The Handler 11/21/03

movieking · 11-23-03, 09:10 AM

Finally had a chance to watch this episode. It was okay, but it didn't really make sense to me why the security guard did the job himself. I get that he didn't want his friends or his kids to know that he was a snitch, but since his friends all got taken down anyway, didn't he just get arrested in vain? He basically chose to go to jail and be away from his kids rather than them maybe find out that he was a snitch? He said that he wanted them to think that he was a thief rather a snitch, but wasn't there a good chance that they wouldn't have found out anything, based on what Joe said?

Patman · 11-23-03, 09:15 AM

I was flummoxed by the hasty wrap-up to this episode as well. It goes down as a clunker (plus the subplot with Joe's brother just didn't do it for me).

movieking · 11-23-03, 09:16 AM

I agree. It was a messy ending to a messy episode. And they needed more Lily...

Patman · 11-23-03, 09:39 AM

Sometimes I'll fall asleep watching this show, and then wake-up not quite knowing what I missed, and I think I did fall asleep this Friday watching this episode, so I re-watched the last half hour, and realized I did not miss anything!

MrX · 11-23-03, 11:53 AM

I agree with everything that's been said.

I had to watch the ending twice to figure out what had happened.

11-23-03, 09:10 AM	#1
movieking DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 13,069	The Handler 11/21/03 Finally had a chance to watch this episode. It was okay, but it didn't really make sense to me why the security guard did the job himself. I get that he didn't want his friends or his kids to know that he was a snitch, but since his friends all got taken down anyway, didn't he just get arrested in vain? He basically chose to go to jail and be away from his kids rather than them maybe find out that he was a snitch? He said that he wanted them to think that he was a thief rather a snitch, but wasn't there a good chance that they wouldn't have found out anything, based on what Joe said?

11-23-03, 09:15 AM	#2
Patman DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Duluth, GA, USA Posts: 37,452	I was flummoxed by the hasty wrap-up to this episode as well. It goes down as a clunker (plus the subplot with Joe's brother just didn't do it for me). __________________ PatCave; Flickr; Dragon*Con 2012; Comic-Con 2012 According to DGibFen, I'm a "freaking genius." "Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there." - Roger Sterling

11-23-03, 09:39 AM	#4
Patman DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Duluth, GA, USA Posts: 37,452	Sometimes I'll fall asleep watching this show, and then wake-up not quite knowing what I missed, and I think I did fall asleep this Friday watching this episode, so I re-watched the last half hour, and realized I did not miss anything! __________________ PatCave; Flickr; Dragon*Con 2012; Comic-Con 2012 According to DGibFen, I'm a "freaking genius." "Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there." - Roger Sterling

11-23-03, 11:53 AM	#5
MrX DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 20,917	I agree with everything that's been said. I had to watch the ending twice to figure out what had happened. __________________ Live & PSN tag: MrX5223 "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein My Countdown Counting down to: Summer Vacation

11-23-03, 09:16 AM	#3
movieking DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 13,069	I agree. It was a messy ending to a messy episode. And they needed more Lily...