Back on Track? Or possibly not. (some LOCI thoughts)

Yes, it was fun to see Bobby acting like a little kid, all excited with the magic, reliving some happy memories of his childhood (which I've believed all along did exist). It warmed my heart to see him smile and play around with Eames (though I don't think she's completely forgiven him, and that's okay). I'm ready to bid adieu to the beard, though I think that's more because I now equate the beard with Depressed!Bobby, so whenever I see him in it, I keep waiting for him to snap. But then again, why shouldn't he be depressed? It's not as if matters are back to normal. He has his job back, and his partner is speaking to him, but his personal life is still pretty much downward bound. Add to that the moronic nature of the cases he keeps getting and who knows what'll break him?

Don't get me wrong. I'm certain in some part of his weirdly tanned soul, David Copperfield does want to kill Criss Angel/David Blaine(as the murder victim was a strange crossover of both - I suppose representing the new breed of magic they're peddling which involves less flash and more mind-fuck) as well.

I usually try to watch an episode and let it stew for awhile before putting my thoughts down, but when "Vanishing Act" ended all I could think was, so?

Usually when a person is murdered on LOCI for reasons other than pure selfishness or evil, the viewers learn to understand why this happened. We were encouraged to even feel compassion sometimes. It wasn't a time too long ago; even the reviled season six had "Silencer." But did Copperfield-lite kill Criss Blaine wannabe because he was more popular? because he broke the Magician's Code? because he got laid more? It kind of went all over the place on me. In fact, I was kind of hoping Christopher Lloyd was the killer because he was the most entertaining part of this episode. One can never go wrong with Reverend Jim Ignatowski:




Overall I didn't dislike "Vanishing Act." It just seemed unfair that it was on opposite some of my favorites on Bravo ("Acts of Contrition" and "In the Wee Small Hours"), and I had to be reminded of how good it used to be. I do believe it can be great again - there is always some hope. It carried me through season seven of The Gilmore Girls, the fourth season of Angel, and this season's lackluster post-writer's strike network TV.

Those are my thoughts for now. Scattered on this Monday morning of Doom (as all Mondays are of Doom for me). Possibly later I will have some equally unintelligent thoughts about The Dark Knight (which I loved, by the way).

ETA: Music Wench has posted her thoughts on her page (somewhat different from mine, but that's way cool). Plus, she has some lovely caps!