Episode 9: Death Becomes Her
This review/recap is coming at you from Orlando, Florida! That's right. I'm on vacation but I'm still getting this out to you guys. That's why its so short and may have a few errors though. Its late and I don't have the time to edit it as much as I normally would. But I hope you enjoy the mini-review anyway! :)
Mary's Witness of the Week is named Mia.
Daughter of a mobster. She's terminally ill and realized how much she disliked being in a crime family. One of the family members (I forget his name/relation. Sorry) was angry at her loud mouth and was going to kill her so she killed him in self-defense. She was then brought to Albuquerque as a candidate for witness protection and to testify against her family. Even though she knows she is going to die anyway (she has an inoperable brain tumor), she wants to testify for Robin, her niece in hopes she’d choose a better life than the one she has now.
Mia was rejected as a witness because she might die before the trial or the defense would say the tumor left her incompetent. Basically, Mia would be a bad witness. During this episode we discover that Mary likes Mia more than other witnesses. Marshall says that they’d be friends if the scenario was different. She replies, “I love when you talk to me in greeting card.” But really, she knows he's right.
Mary pulled strings to allow Mia to stay in ABQ with a residence and a stipend but Mia saw it as a pity thing and didn’t want it. The stress from the argument Mary+Mia had left Mia with a bloody nose (brain tumor related. Not punched or anything). Mia calls Mary and says she wants to go to Kansas City and see her niece. Mary goes with her as protection. Mia tells Robin to run and find a better life than the one she was getting into. She told her not to marry who her family says to marry just because they said so. Robin asks to Mia to take her with her and Mia can’t of course, so they say their final goodbyes and Mia returns to Albuquerque with Mary.
While asleep one night, Mary gets a phone call that alerts her that Mia had died. Mary was clearly affected by Mia’s death. When she went to ID the body, she was crying. Marshall was there with her for support. She said in her voice-over that Mia made an impact on her life. When Mary returns home, her mom asks if she's ok. At first she says it was a bad day and doesn't feel like talking but then she opens up to her mom.“A friend died. Her name was Mia.” Mary then starts to tell Jinx all about her. “She was a mix of wise ass and…[fades off]”.
These last few scenes of the episode were phenomenal. I had read in interviews that Mary was going to be nicer and better with people because of her near death experience but we hadn't seen too much of it. Now she shares her feelings with her mom, something she never would have done a year ago. It shows that both Jinx and Mary are maturing and also coming closer. I'm very happy to see it and I hope to see more of it!
Marshall’s Witness of the Week is named Patrick.
While Marshall is checking up on him one day, Patrick rushes him out. This, of course, causes suspicion and Marshall starts investigating. It turns out his secret is that he has a homosexual partner from his old life in Texas but since he was still in the closet, he didn't tell the Marshals and snuck his boyfriend, Bob, to Albuquerque. We find out that Patrick is afraid to come out because he comes from a very conservitive family in Texas. Marshall tells him that's a stupid reason because he's never going to see his family again anyway.
Marshall has to relocate his witness since he brought his boyfriend. He has to decide whether to bring his boyfriend with him or go alone. Later we see that Patrick has asked Bob to relocate with him but Bob is packing up a U-Haul back to Texas. He said he can't keep a relationship a secret and therefore can't go with Patrick. Marshall tells Patrick he needs to prove how serious he is and signals towards a neighbor. Patrick walks over to the woman and says that he is gay and Bob is his boyfriend. Since this is 2010, the neighbor went "Okay." and walked away. It proved to Patrick that its acceptable to be gay to most people in the country and it proved to Bob that Patrick really loved him.
I thought this was an interesting storyline. The witness was homosexual but didn't want anyone to know even after he was given the opportunity to become whoever he wanted. Yet he still loved his boyfriend enough to sneak him to Albuquerque! I loved that in the end he finally told someone he was gay and the woman did what a majority of the country would do: not care. Homosexuals aren't shocking in this country anymore and people should feel safe to come out. Yep...I liked this storyline.
