A surprisingly uneven episode of GA. Odd, being that it has the usual writers and Director. It seems that, perhaps by this, the last of a 3-episode story arc, the creators had grown weary of their commitment. Indeed, some of the jokes run so flat, that the Laugh Track doesn't even bother to respond.
It's certainly not all bad though. There is a terrific stunt when Oliver is sent tumbling out the back of the Cannonball Express passenger car. Another stunt later in the episode sees Oliver accidentilly traversing his hovel's living room via Arnold's abandoned skateboard.
The story features Arnold the Pig's little cousin, Jimmy. Jimmy's inclusion is entirely unnecessary. The Arnold character is hysterical all his own and needed no companion or competition. Especially as Jimmy merely copies Arnold's abilities.
Oliver comes across a bit more cross than usual. His anger is through the roof, even bellowing a hope that he never has to see Arnold ever again. Perhaps it's somewhat understandable seeing that Oliver has to put up with the unwanted recognition that he is the "famous pig lawyer".
The Hank Kimball character continues his downward spiral into completely hopeless incompetency. Here, he can't even remember Oliver or Lisa's last name even as it's spoken countless times in front of him. It's just not a funny topic for Kimball-inspired idiocy.
A very surprising moment occurs when Oliver takes a phone call atop the Douglas's telephone pole. Unlike any previous or future times atop the pole, this scene is actually filmed outdoors. An actual blue sky is above Oliver and the scene is lit by the sun. A different and very real shingled-roof is shown and the leaves of a tree in the background are seen fluttering in a breeze. It would be very interesting to learn the reason why it was decided to film this momentary scene in the actual outdoors. There are however, many scenes filmed in the real outdoors this 5th season of the show. (As opposed to the usual indoor filming on studio-bound sets made-up to look as if the action were taking place outdoors.) In the upcoming episode, "The Road", extensive outdoor filming was done featuring Hank Kimball driving his orange Ford Bronco throughout the town of Hooterville, causing quite a dust storm.
Strangest of all, the entire 3-episode storyline of Arnold the Pig possibly inheriting 20 Million Dollars, ends with no revelation as to whether Arnold gets the money. Of course, subsequent GA episodes see Arnold continuing on in his usual farmland life. There's no 20 Million Dollars being tossed around. The lacklustre "conclusion" may indeed be attributed to the writers and the Director tiring of the 3-episode long storyline.
It's certainly not all bad though. There is a terrific stunt when Oliver is sent tumbling out the back of the Cannonball Express passenger car. Another stunt later in the episode sees Oliver accidentilly traversing his hovel's living room via Arnold's abandoned skateboard.
The story features Arnold the Pig's little cousin, Jimmy. Jimmy's inclusion is entirely unnecessary. The Arnold character is hysterical all his own and needed no companion or competition. Especially as Jimmy merely copies Arnold's abilities.
Oliver comes across a bit more cross than usual. His anger is through the roof, even bellowing a hope that he never has to see Arnold ever again. Perhaps it's somewhat understandable seeing that Oliver has to put up with the unwanted recognition that he is the "famous pig lawyer".
The Hank Kimball character continues his downward spiral into completely hopeless incompetency. Here, he can't even remember Oliver or Lisa's last name even as it's spoken countless times in front of him. It's just not a funny topic for Kimball-inspired idiocy.
A very surprising moment occurs when Oliver takes a phone call atop the Douglas's telephone pole. Unlike any previous or future times atop the pole, this scene is actually filmed outdoors. An actual blue sky is above Oliver and the scene is lit by the sun. A different and very real shingled-roof is shown and the leaves of a tree in the background are seen fluttering in a breeze. It would be very interesting to learn the reason why it was decided to film this momentary scene in the actual outdoors. There are however, many scenes filmed in the real outdoors this 5th season of the show. (As opposed to the usual indoor filming on studio-bound sets made-up to look as if the action were taking place outdoors.) In the upcoming episode, "The Road", extensive outdoor filming was done featuring Hank Kimball driving his orange Ford Bronco throughout the town of Hooterville, causing quite a dust storm.
Strangest of all, the entire 3-episode storyline of Arnold the Pig possibly inheriting 20 Million Dollars, ends with no revelation as to whether Arnold gets the money. Of course, subsequent GA episodes see Arnold continuing on in his usual farmland life. There's no 20 Million Dollars being tossed around. The lacklustre "conclusion" may indeed be attributed to the writers and the Director tiring of the 3-episode long storyline.
