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Post by lmlewis on Feb 22, 2007 0:54:11 GMT -5
I hope you don't mind if my posts for this episode are from memory. My brother helped me pack some things, and he packed up my season 1, and now can't remember which box he put it in. I have noticed some of the changes you mentioned in the script when I looked through it earlier. I remember noticing some small dialog change when I printed it, but I can't remember what it was now. I agree it was better that the judge was the one to deputize Mark. I also agree that the judge was a lot more jovial in this episode than later in the series. I'm going to read through it again, and see what else I noticed. Congratulations on getting moved and I hope you find your dvds soon. I think the plan is to stay with this one until Mar. 5. Owl, is that right? And, yes, it seems like Mark starts out more angry, with the judge somewhat more tolerant. Of course McC is playing a guy whose friend has just been killed and whose looking at another long stretch in prison, while Hardcastle is trying to get this guy on his team, and is probably supposed to be pleased to find he suddenly has such an upper hand. But, really, reading the script, the scope for interpretation was very broad. Some of the funny stuff could have been played much more sarcastically. DHK does a real tone-shift after the jail scene.
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Post by owlcroft on Feb 22, 2007 15:00:41 GMT -5
Yep, March 5 we start on "Man in a Glass House". But with regard to the change in McCormick's demeanor, I wonder if it wasn't supposed to represent a kind of shock. You know, he'd been through an awful lot in just a few days and maybe it just got to be overwhelming, so his brain kind of went into survival mode. Ignore the bad stuff, just cope with what's right in front of you and keep going. And we knew right from the start that he copes with things using humor and a smart mouth.
Does that make sense?
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Post by lmlewis on Feb 22, 2007 17:38:38 GMT -5
The critical thing a pilot episode does, besides set up the premise, is establish the characters as people we want to spend time with, traditionally, by making them likeable--couldn't have either one be too cranky for very long.
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Post by Liz on Feb 22, 2007 19:53:52 GMT -5
I think Milt was giving Mark a little leeway as he knew that the kid was truly hurting over Flip's death, but Mark's anger was composed of a lot more than that.
Even in the trip home we begin to see the change in Mark with Dark Mark receding into the background. I always thought that it was due to the fact that this Judge, this man who always seemed to be waiting for Mark to screw up, believed him and checked Cody out. That meant a lot to him, especially when you think how he was in such deep doo doo right about then.
Yeah, the script has so much potential to be played in a variety of ways, but I like how they worked it.
I don't think Milt was entirely sweetness and light, he was just not as grumbly as he later became. Maybe because he could be himself with Mark, not worry about insulting him so much that the kid would bolt or reject him.
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Post by susanb on Feb 23, 2007 18:35:33 GMT -5
It makes sense that after the judge got used to Mark, he realized that he didn't have to be afraid that if he acted in his naturally gruffer manner it would scare Mark off.
And Hardcastle listening to his accusation about Cody, and then checking into it, could go a long way toward making Mark feel less anger toward the judge. Plus, making Cody the first one they would go after, gave Mark the incentive he needed to accept the deal.
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Post by jadzia2000 on Feb 23, 2007 22:19:55 GMT -5
I think that was one of my favorite parts of the pilot, when Hardcastle trusted Mark to believe that Cody was in on flip's death.
I also liked how Hardcastle wouldn't let up about Mark moving in with him. He doesn't take "No" for an answer.
It really was blackmail, but I did also like that we get a better explanation as to why he really took Mark in "she ain't deep, she sure runs fast".
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