BJ Episode Survival

[inuvik]

Doggone ++ best episode!
Leap of Faith -- subject matter
Fancy Footwork -- because last episode, waah

Pilot - 39
Doggone - 37
Up on the Roof - 31
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 21
Seoul Man - 19
Under the Gun - 17
In Your Face-13
Four Feet Under-13
Past Imperfect - 13
Fancy Footwork - 7
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 5

[inuvik]

Second one here:

Doggone ++ Jim at the water cooler, best acting ever
Past Imperfect -- for the fighting couple
Leap of Faith -- for someone letting the plant leak all over the floor and warp it (OK, I'm trying to find different reasons at least!)

Pilot - 39
Doggone - 39
Up on the Roof - 31
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 21
Seoul Man - 19
Under the Gun - 17
In Your Face-13
Four Feet Under-13
Past Imperfect - 11
Fancy Footwork - 7
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 3

[hoosier]

Fancy Footwork--Anthony's tactless comment to Karen on if she would ever consider being one of the ring girls for him

In Your Face++for Jim not relying so much on Karen to lead him around and for finding the chess player on his own and for playing chess however badly

Under the Gun++for Jim showing that he can absloutely take care of himself

Pilot - 39
Doggone - 39
Up on the Roof - 31
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 21
Seoul Man - 19
Under the Gun - 19
In Your Face-15
Four Feet Under-13
Past Imperfect - 11
Fancy Footwork - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 3[/quote]

[hoosier]

And for my second post--

Seoul Man++the showdown in the locker room
Leap of Faith++just the pleasure of watching Jim exploring the window frame and the water ring on the floor
Up on the Roof++for Jim finally venting his feelings about Terry in his session with Galloway

Pilot - 39
Doggone - 39
Up on the Roof - 33
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 21
Seoul Man - 21
Under the Gun - 19
In Your Face-15
Four Feet Under-13
Past Imperfect - 11
Fancy Footwork - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 5[/quote][/quote]

[inuvik]

Doggone ++ (hooray, #1!)
Maron's Brando -- (graphic --literally!--violence)
Under the Gun -- (whole episode's tone is depressing to me)


Doggone - 41
Pilot - 39
Up on the Roof - 33
Marlon's Brando - 25
Dance With Me - 21
Seoul Man - 21
Under the Gun - 17
In Your Face-15
Four Feet Under-13
Past Imperfect - 11
Fancy Footwork - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 5

[inuvik]

Fancy Footwork -- (boring boxing plot, but just my opinion! Not into boxing)
Doggone ++ (to give it a lead)
Four Feet Under -- (for digging up a dead dog)

Doggone - 43
Pilot - 39
Up on the Roof - 33
Marlon's Brando - 25
Dance With Me - 21
Seoul Man - 21
Under the Gun - 17
In Your Face-15
Four Feet Under-11
Past Imperfect - 11
Fancy Footwork - 7
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 5

[hoosier]

Under the Gun--Jim takes his gun but not Hank
Rub a Tub++introduction of Sonny
Marlon's Brando++Karen tracing the victim's wound on Jim's face

Doggone - 43
Pilot - 39
Up on the Roof - 33
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 21
Seoul Man - 21
Under the Gun - 15
In Your Face-15
Four Feet Under-11
Past Imperfect - 11
Fancy Footwork - 7
Rub a Tub Tub - 9
Leap of Faith - 5 [/quote]

[hoosier]

And my second today-
Seoul Man++Galloway clears Jim for duty
Rub a Tub--the squad acts like Jim isn't one of them by their references to "messed up cops" and reminding him to be repectful while questioning
Dance with Me++Jim using chopsticks

Doggone - 43
Pilot - 39
Up on the Roof - 33
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 23
Seoul Man - 23
Under the Gun - 15
In Your Face-15
Four Feet Under-11
Past Imperfect - 11
Fancy Footwork - 7
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 5 [/quote][/quote]

[hoosier]