Mary's family storyline...
Brandi and Jinx have a scene together where Brandi tells her about Scott, her and Mary's half-brother. Jinx says she wants to meet him. When she does, she’s very nice to him. I was expecting her to be argumentative or accusing but she wasn't. Scott tells Jinx that his dad (whose name is James) was not a con-man or bank robber when he was with them. But he did indeed leave their family as well. Jinx tells Scott that if he ever sees his dad again to tell him she said, “I'm doing great. My life is truly great without him.” At this point, I didn't think this was true. I figured she wants James to feel bad for leaving and not get the satisfaction of screwing her life up. Later in the episode, Mary returned home to see her mom sitting in the dark with a bottle of vodka out. (remember, she's an alcoholic. vodka = big no-no) Jinx asked Mary if her life really was better off without James. When she said it to Scott she believed it but now she wasn't so sure. Mary told her that her life isn't nearly as bad as some other peoples (Mia comes to mind) and that her life is pretty good. Jinx says its not good but agrees that its not terrible either.
Brandi still isn't in the show much but that's because Nicole Hiltz is clearly pregnant. At the beginning of Season 2, I despised both Brandi and Jinx. By the end of Season 2 I liked Brandi but still hated Jinx. I don't love Jinx yet but she's getting there. The writers have done a great job at turning her into a real character instead of just a whiny one that did nothing but annoy me. I hope by the beginning of Season 4 (*crosses fingers*) that I like both Brandi and Jinx as much as I like Mary and Marshall. (Is Stan next? I don't dislike him but he doesn't get anything to do! Give Paul Ben Victor more lines, writers!)
Anyway, that's all I have for you. Want to add anything? Disagree? Agree? Please let me know! I love comments but we never get enough on here! :P
Have a great week everyone! Hopefully I'll have a review for you next week but I'm going to be driving 13 hours over two days so I don't know if I'll get a review out or not.
-Jenna
This review/recap is coming at you from Orlando, Florida! That's right. I'm on vacation but I'm still getting this out to you guys. That's why its so short and may have a few errors though. Its late and I don't have the time to edit it as much as I normally would. But I hope you enjoy the mini-review anyway! :)
Mary's Witness of the Week is named Mia.
Taken from the IPS Facebook page.
Daughter of a mobster. She's terminally ill and realized how much she disliked being in a crime family. One of the family members (I forget his name/relation. Sorry) was angry at her loud mouth and was going to kill her so she killed him in self-defense. She was then brought to Albuquerque as a candidate for witness protection and to testify against her family. Even though she knows she is going to die anyway (she has an inoperable brain tumor), she wants to testify for Robin, her niece in hopes she’d choose a better life than the one she has now.
Mia was rejected as a witness because she might die before the trial or the defense would say the tumor left her incompetent. Basically, Mia would be a bad witness. During this episode we discover that Mary likes Mia more than other witnesses. Marshall says that they’d be friends if the scenario was different. She replies, “I love when you talk to me in greeting card.” But really, she knows he's right.
Mary pulled strings to allow Mia to stay in ABQ with a residence and a stipend but Mia saw it as a pity thing and didn’t want it. The stress from the argument Mary+Mia had left Mia with a bloody nose (brain tumor related. Not punched or anything). Mia calls Mary and says she wants to go to Kansas City and see her niece. Mary goes with her as protection. Mia tells Robin to run and find a better life than the one she was getting into. She told her not to marry who her family says to marry just because they said so. Robin asks to Mia to take her with her and Mia can’t of course, so they say their final goodbyes and Mia returns to Albuquerque with Mary.
While asleep one night, Mary gets a phone call that alerts her that Mia had died. Mary was clearly affected by Mia’s death. When she went to ID the body, she was crying. Marshall was there with her for support. She said in her voice-over that Mia made an impact on her life. When Mary returns home, her mom asks if she's ok. At first she says it was a bad day and doesn't feel like talking but then she opens up to her mom.“A friend died. Her name was Mia.” Mary then starts to tell Jinx all about her. “She was a mix of wise ass and…[fades off]”.
These last few scenes of the episode were phenomenal. I had read in interviews that Mary was going to be nicer and better with people because of her near death experience but we hadn't seen too much of it. Now she shares her feelings with her mom, something she never would have done a year ago. It shows that both Jinx and Mary are maturing and also coming closer. I'm very happy to see it and I hope to see more of it!
Marshall’s Witness of the Week is named Patrick.
While Marshall is checking up on him one day, Patrick rushes him out. This, of course, causes suspicion and Marshall starts investigating. It turns out his secret is that he has a homosexual partner from his old life in Texas but since he was still in the closet, he didn't tell the Marshals and snuck his boyfriend, Bob, to Albuquerque. We find out that Patrick is afraid to come out because he comes from a very conservitive family in Texas. Marshall tells him that's a stupid reason because he's never going to see his family again anyway.
Marshall has to relocate his witness since he brought his boyfriend. He has to decide whether to bring his boyfriend with him or go alone. Later we see that Patrick has asked Bob to relocate with him but Bob is packing up a U-Haul back to Texas. He said he can't keep a relationship a secret and therefore can't go with Patrick. Marshall tells Patrick he needs to prove how serious he is and signals towards a neighbor. Patrick walks over to the woman and says that he is gay and Bob is his boyfriend. Since this is 2010, the neighbor went "Okay." and walked away. It proved to Patrick that its acceptable to be gay to most people in the country and it proved to Bob that Patrick really loved him.
I thought this was an interesting storyline. The witness was homosexual but didn't want anyone to know even after he was given the opportunity to become whoever he wanted. Yet he still loved his boyfriend enough to sneak him to Albuquerque! I loved that in the end he finally told someone he was gay and the woman did what a majority of the country would do: not care. Homosexuals aren't shocking in this country anymore and people should feel safe to come out. Yep...I liked this storyline.
Mary's family storyline...
Brandi and Jinx have a scene together where Brandi tells her about Scott, her and Mary's half-brother. Jinx says she wants to meet him. When she does, she’s very nice to him. I was expecting her to be argumentative or accusing but she wasn't. Scott tells Jinx that his dad (whose name is James) was not a con-man or bank robber when he was with them. But he did indeed leave their family as well. Jinx tells Scott that if he ever sees his dad again to tell him she said, “I'm doing great. My life is truly great without him.” At this point, I didn't think this was true. I figured she wants James to feel bad for leaving and not get the satisfaction of screwing her life up. Later in the episode, Mary returned home to see her mom sitting in the dark with a bottle of vodka out. (remember, she's an alcoholic. vodka = big no-no) Jinx asked Mary if her life really was better off without James. When she said it to Scott she believed it but now she wasn't so sure. Mary told her that her life isn't nearly as bad as some other peoples (Mia comes to mind) and that her life is pretty good. Jinx says its not good but agrees that its not terrible either.
Brandi still isn't in the show much but that's because Nicole Hiltz is clearly pregnant. At the beginning of Season 2, I despised both Brandi and Jinx. By the end of Season 2 I liked Brandi but still hated Jinx. I don't love Jinx yet but she's getting there. The writers have done a great job at turning her into a real character instead of just a whiny one that did nothing but annoy me. I hope by the beginning of Season 4 (*crosses fingers*) that I like both Brandi and Jinx as much as I like Mary and Marshall. (Is Stan next? I don't dislike him but he doesn't get anything to do! Give Paul Ben Victor more lines, writers!)
Anyway, that's all I have for you. Want to add anything? Disagree? Agree? Please let me know! I love comments but we never get enough on here! :P
Have a great week everyone! Hopefully I'll have a review for you next week but I'm going to be driving 13 hours over two days so I don't know if I'll get a review out or not.
-Jenna
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