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1.4 Enigma Abby: "Anything in there about not coveting thy neighbor's wife?" I tend not to like episodes about the romances of older people, because they often treat the elderly as juvenile. This episode was an exception. The end was so romantic, it actually made me cry. The main plot was Johnny trying to find the elderly Arthur's girlfriend Abby from 1945, while reliving the past of a man named Tommy Peterson with whom Abby was having an affair. Johnny was working through the Arthur/Tommy/Abby love triangle while dealing with his own; he and Sarah are attempting to develop a platonic version of their former relationship, with Walt literally eavesdropping on the sidelines. Sarah is clearly having a hard time letting Johnny go; that cell phone was like an umbilical cord. What can she be thinking? Walt seemed very understanding, considering the circumstances. Of course, Sarah isn't keeping anything about her relationship with Johnny a secret. Yet. Michael Hall spent most of this episode aptly playing another character, Tommy Peterson. I particularly liked that scene at the end, when we finally saw the real Tommy. What Tommy lost doesn't even have to be stated; it's understood. Bits and pieces: -- Johnny's fame is spreading. The people at the restaurant knew him, there was an opportunist buying him drinks, and Arthur had read about Johnny in the paper. -- The scene at the beginning was fun. Johnny's gifts allowed him to skip an entire relationship and move straight past the inevitable breakup. We should all be so lucky. -- Chris Bruno looks darned good without a shirt. Yum. -- Was the cell phone blue? If so, blue is Johnny's favorite color. Unless he was joking. -- "Enigma" is the type of puzzle Artie kept doing instead of paying attention to what was happening between Abby and Tommy. It was also a famous code or code machine during World War II; I forget the details. And of course, the word "enigma" has another meaning as well. -- It's a shame Johnny couldn't get Tommy and Rosie together at the end, too. -- Inconsistency: Now, come on. That couldn't have been the same bed and the same Bible from 1945! I know they don't claim that they are, but don't they need to be for Johnny's gift to work? -- Sarah: "I thought you didn't do ghosts." Johnny: "She's not a ghost. And I'm not doing her." -- Vision sex must be very real to Johnny. Johnny: "Sarah, this was the first woman I've been with since... you and I." Sarah: "She wasn't real." Johnny: "I was speaking psychologically." Well written, well acted, and very sweet. Three out of four stars, Billie |
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