From: larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel)
Subject: Re: 11/4 episode
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
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Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 11:25:35 GMT

PostMistress General (liz@bigwpi.WPI.EDU) wrote:
> Well, I must say that after watching this episode that I was NOT
> impressed at all.

Well then I feel compelled to say that I WAS impressed.


>                    I guess reading this newsgroup told me everything
> that was going to happen, and it kinda spoiled the edisode for me.

Well, there's an obvious solution for that!


>                                                      The car scene was
> so lame.

I enjoyed it more than enough for the both of us.  I pictured myself
at the helm of the '69 Chevelle SS as I rewound that scene about 20
times.  I just hope her knees are still able to jerk as much as they
have for the past three years; it's really a wonder she's lived as
long as she has, since her heart has been bleeding since the series
premiere.

I think Gil Myers should come visit her and say, Andrea how dare you
claim that you were hit by a car!


>           So was the breakup scene.  I mean, after keeping a secret
> this long, why did Dylan suddenly feel the need to tell Brenda the
> truth?

What was wrong with his explanation?  Didn't he say that realized that
he would be a hypocrite to claim that the Admissions Testing service
was committing an offense against him by calling him a liar when deep
inside he knew that he had been engaging in behavior which was
tantamount to lying by withholding information about his "fling?"


>         How convenient it was for the topic of discussion to go from
> SAT's to the summer and their flings.

Convenient for whom?  Presumably this would have to come out sometime
because the tension had been building.  Why not then?  Oh, do you mean
it's too close to the time she rediscovered Rick?  Why?  Would it have
made a big difference if Dylan hadn't made his little confession?


>                                        The Steve storyline was totally
> unnecessary.  It was just a way to get him involved in this
> two-parter.

The whole show is unnecessary.  Why is it a two-parter, anyway?  I think
I read that here too, but I don't remember anything in the episode that
made it seem like a two-parter, and there wasn't anything about "to be
continued" at the end.


>              The Donna/David thing wasn't as bad as the rest, but it
> was still predictable.

"Predictable" = "Bad" ?  Pretty darn close to all of human existence
is bad then.  I didn't think the episode was egregiously contrived,
and I don't really want the show to be unpredicable. 


>                                                       I think they
> could have made things a bit more dramatic, instead of making every
> scene look rushed.

Hmm, I didn't notice that it looked rushed.  The only rush I remember
was when Kelly said "sponging."  And I was the one with the rush.


> Put Brandon and Andrea together!  His current girlfriend is *such* a drip.

"Drip?"  I think "squirt" would more aptly describe her effect on me.
As for Andrea, I think "spew" would be felicitous.


Larry
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