Post by Pentastar on Dec 19, 2006 12:33:38 GMT -5
As you may remember, I was re-watching my Street Hawk tapes and noting observations that came to mind. My progress kind of stalled after "Hot Target", but now that I'm on holiday (and came down with a cold at the same time) I had some time to watch more episodes.
So, my thoughts on "Murder is a Novel Idea":
- I have always said I severely dislike Stefanie Craig as a character. She's just too flirty and loose. Plus she gets Jesse in hot water with his boss, all the while hanging onto his arm like she somehow owns him.
- There is a whole lot of hinting at the fact that Jesse and Stefanie had "rolled around in the hay" in the past, although the scene in the elevator when Stefanie pulls him in for a kiss by his tie and says they should have some "good clean fun" like old times is none too subtle.
- I think this episode actually doubled the normal quota of scenes with shirtless Jesse.
- This episode is all about answering machines; it starts out with Norman getting messages from Jesse's phone, followed by Stefanie getting her messages using the remote tone generator, Jesse calls his house and gets his own answering machine, and finally Norman finds out where Stefanie is meeting the bad guys by tapping into her answering machine. There's even a reference to her answering machine when Altobelli is listing off the expensive items that weren't stolen from Stefanie's apartment.
- Continuity Error: when Stefanie stumbles upon the thug the first time, he takes off running with nothing in his hands. Then we find out that he got away with some of her reference material. I guess he must have made a few trips to his car before he was finished.
- Norman actually tapped Jesse's phone! When he shows up at the restaurant, Jesse says, "Norman, have you been tapping my phone again?"
- Moment that dates the show: Altobelli lists off some of the expensive electronics that weren't stolen, among which are an electric typewriter and a telephone answering machine.
- The morning after she sleeps at his house, Stefanie is walking around in one of Jesse's football shirts with #46 on it. I wonder if the number 46 was symbolic for something. Maybe the number of partners Stefanie has had?
- There's some obvious foreshadowing going on when they show the beam suspended in the air at the construction site. You just know that beam's coming down later on.
- The thugs drag Stefanie into their office right next to the road with the gate open. Anybody driving by could have looked and seen them.
- I love when Jesse and Norman are watching TV at the end where Jesse presses a button and an alarm goes off which is unrelated to the button he pressed. He freaks out at first, thinking he caused the alarm to go off.
Favorite Quotes:
Catty comment - I love when Stefanie is on the screen and Rachel says, "I guess they're right...television does add 10 pounds." Also reminds me of the quote "The camera adds 10 pounds." "Really, how many cameras were on you at that time?"
So, my thoughts on "Murder is a Novel Idea":
- I have always said I severely dislike Stefanie Craig as a character. She's just too flirty and loose. Plus she gets Jesse in hot water with his boss, all the while hanging onto his arm like she somehow owns him.
- There is a whole lot of hinting at the fact that Jesse and Stefanie had "rolled around in the hay" in the past, although the scene in the elevator when Stefanie pulls him in for a kiss by his tie and says they should have some "good clean fun" like old times is none too subtle.
- I think this episode actually doubled the normal quota of scenes with shirtless Jesse.
- This episode is all about answering machines; it starts out with Norman getting messages from Jesse's phone, followed by Stefanie getting her messages using the remote tone generator, Jesse calls his house and gets his own answering machine, and finally Norman finds out where Stefanie is meeting the bad guys by tapping into her answering machine. There's even a reference to her answering machine when Altobelli is listing off the expensive items that weren't stolen from Stefanie's apartment.
- Continuity Error: when Stefanie stumbles upon the thug the first time, he takes off running with nothing in his hands. Then we find out that he got away with some of her reference material. I guess he must have made a few trips to his car before he was finished.
- Norman actually tapped Jesse's phone! When he shows up at the restaurant, Jesse says, "Norman, have you been tapping my phone again?"
- Moment that dates the show: Altobelli lists off some of the expensive electronics that weren't stolen, among which are an electric typewriter and a telephone answering machine.
- The morning after she sleeps at his house, Stefanie is walking around in one of Jesse's football shirts with #46 on it. I wonder if the number 46 was symbolic for something. Maybe the number of partners Stefanie has had?
- There's some obvious foreshadowing going on when they show the beam suspended in the air at the construction site. You just know that beam's coming down later on.
- The thugs drag Stefanie into their office right next to the road with the gate open. Anybody driving by could have looked and seen them.
- I love when Jesse and Norman are watching TV at the end where Jesse presses a button and an alarm goes off which is unrelated to the button he pressed. He freaks out at first, thinking he caused the alarm to go off.
Favorite Quotes:
Catty comment - I love when Stefanie is on the screen and Rachel says, "I guess they're right...television does add 10 pounds." Also reminds me of the quote "The camera adds 10 pounds." "Really, how many cameras were on you at that time?"