This show is a bit of a mess. The opening sequence includes some now-forgotten music by some now-forgotten band. The producers wanted the camera to make the scene look edgy, but instead it comes across as jumpy and disoriented.
The SIU cops are stumbling out of a bar at 4:00AM, supposedly from a bachelor party (which doesn't explain what Nash's love interest for this episode, "Eve" (actress Paula Marshall) is doing there.
As for the hostage takers: the Casting Department picked a real-life psycho whacko to play the part of "Carrie". She is a coked-out punk rocker who is the leader of the hostage takers. Actress Brittany Murphy, who overplays this annoying person, died at age 32 from "multiple drug intoxication" (per the Coroner's report).
The scene with Cassidy in the Emergency Room is supposed to provide comic relief; it doesn't work.
The Directors wanted to avoid the claustrophobia that the audience may feel when a movie or TV show is entirely underground or underwater (coal mine, subway, submarine). In fact, Inspector Harvey Leek suffers from claustrophobia; he begins to freak out as he realizes he is trapped in a non-moving subway car under San Francisco Bay.
So, to get us back outside, the bad guys move the train out of the tunnel and back in the open air (although it is still dark, purportedly 5:00AM in the morning).
With the okay of Lieutenant A. J., Evan will play the hero. He comes riding in on a motorcycle. Actually, he is sitting on the back, the bike is driven by some young lady BART worker. She drops Evan off next to the hostage train, and the takedown of the bad guys begins.
A different episode, one of those "How did the SIU get themselves into this situation?" type of shows.
* * * * * * * 7 Stars for Night Train * * * * * * *
Florida Fred.
The SIU cops are stumbling out of a bar at 4:00AM, supposedly from a bachelor party (which doesn't explain what Nash's love interest for this episode, "Eve" (actress Paula Marshall) is doing there.
As for the hostage takers: the Casting Department picked a real-life psycho whacko to play the part of "Carrie". She is a coked-out punk rocker who is the leader of the hostage takers. Actress Brittany Murphy, who overplays this annoying person, died at age 32 from "multiple drug intoxication" (per the Coroner's report).
The scene with Cassidy in the Emergency Room is supposed to provide comic relief; it doesn't work.
The Directors wanted to avoid the claustrophobia that the audience may feel when a movie or TV show is entirely underground or underwater (coal mine, subway, submarine). In fact, Inspector Harvey Leek suffers from claustrophobia; he begins to freak out as he realizes he is trapped in a non-moving subway car under San Francisco Bay.
So, to get us back outside, the bad guys move the train out of the tunnel and back in the open air (although it is still dark, purportedly 5:00AM in the morning).
With the okay of Lieutenant A. J., Evan will play the hero. He comes riding in on a motorcycle. Actually, he is sitting on the back, the bike is driven by some young lady BART worker. She drops Evan off next to the hostage train, and the takedown of the bad guys begins.
A different episode, one of those "How did the SIU get themselves into this situation?" type of shows.
* * * * * * * 7 Stars for Night Train * * * * * * *
Florida Fred.