(B)Spoiler info, comments, and resulting discussion


 




(L) I guess I should tell you that the good news is that the show
improves. Not a whole lot but it improves. There are even a
few that I’d watch again for reasons other than Rodney. It’s 
funny though, that these repeat worthy episodes have very
little of his character’s girlfriend in them. Coincidence? I
think not!

(L) Note: This episode is completely devoid of Janine Kelly
and that means the Melrose Place storyline is mostly
on the back burner and the episode shines because 
of it. It also addresses on of my biggest problems with
this show... Lindstrom has up until now been a wuss
girl. In this episode she gets to kick some butt. 
Ooo-Rah! She has a long way to becoming Vansenian, 
Phoussian, or Winslowian but it’s an improvement. 
(SAAB refence to three very tough but no less feminine
characters)

(M) I found myself still ignoring the scenes with Bobby, though.  
(L) M, actually those weren't too bad.  At least no Janine.
(M) No, no Janine.  I just don't care too much for the character.
(M) Especially these earlier episodes, where he's so self-centered.
(A) Did you guys read the message on the website from a guy who thinks 
Janine needs a lot more screen time?
(M) LOL -- yes, I have to wonder about who would put that up and if they 
were being facetious (sp?) or not!
(L) A, yes.  I thought I was gonna die.
(L) He wants more screen time and I want LESS.  SO MUCH LESS!
(M) Didn't Bobby suggest to her that she should join the Marines in that one episode?
(L) M, yeah.  They have started to get better with him once he stopped with 
Janine.  More time with the team.

(L) The Basic Plot: Two losers hijack a Huey filled with guidance
chips along with Lindstrom and Conaway in it to pay back a
huge debt they owe a loanshark.

(L) Opening scene: A pair of losers (complete with questionable 
body hygiene) are almost run off the road while driving in their 
Econoline van by a Jaguar. Okay, I love me some Jaguars but
I don’t think it has the “weight” to drive a BIG van off the road. 
Mass to mass I don’t think the Jag stacks up. But oh well... 
when has plausibility ever stalled this show? It seems that 
these guys owe a shylock some money and he has come to 
collect. He decides to offer them a way to pay him back. 
Seems these losers work at a repair depot. 

(L) Early on we get a great scene where Conaway and Lindstrom 
have a contest to see who can reassemble their firearm
quicker. Annalisa wins! Hoo-Rah!! Oh, and we learn that 
Honey makes coffee. Always good to know a man can
make coffee.

(K) First off..HAD to laugh my A$$ off with ANni and AJ staring each other down
with that riffle thing! Kathy looks like she's about to burst out laughing and
Sal looks like a psycho path vent on revenge! I bet they had alot of outtakes
on that one:)

(D) I liked the gun stripping and re-assembly scene at the beginning
(D) Annalisa Wins!
(K) That was funny..AJ looked psycho and anni looked like she was about to 
crack up laughing
(L) Wooohooo!!!!  And she kicks a little hijacker butt.  I like that trait 
in a female Marine.


(K) 2nd..I FORGOT just how much of a RAT BASTARD he was to lindstrom! If the girl
needs ANY refreshers as to WHY she should be alittle couscious around
Conaway...I've GOT THE TAPES!!! We'll talk..we'll cry..we'll plot revenge
together...

(K) Now..When Kelly tells AJ he's going with ANni as an observer..and he asks if
he's going to learn how not to talk to much or how to fly the huey..brings up
an a question that I guess J or B can answer. sence AJ is almost
ALWAYS with ANni in the huey...does he know ANYTHING about flying it? If she
got shot or something happened that rendered her unable to fly it could he or
would he be able to land it saftley?

(L) Wendell, Kelly, and Griffin are assigned to look at a new 
guidance system at Cocoa Beach while Conaway and
Lindstrom are assigned to transport a Huey. Conaway 
complains of course so Kelly puts him in his place. Hee 
hee. Of course any blind person can see that Lindstrom 
and Conaway are destined for romance. 

(K) Give KELLY the Award for ability to state the OBVIOUS! Conaway ..could you say
there was alittle compatition or attitude going on between you and Lindstrom?
YOU THINK?!! You just got through watching her WAX his tail and him take it
like a 2 year old..and that's being generous...and you ask him that?? OH BOY
these men!!

(A) Yeah, AJ didn't take it too well. Poor baby. Not exactly a gracious loser.
But, you gotta love Wendell pulling for Anni all the way. Bobby was for AJ
but had no problem giving him crap about it when he lost.

     (K) Bobby had no problem giving it to AJ when he lost Badley! ANd it would have
     been funny if she had gloated! Kelly did however look amused..and what was
     with the small hands comment:)


(K) WE GET ALONG FINE Sir! Pss..AJ..overhere..I've got a few TAPES you need to
watch!! BOY if this is your idea of getting along with her..I HATE To you see
NOT getting along with her! He gives new meaning to "With friends like these,
who needs enemies!"

(K) next question for debate...Prior to this episode...the one with Captian
Reader...AJ is telling her that She risked the lives of good marines people he
cares alot about..so does that mean he cares alot about ANnalisa..just likes
to make her tear her self esteem down and make her already hard life
harder...or that excludes her?

