Proswatch Community Viewing: First Night
This episode is way up there in my very favorite top ten list... The partner moments in this are just sublime. And it seems a bit "grittier" than other episodes on the list of partnership moment favorites... Making this an episode I usually recommend (when asked) as a good first episode to show people you are trying to hook them on the show.
I like the pace and the scale of the episode - They never stop running/moving and they pull out the big budget guns (boats, helicopters, big locations, etc.) The cast is *huge* and makes the whole thing feel expansive. And, although this is clearly television policing, I get the feeling they are actually working - They seem to take long, time-consuming steps to figure it all out and actually have to do some legwork.
This one is *rolling* in tiny moments of joy:
The Lad's having to ditch their dates (and the continuing thread of them trying to make up with them.)
My personal favorite moment of all time: The gun discussion ("That's not where you got mine...").
I love the conversations they have "on the move" - in the control center(s), in the men's room, on the bus... Etc. Just the *realness* of them.
Doyle in a dark shirt and jeans with gun holster. AUGH.
Doyle *period*. Augh.
The conversation in the car - work, social life, food. The look on Doyle's face through the whole thing... :))) Grabbing the wheel... AUGH.
Damn. I sure do love that Capri.
Doyle trying to sleep in the back seat. :::thud:::
Bodie being totally and completely, inappropriately off-color... And Doyle getting a kick out of it. Bhuahahaha!
The vicious flirting with the gals in the cafeteria.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!!! You know how much I love public transportation. ;-) And, of course, some of the best banter of the whole series is on the bus... :)))
The three of them, shaving and changing in the locker room... AUGH.
I can't help it... I'm a huge fan of the swiss roll incident. :-)
On a technical note... this is the first episode where I notice a *real* difference in the re-mastered DVDs (previous to this, improvement was minimal.)