Fancy Footwork++for Jim putting away his gun for good-RE can put more emotion in one little scene than some actors can with a ream of script
Pilot++for Jim telling the reporters to watch out for Hank when one of the nimrods stepped on our fav pooch's toes
Past Imperfect--for Jim having to practically pull Greg's teeth to get him to admit he needs to talk

Doggone - 43
Pilot - 41
Up on the Roof - 33
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 23
Seoul Man - 23
Under the Gun - 15
In Your Face-15
Four Feet Under-11
Past Imperfect - 9
Fancy Footwork - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 5 [/quote][/quote][/quote]

[hoosier]

In Your Face++for catching Jerry Tuxhorn with his pants down literally!
Four Feet Under--for Clay's poor hosting skills and for Christie leaving Jim to fend for himself at the party
Dance with Me++the guys at the diner when Dean hired Pete


Doggone - 43
Pilot - 41
Up on the Roof - 33
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 25
Seoul Man - 23
In Your Face-17
Under the Gun - 15
Four Feet Under-13
Past Imperfect - 9
Fancy Footwork - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 5 [/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]

[Eyphur]

Four Feet Under -- for just burying the dog in a bag and not building it a coffin
Fancy Footwork ++ for finally dancing to something besides Call me Irresponsible
In Your Face ++ because the pantomining is pretty funny

Doggone - 43
Pilot - 41
Up on the Roof - 33
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 25
Seoul Man - 23
In Your Face-19
Under the Gun - 15
Four Feet Under-11
Fancy Footwork - 11
Past Imperfect - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 7
Leap of Faith - 5

[mlm828]

This is so hard! Every time I decide to "ding" an episode, I think, "But it has this or that nice moment..." And there are some episodes I don't think I could ever "ding." Such as:

Up on the Roof ++ Jim and Karen on the roof, Jim and Terry at the river -- it doesn't get any better!

But I can "ding" these two:
Rub a Tub Tub -- Marybeth, Eric, and that obnoxious cologne
Leap of Faith -- some nice moments, but overall my least favorite

Doggone - 43
Pilot - 41
Up on the Roof - 35
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 25
Seoul Man - 23
In Your Face-19
Under the Gun - 15
Four Feet Under-11
Fancy Footwork - 11
Past Imperfect - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 5
Leap of Faith - 3

[inuvik]

Leap of Faith -- because I can do the first "kill" of the game with my next post
Rub a Tub Tub -- because with the perfume, Jim was solving crimes with his nose for the third time in a row
Doggone ++ Jim's despair just radiated off the screen


Doggone - 45
Pilot - 41
Up on the Roof - 35
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 25
Seoul Man - 23
In Your Face-19
Under the Gun - 15
Four Feet Under-11
Fancy Footwork - 11
Past Imperfect - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 3
Leap of Faith - 1

[inuvik]

Leap of Faith -- bye bye!
Rub a Tub Tub-- to set someone else up for a "cancellation"
Under the Gun -- Jim starts a brawl in a restaurant? Jeez...not good cop behavior


Doggone - 45
Pilot - 41
Up on the Roof - 35
Marlon's Brando - 27
Dance With Me - 25
Seoul Man - 23
In Your Face-19
Under the Gun - 13
Four Feet Under-11
Fancy Footwork - 11
Past Imperfect - 9
Rub a Tub Tub - 1

Cancelled episodes:

1. Leap of Faith--this is very fortuitous, as I just watched this one last night! I would change Jim beating up scumbag Doyle. That is just wrong, and I'm sure now his confession won't stand up in court anyway. I would have it where the threat of the neighbor child testifying, and Jim being threatening without actually doing anything, is enough to make him confess to the one crime. Then, when it goes to trial, the publicity causes many other children to be willing to testify against him and the guy goes to jail for life. Also, I'd have Hank smell something interesting in the garbage, leading Karen to discover the claim check in the apartment, a bit of a star role for Hank. Finally, I would have drawn out the ethical debate of the cops around the claim ticket a bit more, that was the best part of this episode for me and one of the most interesting scenes in the entire series.

[mlm828]

Karma to you, inuvik, for your re-writing of "Leap of Faith."