Andrew Schneider thoroughly makes up for "A Rock and a Hard Place" with this intensely plotted and McGee-heavy episode. David works as a librarian on the private island of a spoiled rotten heiress, but while getting supplies on the mainland he has a Hulk out and barely escapes McGee. He makes plans to leave but the heiress has taken a fancy to him and refuses him the use of a boat until her Spring Equinox masquerade party is over. Not only is McGee hot on the trail, one of the party guests plots to murder their host.
The murder plot is curiously underdeveloped: we're given three well- developed suspects, but the script never toys with our suspicions, and the murderer is simply the suspect with the most reason to want to kill the heiress. Logical and realistic, but not as dramatic as it could be.
But the other plots are impeccably done. The heiress is not just a "poor little rich girl"; she's thoroughly and believably loathsome. We can't help but despise her just as David does, and yet it's satisfying when the episode ends with a glimpse of hope for her.
However, it's the McGee pursuit which is most riveting throughout. You really feel Jack's relentless nature in this one, so it's fitting that this time he manages to finally come face-to-face (so to speak) with David. The confrontation between the two men is both thrilling and emotionally powerful; though David uses all his wits as Banner and his strength as the Hulk, he only manages this latest escape because of McGee's own moral doubts. Though it wasn't aired in that order, this feels like it would be a fine season finale.
The murder plot is curiously underdeveloped: we're given three well- developed suspects, but the script never toys with our suspicions, and the murderer is simply the suspect with the most reason to want to kill the heiress. Logical and realistic, but not as dramatic as it could be.
But the other plots are impeccably done. The heiress is not just a "poor little rich girl"; she's thoroughly and believably loathsome. We can't help but despise her just as David does, and yet it's satisfying when the episode ends with a glimpse of hope for her.
However, it's the McGee pursuit which is most riveting throughout. You really feel Jack's relentless nature in this one, so it's fitting that this time he manages to finally come face-to-face (so to speak) with David. The confrontation between the two men is both thrilling and emotionally powerful; though David uses all his wits as Banner and his strength as the Hulk, he only manages this latest escape because of McGee's own moral doubts. Though it wasn't aired in that order, this feels like it would be a fine season finale.
