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I am suddenly retrospectively sad
May. 3rd, 2010 11:57 amSo, when The Sentinel did a prison episode, they sent Jim Ellison undercover as a prisoner and Blair Sandburg undercover as the thoughtful, caring prison English teacher.
Or they did an episode involving carjackings in which Blair Sandburg is the young gruff truck driver and Jim Ellison is his educated partner who just has to come along as part of the team.
Or there's the one with a witness protection program where Jim Ellison and Megan Connor go undercover as a married couple and Blair Sandburg goes undercover as their "nephew."
Why, then, when they did a basketball episode -- two basketball episodes -- did they resist the temptation to make Jim Ellison go undercover as a second-string basketball player? And Blair Sandburg as, perhaps, the team doctor? It wouldn't have been plausible, but then nothing else was on the Sentinel.
Two basketball episodes and a baseball episode, and not once did Jim inexplicably have to join the team! And there's even a horse racing episode and a boxing episode, and he never had to enter as a contestant!1 What was wrong with those writers?
1Though, I mean, there was a chase scene in which Jim Ellison leapt onto a horse and chased after, like, a motorcycle or something. Through an amusement park, possibly. So at least there's that.
Or they did an episode involving carjackings in which Blair Sandburg is the young gruff truck driver and Jim Ellison is his educated partner who just has to come along as part of the team.
Or there's the one with a witness protection program where Jim Ellison and Megan Connor go undercover as a married couple and Blair Sandburg goes undercover as their "nephew."
Why, then, when they did a basketball episode -- two basketball episodes -- did they resist the temptation to make Jim Ellison go undercover as a second-string basketball player? And Blair Sandburg as, perhaps, the team doctor? It wouldn't have been plausible, but then nothing else was on the Sentinel.
Two basketball episodes and a baseball episode, and not once did Jim inexplicably have to join the team! And there's even a horse racing episode and a boxing episode, and he never had to enter as a contestant!1 What was wrong with those writers?
1Though, I mean, there was a chase scene in which Jim Ellison leapt onto a horse and chased after, like, a motorcycle or something. Through an amusement park, possibly. So at least there's that.
