Heroes
I was thinking about what I said earlier about this season feeling like it's not living up to the hype. I think one of the reasons I thought that was because there really hasn't been an episode to really "hit" me emotionally. I can think about episodes in the prior seasons that gave me a deep emotional response, like Windows or Opportunity which was a lot of fun, Changeling where you had Teal'c put his life on the line to make sure his master was still living, The Fifth Race with that incredible scene with Jack and Thor just giving me goosebumps all over the place, and 2001 which I still think is the best sequel/prequel I've seen in a long time.
This season really hasn't had that episode yet, until now. Heroes is one I was wondering why it was a two part episode. The first part was your typical Sci Fi Documentary episode like Final Cut (Battlestar) or A Constellation of Doubt (Farscape). It's usually played for laughs or just as a documentary kind of episode. In fact, I thought the highlight of the first part was the interview with Walter where he's talking about what he does and it's almost like the show poking fun at itself because, hey, we all love Walter and the way he says "Chevron 7, Locked" is endearing.
Then we get to the second part, and that hit me really hard. When Jack got hit, I was thinking well, maybe we won't know about his status until the finale because Richard Dean Anderson has looked for ways to cut back on the filming schedule. When we found out it was Dr. Frasier and that scene where she's saving the soldier's life, I actually started to tear up, and then I started to cry during the funeral scene. Dr. Frasier was such a great character, and you want to talk about strong woman characters, she was one of the strongest I've seen. She saved so many lives, took in a child from another planet, and she died doing what she was trained to do, save lives. Those scenes between Bregman and Daniel were equally as strong, talking about the situation in Vietnam and how the guy waited 25 years to tell his story when he realized it had to be told.
I know when you do shows honoring veterans, they could come across a little as patronizing. Hell, I've heard Top Gun be called the biggest air force recruitment video ever filmed. Even the first episode featuring Jennifer Hailey was labeled an air force recruitment video in some of the comments I read. This episode was everything but that. This showed the risks the men and woman of any military face every day just doing their jobs. I was sad Dr. Frasier was killed off, but this was excellently done. This is my favorite episode of the season so far.
I only had one minor quibble, and that was Cassie should have been at the memorial service. I wonder what happens to her now.
I was thinking about what I said earlier about this season feeling like it's not living up to the hype. I think one of the reasons I thought that was because there really hasn't been an episode to really "hit" me emotionally. I can think about episodes in the prior seasons that gave me a deep emotional response, like Windows or Opportunity which was a lot of fun, Changeling where you had Teal'c put his life on the line to make sure his master was still living, The Fifth Race with that incredible scene with Jack and Thor just giving me goosebumps all over the place, and 2001 which I still think is the best sequel/prequel I've seen in a long time.
This season really hasn't had that episode yet, until now. Heroes is one I was wondering why it was a two part episode. The first part was your typical Sci Fi Documentary episode like Final Cut (Battlestar) or A Constellation of Doubt (Farscape). It's usually played for laughs or just as a documentary kind of episode. In fact, I thought the highlight of the first part was the interview with Walter where he's talking about what he does and it's almost like the show poking fun at itself because, hey, we all love Walter and the way he says "Chevron 7, Locked" is endearing.
Then we get to the second part, and that hit me really hard. When Jack got hit, I was thinking well, maybe we won't know about his status until the finale because Richard Dean Anderson has looked for ways to cut back on the filming schedule. When we found out it was Dr. Frasier and that scene where she's saving the soldier's life, I actually started to tear up, and then I started to cry during the funeral scene. Dr. Frasier was such a great character, and you want to talk about strong woman characters, she was one of the strongest I've seen. She saved so many lives, took in a child from another planet, and she died doing what she was trained to do, save lives. Those scenes between Bregman and Daniel were equally as strong, talking about the situation in Vietnam and how the guy waited 25 years to tell his story when he realized it had to be told.
I know when you do shows honoring veterans, they could come across a little as patronizing. Hell, I've heard Top Gun be called the biggest air force recruitment video ever filmed. Even the first episode featuring Jennifer Hailey was labeled an air force recruitment video in some of the comments I read. This episode was everything but that. This showed the risks the men and woman of any military face every day just doing their jobs. I was sad Dr. Frasier was killed off, but this was excellently done. This is my favorite episode of the season so far.
I only had one minor quibble, and that was Cassie should have been at the memorial service. I wonder what happens to her now.
