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Date Posted: 01:07:02 05/10/03 Sat
Author: Tracy
Subject: My thoughts on the Meltdown of JAG....
In reply to: - 's message, "season eight:Meltdown, April 29, 2003" on 23:32:09 05/05/03 Mon

I have to admit, I was not going into this episode with very high expectations � even after Kip said there was a twist that no one had thought of. No expectations, harder to be disappointed, right?

Well, I was still greatly disappointed in this episode. Some of the greatest stuff JAG has done has been written by Donald P. Bellisario � The Pilot, Skeleton Crew, We The People, Ghost Ship, Death Watch, To Russia With Love, Gypsy Eyes (no, I do not count Boomerang as a great achievement after the way Mac�s character was butchered in the space of two episodes). Despite Boomerang, you would think DPB�s track record would improve the odds that these shows would be something special �.

Everyone by now probably knows how I felt about last week�s episode, �Ice Queen�, so I won�t rehash that here. And I haven�t decided in my own mind whether �Meltdown� turned out better or worse than it�s predecessor did. I will tell you that neither episode was anything to write home about. Okay, so why am I writing this? I don�t know � maybe just because it will look good on my website and I�m not about to censor my views. You all KNOW how I feel about that.

As I was watching the episode last night, I took notes, so this will be roughly in chronological order as events happened in the episode.

1. Amy was right (in the PTP for this episode) � one could have watched the �Previously on JAG� portion before the credits and not have missed a thing from last week�s episode. One of my complaints way back when during Adrift II was they spent too much time recapping and delayed moving on into the action. Now, I know this wasn�t a cliffhanger (not really � how many people actually expected Harm to be convicted?), but I care about Harm. I want to know how he�s going to get off. More importantly in this case, I want to see if there is anything about this episode that I have not already predicted. Let�s get on with it, shall we?
2. I don�t like the way the JAG officers were dispatched with. *That�s* the explanation we�re being given for them not being involved? Sorry, that doesn�t cut it, and I�m not even going to get into CB�s blink-and-you�ll-miss-her appearance. Couldn�t they have at least had a short scene of her testifying, which is the only reason I could think of for her *not* to be involved in some way, and if she wasn�t testifying, there was no reason for her not to be sitting in the courtroom, supporting Harm. I know the real-life reason why CB wasn�t in the episode more, but Joe Schmoe viewer probably doesn�t know as much, so couldn�t they have thrown in a better explanation into the episode? Anyone remember �People v. Rabb�? Not only did Harm hide out at Mac�s, but Bud got involved in helping him hide out, bringing him supplies when he was on the ferry. One of my favorite Bud scenes ever in JAG is when he stands up to Harm in that episode when Harm tries to protect him from possible repercussions of helping him. Those are my JAG characters, not the people we�ve seen the last two weeks.
3. Could Faith Coleman (the female defense attorney for those who didn�t catch her name) be any more anal? Organization is nice, but she�s bordering on obsessive-compulsive. That�s not a character quirk; it�s simply annoying. And where was she trying to prove her client�s innocence? Maybe I�m just used to the lengths that Harm, Mac, Bud, et al, will go to fo�

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