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Written by April Yorke   
Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:35

3.52Confession: last night's episode of The Good Guys, "$3.52," was the first episode that I managed to catch from the beginning, i.e. the moment that we rewind from and catch up to. As a trope, I don't much care for it, but even I had to wonder why Jack and Dan were in candlelight and preparing to jump out of . . .  something . . ., guns blazing.

More importantly, I laughed out loud twice (!) last night. Thanks to Colin Hanks and particularly Bradley Whitford, the show often manages to salvage jokes that someone should have thought about for two more minutes, but even then it's rarely beyond the level of a guffaw. Of course, Whitford was responsible for both of those jokes, so that may have helped.

I should also admit that I just sort of love Julius, so, when Dan tackled him into garbage, complaining that having to chase him down in a mall parking garage really puts a damper on their cop-informant relationship, I'll admit that I was just pleased to see Julius. But then when he delighted asks (!) to hug Dan, Whitford's hesitation really sells the moment. Of course, Dan must become a hugger by episode's end and act like Jack's the one with the problem, but even that worked for me.

Mostly, though, Jack and Dan in the back of the semi was brilliant, in large part because it allowed Dan to outline to "catch and release and catch again" plan from the days when police procedure was about team work. Not only did I laugh at this speech, it also managed to work in a lot of Dan's thoughts about his and Jack's partnership vs. Jack's ambitions. Dan understands that Jack probably wants to progress beyond property crimes and partner Dan Stark, but his strictly by the book approach won't always help catch the bad guy. Later, when they steal a car to get the bad guys to chase them and Jack picks the red one, it's a much better way for Jack to let Dan know that he does appreciate him than whatever Jack was going to reply in the truck. After all, "if you're gonna die, might as well be in a hot rod!"

Now if only the writers could figure out what to do with Liz and the Lieutenant. Besides form band because I dig that name.

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April Yorke is a (Cult)ure Magazine contributor since Wednesday, 07 January 2009.

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