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1.19 The Snowman Kishell: "Killing is his job. He likes his job." This episode started with a post-sex chase, and ended with a fight to the death -- and all with the same guy. Noah was quirky, smart, interesting and reasonably good looking, but I didn't see the attraction; Vaughn and Will were twice as attractive, in my opinion. Vaughn was obviously jealous. I didn't think Vaughn has anything to be jealous about, even before Noah turned out to be a ruthless assassin. I don't usually guess stuff ahead of time, but I was fairly sure early on that Noah would turn out to be the Snowman. Plus there's the Bonanza syndrome; if he weren't the Snowman, he probably would have ended up dead. That was some fight in the kitchen, one of the best I've seen on this show. Did Noah hold back because it was Sydney? I think he might have. He truly cared about her, after all. We learned a lot more about Mom, a.k.a. Irina Derevko. We saw her on that (conveniently fuzzy) videotape; we learned that she posed as an American lit student to get the details of Project Christmas; and Sydney recognized a man on the tape who had supposedly died in the accident with Mom. Why the accent? Wasn't Laura/Irina posing as an American student? Was that supposed to signify that she was speaking in Russian? Poor Jack; that tape was devastating for him, seeing his wife's treachery, hearing himself referred to as a fool. Devastating enough for him to actually seek out Dr. Barnett. I do adore Jack. What a fascinating character he is, and what depth he has. Bits and pieces: -- The helicopter/motorcycle rescue was very cool, but just a bit too improbably James Bondy. -- Why aren't Sydney and Vaughn throwing themselves into each other's arms? They clearly want to. -- Interesting that Dixon didn't trust Noah. Good instincts. -- Sloane's dying wife and his tenderness toward her gives Sloane dimension, makes him slightly more sympathetic. The bandage on his formerly severed finger makes him seem more vulnerable, too. -- Now that Will has no exciting, dangerous subplot, he and Francie seem more like a couple every week. -- Jack's full name is Jonathan Donahue Bristow. -- Much like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sydney isn't tremendously lucky with guys, is she? -- This week's itinerary: Ark wherever they were last week, Bogota, Cape Town, and Mackay, Australia. -- This week's cool gadget: that sound dampener. I'm sure we've all had neighbors we would have liked to use it on. Three out of four spies, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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