This is the general discussion post for 2.15 - The Running Man. Please conduct all general discussion here by posting your own comments and replying to others
( Read more... )
This is a sweet ep--about lost beliefs and finding new ones. Larry and Charlie are so cute out in the wind, timing Ron as he runs. They like him and believe in his genius and they're so hurt when he betrays them.
After Ron is hurt and the FBI is there-isn't it supposed to be a little later the same morning? I understand why Ron changed out of his sweaty running clothes, but why did Larry and Charlie completely change after eating their 'dogs?
Great line--"I was quite quixotic in elementary school" Oh, Charlie, I suspect that is an understatement!
Makes me want to hug the stuffing out of Larry--"I would go beyond the boundaries of the observable universe to defend you and you know that."
I love the way Don and Charlie keep glancing at each other as if to make sure the other is as amazed when Alan is telling them about Margaret's music.
Probably ranks very high as one of the loveliest tags--Charlie and Alan talking about Margaret just as Don begins to play her music. Echoes of their mother live on.
After Ron is hurt and the FBI is there-isn't it supposed to be a little later the same morning? I understand why Ron changed out of his sweaty running clothes, but why did Larry and Charlie completely change after eating their 'dogs?
From the dialogue before, I think the run was in the afternoon, Larry and Charlie went to dinner, Ron to work at the DNA lab, at night, where he was attacked. And the scene with Colby and David earlier in the next morning... make sense? :)
Larry: Well, undoubtedly, more interesting when discussed over dinner. Do you care to join us for an oki-dog? Ron: As much as I hate to run, and run, but I... I barely got time to shower. I'm doing calibrations over at the DNA lab most of the night so...
Aha, that explains the clothing changes--but as a medical professional, my mind goes to: was Ron unconscious for hours? Then he needs to be in hospital. And if not--why is he still there, with a head wound the next morning? Makes no sense to moi.
Why are they investigating the following morning when the crime occurred nearly 10 hours earlier?
you are so right! :) Maybe to assure his alibi (as Megan said: the security cameras give him a hell of an alibi.), Ron pretend to been unconscious until someone founds him and call the police. probably the first person who arrives in morning... this way, when they checked him, he was ok... the missing point could be a medical professional to be suspicious about the total time Ron's supposed to be unconscious... what do you think?
The more we unravel the scene, the less it makes sense to me. I'm assuming that Ron wanted to be 'found' with the head wound and seen on the security cameras to eliminate himself as a suspect, but if the crime happened at night and is not investigated until morning the next day--why is he still there so many hours later? Surely there were janitors in the building, campus security who are supposed to walk the grounds.
And if he were to claim to be unconscious for upwards of 8-10 hours, then he should have been evaluated by a doctor, given x-rays etc.
I guess it's always the problem: cop show, no medical accuracy enough. medical show, no cops! Did you see Grey's Anatomy? when the guy walked around the hospital killing people, and the swat shoot him, don't kill him, and he continues to shoot people. great for the drama, but terrible for the police point of view! :)
After Ron is hurt and the FBI is there-isn't it supposed to be a little later the same morning? I understand why Ron changed out of his sweaty running clothes, but why did Larry and Charlie completely change after eating their 'dogs?
Great line--"I was quite quixotic in elementary school" Oh, Charlie, I suspect that is an understatement!
Makes me want to hug the stuffing out of Larry--"I would go beyond the boundaries of the observable universe to defend you and you know that."
I love the way Don and Charlie keep glancing at each other as if to make sure the other is as amazed when Alan is telling them about Margaret's music.
Probably ranks very high as one of the loveliest tags--Charlie and Alan talking about Margaret just as Don begins to play her music. Echoes of their mother live on.
Reply
From the dialogue before, I think the run was in the afternoon, Larry and Charlie went to dinner, Ron to work at the DNA lab, at night, where he was attacked. And the scene with Colby and David earlier in the next morning... make sense? :)
Larry: Well, undoubtedly, more interesting when discussed over dinner. Do you care to join us for an oki-dog?
Ron: As much as I hate to run, and run, but I... I barely got time to shower. I'm doing calibrations over at the DNA lab most of the night so...
Reply
Why are they investigating the following morning when the crime occurred nearly 10 hours earlier?
Reply
Maybe to assure his alibi (as Megan said: the security cameras give him a hell of an alibi.), Ron pretend to been unconscious until someone founds him and call the police. probably the first person who arrives in morning... this way, when they checked him, he was ok... the missing point could be a medical professional to be suspicious about the total time Ron's supposed to be unconscious... what do you think?
Reply
And if he were to claim to be unconscious for upwards of 8-10 hours, then he should have been evaluated by a doctor, given x-rays etc.
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment