This is amazing story by all means.
OK, we have (Gail) a police officer who blames himself for his partner's violent death by the hands of serial killer who's never been captured. Now he is teamed up with (McNeil) a young partner with a golden smile, but she seems invisible to everyone else. Of course (McNeil) is nothing but a kind supporting ghost that will help (Gail) out to bring back his self-confidence and arrest the killer.
There are so much to learn from such a lovely episode: You need a partner to rescue yourself. To face your fear is to end it. And when you help others, then you're helping yourself; the way we understood how (McNeil) finished his own guilt complex at the end.
Speaking of which, that was the real peak of this episode's cleverness. I mean when we know that (McNeil) was here to forbid this cop of killing himself out of guilt, the way her very partner did after her death, is without a doubt the coup de maitre of this story's writer.
For instance, give the title a little meditation; it's surely a blue man, a cop, who was down (Gail's murdered partner). And it's a story about another cop, who needed help to fight being down out of his blues (Gail himself).
The most adorable moment is the last one when (Gail) talks smiling to the unseen (McNeil) about his first partner: "You're better looking than him.. And you can tell him that too!", as a hint how he just downed the "blue man" he was. Great line, great finale.
I only didn't like being kind of predictable with a partner that no one sees. The script could have made it better like epitomizing the whole others in someone, a cop, who doesn't want to give her respect by looking at her, or smiles sarcastically at her image, then we know that he doesn't see her at all. Or something like that.
For someone who's crazy about the buddy-cop movies or TV shows, this case is unique and meaningful, where its both leads unite to save themselves from pain. Actually not to wonder, since it's directed by (Paul Michael Glaser) who used to be (Starsky) in (Starsky and Hutch) TV show. He already directed some of that show's episodes, along with ones of another buddy-cop show (Miami Vice). In (Blue Man Down), he handled it simple yet smart, and when you watch carefully the adept performance you'll know that he got a hand in it.
I think the best thing about Amazing Stories, or any amazing story, is when it makes you believe. The top among the reasons is this fine dramatic structure.
It's the show if you want to read / watch memorable stories, as writing is the actual lead here.
OK, we have (Gail) a police officer who blames himself for his partner's violent death by the hands of serial killer who's never been captured. Now he is teamed up with (McNeil) a young partner with a golden smile, but she seems invisible to everyone else. Of course (McNeil) is nothing but a kind supporting ghost that will help (Gail) out to bring back his self-confidence and arrest the killer.
There are so much to learn from such a lovely episode: You need a partner to rescue yourself. To face your fear is to end it. And when you help others, then you're helping yourself; the way we understood how (McNeil) finished his own guilt complex at the end.
Speaking of which, that was the real peak of this episode's cleverness. I mean when we know that (McNeil) was here to forbid this cop of killing himself out of guilt, the way her very partner did after her death, is without a doubt the coup de maitre of this story's writer.
For instance, give the title a little meditation; it's surely a blue man, a cop, who was down (Gail's murdered partner). And it's a story about another cop, who needed help to fight being down out of his blues (Gail himself).
The most adorable moment is the last one when (Gail) talks smiling to the unseen (McNeil) about his first partner: "You're better looking than him.. And you can tell him that too!", as a hint how he just downed the "blue man" he was. Great line, great finale.
I only didn't like being kind of predictable with a partner that no one sees. The script could have made it better like epitomizing the whole others in someone, a cop, who doesn't want to give her respect by looking at her, or smiles sarcastically at her image, then we know that he doesn't see her at all. Or something like that.
For someone who's crazy about the buddy-cop movies or TV shows, this case is unique and meaningful, where its both leads unite to save themselves from pain. Actually not to wonder, since it's directed by (Paul Michael Glaser) who used to be (Starsky) in (Starsky and Hutch) TV show. He already directed some of that show's episodes, along with ones of another buddy-cop show (Miami Vice). In (Blue Man Down), he handled it simple yet smart, and when you watch carefully the adept performance you'll know that he got a hand in it.
I think the best thing about Amazing Stories, or any amazing story, is when it makes you believe. The top among the reasons is this fine dramatic structure.
It's the show if you want to read / watch memorable stories, as writing is the actual lead here.