After a Wall Street broker sets fire to his stable - killing his underachieving racehorses in the process - the team visits Kentucky to help the heartsick trainer, Eliot's high school love.After a Wall Street broker sets fire to his stable - killing his underachieving racehorses in the process - the team visits Kentucky to help the heartsick trainer, Eliot's high school love.After a Wall Street broker sets fire to his stable - killing his underachieving racehorses in the process - the team visits Kentucky to help the heartsick trainer, Eliot's high school love.
- Jim Sterling
- (as Mark A. Sheppard)
- Birthday Party Girl
- (uncredited)
- Thug #1
- (uncredited)
- Investor #2
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song "More Than I Deserve" heard during this episode, was written and performed by Christian Kane who plays Eliot Spencer.
- GoofsIn the card game with Foss, Nate (apparently -- only his hands are shown) performs several card manipulations. Unfortunately, two of them involve the whole deck -- as there was a dealer in the game, Nate would not have had access to the whole deck.
- Quotes
Sophie Devereaux: I don't know what comes of chasing the past, you know, Elliot?
Eliot Spencer: Well, Sophie, sweetie, I don't think you and Nate get to serve me that particular meal.
Sophie Devereaux: Ouch.
This episode is notable for a couple of reasons. The first of these is its incorporation of Eliot Spencer's past into the plot. This is the first appearance of a device that the show's writers would use over the course of the series, as doing so became an effective way of both adding to the emotional stakes while simultaneously supplying a little backstory about the central characters. This comes across most effectively in Eliot's interaction with Aimee Martin, Willie's daughter and Eliot's former sweetheart. It helps that Jamie Ray Newman is good in her role, as she demonstrates that for all of the ability of the show's main cast an episode needed good actors against whom to play off for best effect.
And whereas the previous episode "The Homecoming Job" demonstrated this in the negative by having less-than-commanding actors playing the antagonists, it more than makes up for this not just with Newman but with two other excellent guest stars. As the obnoxious Foss, Rick Hoffman foreshadows his brilliant performance as Louis Litt in Suits, making his character one whose comeuppance is so richly desirable that it's even better for coming twice in the episode. Yet it's Sterling who's the episode's true antagonist, and Mark Sheppard nails the scheming arrogance that made his character so plausible as a perennial foil for the team. Taken together, it makes for the sort of enjoyable and suspenseful caper that would soon become standard for the series.
- academic-drifter
- Mar 3, 2021
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1