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Day Break: What If They're Stuck?
by Jen Creer, posted Dec 6th 2006 11:40PM
(S01E05) I am so hooked on this show! This was the best episode yet. I was an English major, so the quality of a show's writing is a major component in how well I like a show. The writing on this show is unexpectedly good. Well, by that I mean only that I wasn't expecting it to be this good.
Okay, readers, can you help me out with something? First, I can't remember if we have seen Surfer Dude in the jail before. It seems to me that we have. He looked familiar, as though we had just seen him in passing, being arrested (as we did the second day of this episode, when he sneered to Hopper. "I see you!"). (Internet Movie Database says we have seen him in three episodes) The actor, Clayton Rohner, was in Just One of the Guys years ago, as the love interest, for those of you who are interested in playing Name That Actor. I think he was clearly trying to tell Hopper that he is re-living each day as well. His remark about being salt to Hopper's pepper, I didn't think that was racially charged so much as an indication that they are yin and yang. Two parts of the same whole. I thought they were going to do more with him biting Hopper, didn't you? Because we know Hopper retains his injuries. I still think the guy is going to say, "Hey, remember when I bit you?" and pull up Hopper's sleeve and point to it.
After they pulled Scruffy Guy out of the cell, did Hopper have a hallucination? How did he get from the cell to the quarry again?
Remember a couple of episodes back when I was talking about the importance of details in this show? I even loved it tonight when Chad remarked, "I have to admire your attention to detail with swapping the cell phone battery and Margo and the bus." It was so meta, it just made my little English major heart sing.
Do you remember the first place you saw actor Adam Baldwin, who plays Chad? I first saw him in My Bodyguard, and he was great even then. One of the best parts of this episode was Baldwin's performance, because for the first time, we got to see Shelton as a really intelligent and even sympathetic character. All that hooey hey spouted about saving Hopper from the sniper because they used to be partners? I think that was just Shelton's way of telling Hopper he believed him about reliving the day. What did you think of the tete-a-tete between Shelton and Hopper regarding what was happening? I mean, on one hand, I hate it when movies and TV use gimmicks because they think the audience is stupid. Like in Casino Royale when Mathius keeps explaining poker to Vesper for heaven's sake. Like she needs it. But I didn't mind this episode, because I thought it was important to have Hopper answer some of those questions. They were good questions. We may know that the day is going to continue, but it's important to remember that Hopper doesn't.
I loved the little details again: The Dodger tickets, the fact that "Somebody has a rush job," the fleeting reference to mental illness in the family. I am glad that we don't go over and over his morning every day, too, because that would get old, fast.
But my favorite part of the episode was when Chad finally broke down and told him where the book was and Hopper left him the money. Classic. I just wish we could have been in Chad's head when he got it.
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