(A) I would think they would all have to care about each other on some level to
go into the type of situations they do together. There has to be some kind
of bond, simply because they are all Marines and seem to be automatically
willing to die for each other. That's quite a code. And even when he's
being a sh*thead to her, it seems like there's something there. I know they
don't officially like each other until the next ep, but I think there's
already something there. Also, don't forget that "come-hither" look AJ gave
Anni when she was on her knees in front of him, looking for wires in the
Reader ep! Funny you should mention AJ's 2-year-old behavior, because the
way he handles his feelings for Anni reminds me of grade school playground
romances. You know, where a girl who likes a boy will walk right up to him
and hit him, rather than tell him she likes him, and vice versa. AJ's kind
of like that.

(K) You do take an oath to protect your team mates at all costs..and there's that
life and death bound that will always been there....but still..give it a rest
AJ

(K) I WANT TO TAKE THE BUTT OUT OF YOU??!!! hehehe..notice the look on AJ's face.

(L) Of note: We find out that Griffin's first memory is of 
being beaten up by a girl. :D

(A) Loved that.

(L) The company that makes the new guidance system is 
an attractive, intelligent woman and Bobby goes on the 
make immediately. Conaway and Lindstrom go get 
their Huey and meet the two flight techs who are to fly 
with them to the new base. Turns out... surprise, 
surprise... the techs are our two losers. 

(L) Okay... and the REALLY stupid thing? The losers think
AJ is the pilot. Hello? Annalisa is only standing there
IN HER FLIGHTSUIT!!!! AJ is in his cammies. How
dumb can these guys be? As dumb as the writers
obviously.

(A) That was stupid. But, I did like the look on AJ's face. Kind of a "better
not mess with her" look.

(K) Our 2 bumbeling IDIOT screw ups...Ok..now WHY Did they direct their attention
to AJ as being the pilot when ANni is wearing the wings of GOLD?!!! Can you
say..OBLIVIOUS?? I did like how she stood up for herself though..I"m the
pilot! YOU GO GIRL!!

(L) During the briefing, Griffin starts flirting with the company
rep and Kelly tells him to, and I quote, "chill". (shudder)

(L) The Losers hijack the Huey and Lindstrom and Conaway 
with it. In the course of trying to halt the hijacking the
losers accidentally shoot the co-pilot of the Huey. In the 
struggle for the gun, A.J. gets shot and thrown out the 
Huey.

(A) Screaming all the way down, I might add. ;o)

(K) The hijack scene..My first question is..Why was AJ so defensive? He's supposed
to be the demo guy..they are supposed to have nerves of steel. When the dude
put the gun on him..and there after ..he acted like a Cat running the gautlet
through roking chairs. I've seen people in withdrawl calmer than he was!!! And
so freaking defensive. 

(A) I wondered about that, too. I thought he was supposed to be so serene,
hence the name Buddha, but he doesn't really seem to be all that calm a lot
of the time.

(K) I think he's new call sign should be SPAZBOY!!

(K) I STILL have NO IDEA WHy the boy didn't pfft pfft into the mic to let 
her know she was in danger
(L) K, cause he's a spaz.
(K) HEHEHE
(M) K -- that might have been too obvious to the guy holding the gun on him
 that he (AJ) was trying to communicate with Anni
(A) Hey, that reminds me...if the radio was broken, how did Bobby manage to 
tell Anni she had blown her ETA?
(K) ok his eyes are wider than anything ..REACT YOU NINNY!!
(K) it's another one of those Pensacola Miracles I guess..either that or the 
mechanics fixed it 
(M) A -- I was afraid to mention that one but,yeah, I wondered about that 
last night too!
(M) Did anyone figure out if the two ninnys got killed?  Where did they get to, 
during the gun fight, if they didn't?
(L) Actually the losers did fix the radio. So they could call the bad guy to 
come get them.

(K) Either first he woudln't speak until the IDiots got
mad...or he'd yell back at them and get all upady about it. (Upady..don't know
if it's a word but I like it!) then when the guy switches places with him..and
he notices that the guy notices the smoke..WHY didn't he try to let anni know
that? or adleast warn her..and what the hell did he think charging up to the
cockpit with the other 2 dudes was going to accomplish?? Macho men..gotta love
them!

(A) Ah, but K...he yelled "Lindstrom," NOT "Dewey." I think he was trying to
protect her. :o)

(K) True but it was like after the fact...when the idiots were debating on the
smoke thing..he should have given her some sign to knock it off..

(K) Lindstroms reaction was classic to AJ being shot and over board..AJ?? OH
GOD....YOU THINK??!!!

(L) On a deserted Island Lindstrom takes care of the wounded 
co-pilot as we see a wounded and soaked AJ swim on to
the beach of this deserted island. Lindstrom fakes a potty 
break and after kicking a little hijacker butt pulls out
colored smoke bombs in an attempt to let the Marines 
know where they are. Conaway in the meantime manly 
binds up his gunshot wound and makes like so many 
Vietnam flicks by covering himself in mud. He sees the 
colored smoke and starts stalking the hijackers. 

