I agree with monsieur Bloom and others that the first 20 minutes or so is indeed the best part on this episode, which is not to dismiss the remainder, but, that it was superbly set up and acted, with special kudos going to Colton Ryan's seemingly low IQ'd creepy future serial killer "Jed", and scene stealing Hong Chau's "Marge", with a shout out to "Cliff Clavin" himself John Ratzenberger, who, like all of us, has gotten a bit older and rounder as the years have gone by.
Seeing the entire set up and committing of the crime in the first act, before the "star" makes her appearance, seemingly shouldn't work because we the audience already know who did it, but, the fun and intrigue is in figuring out the clues that Charlie will eventually use to expose the real perpetrator, and how she will put it all together. Added to that in this episode is the knowledge that, according to he new friend Marge, she only has 4 hours after using an ATM or credit card before whomever Charlie is running from will be able be where she last used it. So, the clock is ticking when she decides to stick around catch the real killer to clear Marge's name rather that immediately exiting stage east. Good stuff. Once again, the guest stars do journeyman work in their supporting roles, which makes the whole thing work.
Review by Paladin5150BlockedParent2023-02-02T08:59:08Z
I agree with monsieur Bloom and others that the first 20 minutes or so is indeed the best part on this episode, which is not to dismiss the remainder, but, that it was superbly set up and acted, with special kudos going to Colton Ryan's seemingly low IQ'd creepy future serial killer "Jed", and scene stealing Hong Chau's "Marge", with a shout out to "Cliff Clavin" himself John Ratzenberger, who, like all of us, has gotten a bit older and rounder as the years have gone by.
Seeing the entire set up and committing of the crime in the first act, before the "star" makes her appearance, seemingly shouldn't work because we the audience already know who did it, but, the fun and intrigue is in figuring out the clues that Charlie will eventually use to expose the real perpetrator, and how she will put it all together. Added to that in this episode is the knowledge that, according to he new friend Marge, she only has 4 hours after using an ATM or credit card before whomever Charlie is running from will be able be where she last used it. So, the clock is ticking when she decides to stick around catch the real killer to clear Marge's name rather that immediately exiting stage east. Good stuff. Once again, the guest stars do journeyman work in their supporting roles, which makes the whole thing work.