![]() ![]() ![]() I do wish we would learn more about religious leaders and their influence in a Post-Pulse world (in a more serious episode of course). – After Logan plays his game of Bingo, he mentions the target is a priest, minister or Rabbi (a reference to the joke Max heard from the homeless guy at the stoplight). – Lots of references to other episodes in this one: Jam Clydesdale, an army marches on its stomach, Pierpont Lempkin, and Idle Hands (one of Jessica Alba’s first films). Also, his “over over” bit with Sketchy is kind of priceless. – Thankfully, Normal at least gets to have some fun in dream world as he heads up a transgenic hunting party and sneezes whenever Katarina is around (since he’s allergic to cats). At least wait a couple of episodes before you overuse the damn device. – Didn’t we just use a split screen effect in Radar Love. – Max’s reaction after Rafer’s mom (the fortuneteller) basically has a heart attack. – The first sign that things are not what they seem: Rafer disguised as an X5 picking up Max (even though they had decided to meet at Crash). – The episode’s funniest moment is probably Joshua and the trick or treaters screaming in each other’s faces. These day-to-day moments with the Jam Pony crew were the bread and butter of season one, and I adore them. – After Max and Cindy sneakily convince Normal to give them all a day off, we spend some time with the duo riding through Seattle and waiting at a traffic light. – Sketchy announces that he’s “the shape of things to come.” That was the tagline used in the promotional materials of Dark Angel’ s first season to describe Max. It’s like they weren’t sure what tone they were going for. – The teaser with Max interrupting Logan and Asha is pretty awkward. Thankfully Logan and Asha break the tension as they arrive with the intention of getting hitched (!!!!). This heroine is on a journey, and it’s not going to be easy for her to accept her true nature. That’s why it’s especially poignant when Sketchy and Normal arrest the transgenics and she finally proclaims: “No I’m not one of them”. ![]() It’s a fascinating point, because Max has struggled with her identity since the beginning of the series. But on the other hand, it’s nowhere near as fun to watch, which I guess is the whole point of becoming an adult.Ĭindy intriguingly points out that Max is not actually afraid of people judging Joshua, she’s actually frightened of people judging her. On one hand, I appreciate the fact that Max has grown so much this year (she’s practically a neurotic mom compared to the badass free spirit she was in season one). Her guilt sends her into a bizarro dream that ultimately causes her to change her mind and take her “big fella” out trick or treating. The episode’s events are set off when Max refuses to let Joshua go out into the world on the one night people wouldn’t notice (Halloween). It’s surprisingly ambitious, in an exceptionally silly sort of way. In fact, it still manages to tackle a serious thematic motif (Max’s denial of who she is) in the midst of a whacky dream world filled with blink-and-you’ll-miss-em references. See unlike Love In Vein (we’ll get to that trainwreck eventually), Boo has the right to go batshit insane being a straight-up dream episode. Yes the episode is infamously regarded as the single worst hour of Dark Angel ever made (and I’ve frequently labeled it as such), but the more I think about it, the more I find myself impressed by what it does manage to accomplish. I hate to admit it, but in some twisted way, Boo somehow works. ![]()
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