User Reviews

"The Fatal Dive" is a nice change of pace, though the script has some serious logical problems....one of which makes pretty much everything in the show irrelvant!

Some divers stumble upon something odd....a downed private plane...and a recent one. Soon a representative of the South Vietnamese government arrives (Robert Ito) to inform them there's a treasure on the plane...but soon folks diving to retrieve it start dying! Fortunately for Barnaby, Jedidah (who is actually useful for the first time in the series) knows how to dive and he gives Barnaby valuable help. But then, there's a BIG twist.

I'll cut to the chase...and it's a MAJOR spoiler...which is why I made sure to point this out. After all the murders, you learn that the treasure never was in the plane. This is a HUGE problem because it means that there was absolutely no reason for the murders...none. How the writers never thought of this, I have no idea.

Additionally, there are a few other writing issues. First, a shot from a .38 revolver (or any revolver) would NOT knock you into a pool. Physics just don't work that way. Second, the writer really should have learned about CPR, as Jedidiah's actions when he finds a dying diver is nuts. He brings him back to the ship ASAP and then slugs him in the chest!! He never gives him artificial respiration and gives up on trying to revive him VERY quickly! This is a shame, as the folks who wrote and made the episode DID know about scuba and this aspect of the show was well done.

Overall, while Jedidiah was NOT annoying and useless like he was in the prior season five episodes, the logical problems with the show really make it tough to love.