(D)  AJ!  out of the water, to the rescue!
 Poor AJ, wounded and all.

(K) flesh wound?  how..there's a whole  going straight through both shirts!
(D) ...and he crawled out of the water still wearing his combat 
boots... whattaguy!
(L) yes.  Like on the side of his belly or sumpin'.
(K) he was hit right below his ribs in his stomach on his left side..

(K) THIS WEEKS award: Ability to carry out another PENSACOLA MIRACLE
The WINNER: AJ COnaway. The guy is Superman, if after taking a pretty nasty
gun shot to the stomach..he can manage to swim God only know's how many miles
to shore and NOT pass out! 

(A) I thought there would be a hospital scene. I don't believe an abdominal gun
shot wound would heal itself. But, there he was, jogging right with
everybody else on their way to see Christopher. He sure heals quickly.

(K) Ranks right up there with those DAMN Desserts they
keep trying to tell me are in my back yard...and those mountains I keep
missing on my trips....

(A) Don't forget the lovely mountains in Nebraska in "Free Bird." Can't wait to
see what passes for Minnesota in the ep about biological weapons. Maybe the
Rockies moved over here without me hearing about it.

(K) Excuse me..Writers..directors..Scenic people..Psss..over hear..let Me in on
alittle well know Florida fact....WE ARE SWAMP!!!!!!! unless you are at the
damn beach..IT"S SWAMP!! ALL SWAMP..miles and miles of damn honest to FREAKING
MOTHER of GOD MILES OF SWAMP!!!!!! Disney World is built on Top of a SWAMP!!
Miami...SWAMP!! can you say EVERGLADES???!!! The Cape where the little SHuttle
goes up..that landing strip is in the middle of...yes..say it with
me..>SWAMP!!!!! 

(K) what was that stuff that the nice
IDIOT brought to Lindstrom from the Huey? She shook it up and seemed to pour
some of it on her clothe or something? ANy Ideas? and if it was first aid..why
woudln't it be in the kit? unless it's in the one above where she sits...
2nd? are there 2 makes of a Huey? sometimes you see her flying with a door
..and others without?

(K) she looks like she opens it and pours some on her cloth that she's using 
on his forhead..
(B) then it sounds like some kind of ointment
(B) possibly antibiotic to clean the wound
(M) What does "five by five" mean?  (I think that's what Anni says to AJ when 
he asks her if she's ok)
(K) ok..interesting..uh huh..she's putting an ointment on his head?
(K) Gotta talk to them about that first aid stuff!
(K) and she says 5 by 5 jar head
(B) possibly a guaze pad?!
(A) She meant 4 by 4...that's what she needs to smack him upside the head 
when he's being a sh*thead.


(K) NOW WHY would AJ being covering himself with MUD BEFORE he sees ANni's smoke
bomb? I am also still very amazed that he hasn't passed out from shock
yet..BUT that's just me! I guess another one of those Pensacola Miracles!

(A) The mud healed him!

(A)  So, if you are ever shot and/or thrown out of a Huey, cover yourself with mud
and everything will be OK. Really, it's true.

(K) WHen did anni take out the fuel thingy? how could she have done that and the
IDIOTS NOT see it??

(A) Good question.

(K) WOuld ANni have REALLY gone to sleep? 

(A) Nope. But once she was awake and figured out AJ was there, girlfriend
looked positively giddy. ;o)

(K) would the IDIOTS>.well ok..that explains
that..gone to sleep? they have 2 hostages..and they go to sleep? she's being
held hostage and has an injured copilot and she goes to sleep? why didn't AJ
wake her up..why didn't she stay awake for that matter? AHH..

(K) Did like how they called each other jarhead...and Anni seemed HELL BENT on
proving herself in this one. LIke when she through the smoke bomb...trying to
take on the both guys..and is like anytime..and when she said she wouldn't go
and leave her wounded behind..just alot of tuff speaches and blah blah blah...

(L)During the night Conaway makes off with the guidance 
chips (but why he didn't wake Lindstrom and both of 
them overpower the losers I don't know....) In the 
meantime the loanshark and his henchmen arrive on the 
island to pick up the stuff that the hijackers stored in the 
Huey. A shootout occurs and Lindstrom and Conway 
look pretty macho shooting people up. The main bad 
guy gets away and Honey slows them down until 
Lindstrom and Conaway can act macho again. Ugh. 
But the worst! The absolute worst is this exchange:

(L) Bobby: Stinger, Chaser here. You.. uh..blew your 
ETA by a bunch.

(L) Annalisa: Chaser, Stinger. Cut me some slack. A 
girl's gotta have time to do her nails. 

(L makes gagging motion) 

(L) God, I can't believe after an episode where I almost 
like Lindstrom they make her utter that truly 
horrendous line. Poor woman!

(A) That was really bad. At least AJ didn't hear that exchange. He was too busy
doing his "Apocolypse Now" impression -- as you pointed out. But, he did
look good. ;o)

(L) Ah well... I have to admit this was a marked improvement
from the pilot. But that wasn't hard to do.


 



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