conditioning in the ambulance, he finished telling the story to his commander Russ. Okay, here is the problem: The problem is, Scotty was rather *unconscious* during the time these particular events he was describing took place! Now if the scene were written as both of them theorizing what had happen, it would make much more sense. Oh well, I'll roll with it.
The acting on "Wally's" part is a tad limp, but the presence of Dr. Akivic is chilling, even without the introduction. Nicely played out, he was. It's a season 3 classic but thanks to sloppy or careless writing/production this ends up only as an 'above average' episode. And that is a shame as most of it gels beautifully.
Rating: 8/10
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