User Reviews

Let's see, supposedly Brackenreid's son Bobby has been accused of murder. Murdoch's allegedly thieving neighbor Goldie has returned and offers them a meal as a peace offering but is it poisoned? George's girlfriend has a new secretary: the crazy woman who had kidnapped George. Are these all coincidences or are our friends in danger? Worse, Bobby is guilty of manslaughter and may be going to prison. Worse, Goldie and Julia might be becoming drinking buddies. Worse, George can't prove Dorthy is the woman who kidnapped as she is claiming to be the kidnapper's identical twin sister. None of this foreshadows good for our friends.

I don't know why they crammed not one but two "annoying stalker" subplots in, both being unpleasant and pointless. I get the feeling we'll be subjected to further cringey plotlines based around both. And yet again they have savvy, intelligent characters acting idiotic just to make the silly plots work. In this case Effie laughingly brushes off George's terror at her having hired his kidnapper, saying he probably just misremembered the woman's face, it couldn't possibly be the same woman. Why would she not be just as concerned as he? Why would a lawyer who deals with criminal cases all the time, whose boyfriend recently was almost crippled and held for days by someone who then got away with it, assume the perp is no threat? It just makes zero sense.

The main plot involves a son who, as one of his buddies says, was "just born bad", despite his family's goodness. That would have been interesting if they had delved deeper! But alas it was just skimmed over hurriedly to make room for all the stalking silliness.