Matt Houston came to find a piece of his troubled past yet again in this grim and monstrous episode. The plot starts when he suspects a previous tormentor from his childhood had victimized another little boy. The chase leads him to a mental hospital and from there, a powerful final confrontation at a dog pound culminating with nightmare sequences and a bitter sweet resolution.
The subject is rather heavy and a hair gritty, even for the time period. It explores trauma in a profound and evocative way and balances comedy and seriousness fairly well, save for what I felt to be a few lulls. It's not light fair despite the somewhat cheesy and dated feel of the show, and Bart's actor was well cast for the role of a kidnapping murderer.
Overall good episode for a less slickly done show that's successful in its atmosphere and message.
The subject is rather heavy and a hair gritty, even for the time period. It explores trauma in a profound and evocative way and balances comedy and seriousness fairly well, save for what I felt to be a few lulls. It's not light fair despite the somewhat cheesy and dated feel of the show, and Bart's actor was well cast for the role of a kidnapping murderer.
Overall good episode for a less slickly done show that's successful in its atmosphere and message.