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Meredith44 · 06-08-2005, 01:39 PM

I rewatched "Bogie Man" the other day and realized that it pretty much had the elements that I like in a WaT episode. Jack was snarky and sarcastic rather than angsty and mopey. Samantha and Martin were able to show lots of emotional subtext and nuance. (Although I didn't like the actual break-up, the presentation of it and the aftermath of it were well done!) Also, Samantha's rotten day was explored well. First the Martin thing, then the Jack comment, and then later when she was stared at by the local cops and just sighed. It was a nice continuing theme throughout the episode, but I don't think it was overdone. We got a bit of the personal issues (with Vivan's relationship to Reggie explored) but it was done subtly. (I loved how Reggie opened her pills so easily for her at the end when she was struggling with them alone at the beginning. What symbolism...) They also referred back to Samantha's history as a run-away when she and Jack decided that she would be the best one to talk to the missing person, but they didn't beat the reasoning over our heads. I liked the basic story well enough (although the missing person could have been made a bit more sympathetic). The first suspect wasn't the right one, but he was believable as a red herring, and his transformation from suspect to victim was done well. The side-plot of the Sheriff having been involved with the initial cover-up was handled well. I liked that there were twists, but that they didn't come from left-field. And finally, I like that the whole story wasn't completely wrapped up in a neat little package, that the original case from seven years ago remained unsolved. It is just more realistic (to me) that way. Anyway, enough of my rambling...

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Originally Posted by carrieross

The friendly skies for me yesterday... good epi, and lots of Danny scenes, including the cut ones...

THE moment is getting closer...

I'm proud of you for not racing ahead to get to that special episode! I completely bounced around when I rewatched them on DVD. I still don't think I have rewatched all of them yet. (And I loaned them to a friend to try to hook her on them, so I shall not be rewatching them anytime soon!)