Five questions: “K&R Part III”
Five questions that popped into my head while re-viewing “K&R Part III”:
1. Did Mary get nicer when she changed into sweats? The character has bugged me quite a lot, especially when she was playing all cutesy with Matt, but at the end, sleepy and finally released from the low-cut blouse and the short skirt and the high-heeled shoes, “the blonde with the legs” actually seemed more human and compassionate, making a persuasive argument to Matt about getting legal custody papers to Danny without so much as a reference to her stratospheric intelligence or her surpassing cuteness. Too bad they didn’t dress her down long ago.
2. Is Boyle bad at his job? He jokes a lot about being bad at it, for sure. And he seems to have a plan that involves keeping Tom on his toes with jabs and jests. But if he’d made more of an effort to befriend rather than antagonize the hostage’s brother, maybe Tom would have listened a little better when asked not to go the ransom route.
3. Did Harriet ever talk to Danny, back in flashback-time? She tells Matt she’s going to, but we never see the scene. If she did, I guess he was no more dissuaded by her argument than Matt was. Perhaps if she had made her points in the Holly Hunter voice, they would have agreed to cut the sketch just to shut her up.
4. Is Jack asking the wrong person for help with Simon? Matt’s obviously going to be disinclined to help, since there’s an apology history between the writer and the honcho. Mary seems to be the only one around who’s actually making things happen — I’ll bet she could write an apology that would clean up the mess but leave Simon’s scruples intact. Did she mention her IQ is ridiculous?
5. What happened to the rest of the cast and crew? Everybody’s supposed to be hanging around still, but they’re making themselves awfully scarce, even with Jack wandering around the building. Maybe they set up bunks in the parking garage to tuck everybody away.
Studio 60, NBC, K&R Part III, commentary
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