Two American flight attendants disappear in Singapore.Two American flight attendants disappear in Singapore.Two American flight attendants disappear in Singapore.
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- TriviaThe flight number was Oceanic 815. This is the same flight name as the plane that crashes in Lost (2004).
- GoofsThe episode depicts a poor image of the city state of Singapore. The opening image looks nothing like Singapore - there are no prominent hills, no major slums, there should be many high rise buildings. Singapore means the "Lion City", not Where there is a sea, there are pirates". Characters mispronounce Singaporean names. Changi Airport, one of the cleanest globally, looks nothing as depicted. Singapore was not exactly built from a fishing village, nor is it fully of poverty. Conversely, it industrialised well, is ultra rich though there is inequality. Geylang is not a hub for trafficking and its image looks more like Bedok. Hawkers hardly cook on the streets which is illegal and the police is called the SPF not PD. Furthermore, there are no Malays and Indians or Eurasians and the SPF officer does not speak like a Singaporean. SPF officers also communicate in English not Chinese. The whole cast were not filmed on site in Singapore.
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Jack Garrett: [opening quote] A Singaporean proverb tells us: "Where there is a sea, there are pirates"
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Written by Joe Lervold & Johnny Elkins
Performed by The Joel Evans Quartet
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A viewer's fury
Despite not being a fan at all of 'Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders', but still watched it all the way through to the end of its run as someone that loves the original 'Criminal Minds' and had the hope that it would get better (it showed marginal improvement in Season 2), "Cinderella and the Dragon" actually sounded promising. The synopsis may not have been original but it intrigued and set in fascinating place with a fascinating culture.
Which "Cinderella and the Dragon" does a great disservice to. The viewer's anger is a good deal more firey than anything in the episode combined. After seeing some improvement in a few aspects in Season 2, it is regrettable that with "Cinderella and the Dragon" 'Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders' went back into the offensively bad territory that most of Season 1 was stuck in. There were worse episodes of the show but this is definitely among the worst of Season 2 and the show's worst episode since "El Toro Bravo".
Is there anything that was done halfway decent? Well, it started off promising.
"Cinderella and the Dragon" otherwise is a complete failure. It doesn't even look good visually, with too much of it having a cheap direct to video look and it lacks slickness and atmosphere. Singapore is a lot more beautiful than portrayed here where it is almost too seedy. The music is unmemorable at best and what can be remembered is an attempt to be over the top brooding but comes over as bland.
Absolutely agree with the other reviewers about the insulting portrayal of Singapore, and they are not to be dismissed for being nit-picky. Cultural insensitivity and outdated stereotyping were frequent problems throughout 'Beyond Borders' run, and while other episodes did these (even) worse the insensitivity, inaccuracies and stereotyping here showed a lack of respect and research. The writing is stilted and is back to the condescending writing style of Season 1. The profiling is underused and too conventional, but we still don't know the team enough as individuals and the chemistry just isn't there.
Neither is the acting from all involved, ranging to sleepwalking to annoying. The unsub is not menacing or well developed at all, just vanilla like most of the show's unsubs (with a couple of exceptions such as "Paper Orphans" and "Made In"). The story is ridiculous, dull and lacks suspense and again the ending feels rushed.
Concluding, very, very bad and while the insulting portrayal of Singapore plays a large part in its failure it is not the only big fault of the episode. 2/10
Which "Cinderella and the Dragon" does a great disservice to. The viewer's anger is a good deal more firey than anything in the episode combined. After seeing some improvement in a few aspects in Season 2, it is regrettable that with "Cinderella and the Dragon" 'Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders' went back into the offensively bad territory that most of Season 1 was stuck in. There were worse episodes of the show but this is definitely among the worst of Season 2 and the show's worst episode since "El Toro Bravo".
Is there anything that was done halfway decent? Well, it started off promising.
"Cinderella and the Dragon" otherwise is a complete failure. It doesn't even look good visually, with too much of it having a cheap direct to video look and it lacks slickness and atmosphere. Singapore is a lot more beautiful than portrayed here where it is almost too seedy. The music is unmemorable at best and what can be remembered is an attempt to be over the top brooding but comes over as bland.
Absolutely agree with the other reviewers about the insulting portrayal of Singapore, and they are not to be dismissed for being nit-picky. Cultural insensitivity and outdated stereotyping were frequent problems throughout 'Beyond Borders' run, and while other episodes did these (even) worse the insensitivity, inaccuracies and stereotyping here showed a lack of respect and research. The writing is stilted and is back to the condescending writing style of Season 1. The profiling is underused and too conventional, but we still don't know the team enough as individuals and the chemistry just isn't there.
Neither is the acting from all involved, ranging to sleepwalking to annoying. The unsub is not menacing or well developed at all, just vanilla like most of the show's unsubs (with a couple of exceptions such as "Paper Orphans" and "Made In"). The story is ridiculous, dull and lacks suspense and again the ending feels rushed.
Concluding, very, very bad and while the insulting portrayal of Singapore plays a large part in its failure it is not the only big fault of the episode. 2/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 22, 2020
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