Was not initially intending to review this episode until I noticed the earlier where the IMDb member talked about plot holes.
This is sort of a bete noire for me, so I will weigh in.
If this were a free standing movie it would indeed suffer from a number of iffy script devices that were clearly intended to move the action along, from Act to Act, between commercial breaks.
Such as the heroine leaving protective custody, EVEM THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN WARNED NOT TO, and then trusting a stranger she had no reason to.
Also the way the bad guys (legionairres) appeared out of nowhere for the confrontation in the lobby. A touch of sloppy writing indeed.
However if you keep in mind that the writers and the producers are doing episodic TV, and each week they have to juggle the long arc and the short arc, this is actually a pretty fun, easy to watch, middle of the road episode.
The heroine in the short arc gets the TBAA treatment (discussed on other reviews) and we the viewers get to advance the long arc with a lovely cameo by Amy Acker and Bear at the end.
Not so bad.
The action moves smartly. There is a fight scene at the 17:00 mark which is good as anything else in Season 3 to date, and also includes a handy Mr Wizard trick for staying alive when jumping off a third floor window.
A matter of perspective. One reviewer sees a lost episode. Another sees a baseline for middle of the road.
You choose.
This is sort of a bete noire for me, so I will weigh in.
If this were a free standing movie it would indeed suffer from a number of iffy script devices that were clearly intended to move the action along, from Act to Act, between commercial breaks.
Such as the heroine leaving protective custody, EVEM THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN WARNED NOT TO, and then trusting a stranger she had no reason to.
Also the way the bad guys (legionairres) appeared out of nowhere for the confrontation in the lobby. A touch of sloppy writing indeed.
However if you keep in mind that the writers and the producers are doing episodic TV, and each week they have to juggle the long arc and the short arc, this is actually a pretty fun, easy to watch, middle of the road episode.
The heroine in the short arc gets the TBAA treatment (discussed on other reviews) and we the viewers get to advance the long arc with a lovely cameo by Amy Acker and Bear at the end.
Not so bad.
The action moves smartly. There is a fight scene at the 17:00 mark which is good as anything else in Season 3 to date, and also includes a handy Mr Wizard trick for staying alive when jumping off a third floor window.
A matter of perspective. One reviewer sees a lost episode. Another sees a baseline for middle of the road.
You choose.