The Truth Is Out There
Why is it that every time Linden is screaming for her partner, I hear "Mulder," not "Holder"? It must be all of those flashlights bouncing around in dark, wet woods. Will we discover the frozen remains of an extraterrestrial on the tenth floor of the casino hotel? Are NASA engineers dismantling a UFO behind the locked door? Did the case that caused Linden's first mental break end with a young child abducted by intergalactic visitors while Linden watched helplessly, her arm shielding her eyes from the faster-than-light propulsion system on the space craft?
Have It Your Way
Why would Rosie scrub toilets with skin-blistering chemicals? If she wanted low paying service work, why bother with the long ferry commute? I'm certain a McDonald's or Burger King was within biking distance of home!
And why would Rosie bother depositing her under-the-table cash wages into a bank account? Interest rates are currently so low, saving isn't worth the trouble—unless Tommy and Denny were little thieves pilfering her cash to buy candy and video games. She should have just kept the money in the sock drawer in her bedroom.
Was Rosie really a maid/waitress working for Chief Jackson? Or should we doubt even that piece of information about our murder victim? All the chair twirling and those evasive eyes don't make Mary a believable witness!
Business Sense
Why would Stan, someone who must have spent his entire working life dealing with people who tried to get more work out of the moving company than the initial estimate allowed, not know that $12K of reward money would lure out the crackpots and crazies?
Although the scene with a woman ready to break out a crystal ball to contact dead Rosie in the spirit world was heartbreaking, Stan's willingness to entertain this type of person seemed more a plot device than real character development. The writers just needed motivation for him to ignore the blinking light on the answering machine once he got home. So who left the message, Terry or Mitch?
Super Powers
How does Holder, beaten so badly that he can't save himself from death from exposure, manage to get to the airport where Linden is putting Jack on a plane to Chicago? At the hospital, I didn't even see a saline drip for rehydration in his arm!
You Can Fix Anything with a Pregnancy
When Gwen said, "I'm late [long pause] for a meeting at the ad agency ...," was she about to admit that she's pregnant with Darren's baby!?!
Word Count
The number of words Mitch has spoken this season:
"Reflections" = 0 words
"My Lucky Day" = 0 words
"Numb" = 22 words
"Ogi Jun" = 0 words
"Ghosts of the Past" = 108 words
"Opening" = 137 words
"Keylela" = 0 words
"Off the Reservation" = 0 words
Grand total = 267 words—If words were pennies, I made more money in savings account interest this month than we heard dialog from Mitch. We do have a new picture for tomorrow's episode, so I guess I'll be counting words for next week's post. It looks as though Mitch hasn't yet had to pawn her wedding ring for gas and snack money!
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