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2.13 The Storm Dana: "How do we throw a surprise party for a psychic?" Ally Sheedy's death in "Playing God" has had repercussions; John took his Sophie's Choice very hard, and has been a hermit for months. Fortunately, his friends are there, in Moosehead (place of Moosehead beer?) all ready to throw him an intervention party on Fourth of July weekend. John can't handle it anymore. He's tired of watching people die inside of his head; I think he wants someone to take this cup away from him. Looks like the Powers That Be aren't going to allow it, though; we get a weather anomaly that hasn't happened since June 6, 1995 -- the night of John's accident. Falling fish? Falling *cars*? The return of the Wheel of Fortune, which is destroyed in this episode? The big question here is, did the storm really follow Johnny? Did he really make a bargain with God? Or was it all coincidence? It almost doesn't matter; Johnny left the house against his will, and saved several lives in one day. How can he turn his back on his gift if it saves lives? The answer is, he can't. The major metaphor here is that his gift is a force of nature, like the storm. Nothing you can do about a storm. There was a lot of other stuff going on here, too. Two glasses of cooking sherry, and Dana loses the leash on her tongue, doesn't she? (Not that she's discreet when she's sober.) Walt wants Sarah to have a baby, and she didn't answer him, did she? Sarah is still emotionally on the fence. She needs to make a decision. As Dana pointed out, it's not fair to Walt to stay married to him if she isn't fully committed. Walt deserves better than that. I thought for several moments that Dana was going to die at the end of this episode, probably because she was so delightful throughout. Dana's role here is to be in love with John, while Walt's is to be in love with Sarah. Maybe Dana and Walt should get together, and let Johnny and Sarah get it over with. There was also the marvelous couple Mitch and Flo from Independence, Missouri. This is the first time we have a couple of John's fans who end up being pretty cool people, who help him instead of causing more trouble. Flo told Johnny that what he has is a gift from God. Toni the weather woman intimated the same thing when she talked about her first tornado being a genuine act of God. Bits and pieces: -- The scene at the beginning with Johnny tutoring the kids must have been a deliberate reminder of "Weird Science." -- After his own vision quest episode ("Zion"), Bruce appears to be more aggressive about protecting John, and about making people listen to him. -- Johnny trying to blackmail Bruce with a broken leg was cute. I'm sure John was kidding, though. -- I really liked the meteorologist and her Bobby Tucci story. And the couple in the RV were terrific. It was great seeing Robert Picardo again; he played my favorite character, the Holodoc, on Voyager. -- Mitch says that Flo is a firestarter. This is, of course, a reference to another Stephen King book. -- Dana's father left her alone in the house when she was five. Dana has had a hard life. -- How about that bikini Dana was wearing? Wow. -- Bruce's hair is still short. I like it. Johnny's is shorter, too; he looks thinner, and tired. Very much as if he just spent months in the house brooding. -- Okay, who was the guy in the cloak? Am I spacing on a character introduced earlier, or was he Death? -- Walt: "You want to go for a swim? Now?" Dana: "It's a lake, Walt." Sarah: "You brought a bathing suit to an intervention?" Dana: "Who said anything about a suit?" Excellent episode. Is this a four out of four stars? Billie |
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