I am looking forward to it.
-- 05 Nov 2012 03:18 pm --
jennifertwt wrote:I am looking forward to it.
I finally succumbed to temptation (Into Temptation???) and listened to all of Album 56 even though I said I wanted to hear the eps online first (does not come on radio in sweden). It started out really well with the Perfect Church, Great Expectations, and For Three Dollars More. I thought The Bible Network, Happy Hunting, and The Holy Hoopster were a little weaker. The Lost Riddle was the best Parker/Jones mystery yet. Groundhog Jay was okay. I might have liked it better if they had used a different character as the lead. Jay is not my favorite, but then I guess you always need a "Rodney Rathbone" to show a difference between the "good kids" and the "marginal or bad".
I really liked Home Again and would have placed that as the last two episodes to have a really strong finish. I still think Connie was a little over the top in her efforts to see Jason and Penny a little to much to try to set it up. As much as I support a Jason/Connie romance, and yes, she did make it clear (at least in this episode) that she considers him "like a brother", her "desperation" to see him was a little odd. Yes, they worked together and might have had a sort of working friendship when Whit was "gone" to the middle east, but it was still a bit.....odd. As many of the older fans will tell you, some of the best and most lasting romances are based on friendship, so I am still hoping to see them as a couple, and look forward to seeing where this goes. I love that Jason has taken over J and J Antiques, though I am sad to see the Allens "move on". I also like the way that in recent albums, the 2, 3, and 4 parters play seemlessly without any interruptions on the CD. I did not mind the breaks in the older ones, but I usually listen to the "multi-parters" at one time when I get the physical album.
Push the REd Button was good in and of itself, I just feel it should have followed Grondhog Jay, especially since Jason was not in it and it would not have affected the time line at all. I now have the album uploaded to my computer and might "re-order" it myself.
All in all I would give the album 4 stars! It only lost 1 because it did not contain a Thanskgiving or Christmas episode. Those are my favorites.
This album also got me thinking about what a playlist of "Whit´s Invetions" would contain....have to think about that. For sure, "Whit´s Flop", Whit's boredom buster from Family Vacation...........might start that as a new thread.
