I guess this is Highlander's 'Die Hard' episode. Never saw the movie but I notice a few fans saying this, and from the description it does sound somewhat similar. Richie, Tessa and some others are taken hostage in a courthouse by a terrorist, Slade, and his thugs. Duncan, later is captured. The Terrorist "kills" Duncan to send a message that they want their demands met and no tricks.
The bad parts: The plot holes left at the end. How does Duncan manage to not get called in later by the police for questioning, and not to mention the media attention that would apply? Doesn't everyone who was a hostage have to give a statement, and therefore it would be revealed what Duncan's role was? Isn't the one terrorist left alive gonna tell his side? Isn't anyone gonna question the "hoax" of Duncan's death? It's pretty much left so that the viewer has no choice but to overlook these things.
They could have edited out Randi talking herself walking back and forth. That was a waste of time. Tessa crying when Duncan was taken to be killed in another room seemed stupid. I suppose you could argue she was pretending for Slade's sake, but she seemed genuinely upset.
The janitor who had his kid in a closeted area to play because her mother couldn't look after her, would probably be up on child endangerment charges in today's world. A courthouse always has criminals in it. Not exactly the best place to leave a kid alone that you are looking after.
Best parts: The way Duncan takes out all the bad guys. There's a poetry to it. Duncan and the little girl had some cute scenes together. Tessa shows her bravery and smarts, as she stands up to Slade, a misogynist, who was interested in her and was grabby hands, plus she took initiative to use the direct line to tell the police not to attack in a critical moment.
Commissioner Cominski and a swat commander are in charge of the hostage situation. They are both unintentionally hilarious as they keep squabbling. Cominski in particular is a drama queen. I laughed so hard when he said to the swat commander: "Where do you think we are? Beirut?"
The parking ticketing stuff was actually funny.
The best parts out-weigh the the bad parts, so I gave this episode a 7/10
The bad parts: The plot holes left at the end. How does Duncan manage to not get called in later by the police for questioning, and not to mention the media attention that would apply? Doesn't everyone who was a hostage have to give a statement, and therefore it would be revealed what Duncan's role was? Isn't the one terrorist left alive gonna tell his side? Isn't anyone gonna question the "hoax" of Duncan's death? It's pretty much left so that the viewer has no choice but to overlook these things.
They could have edited out Randi talking herself walking back and forth. That was a waste of time. Tessa crying when Duncan was taken to be killed in another room seemed stupid. I suppose you could argue she was pretending for Slade's sake, but she seemed genuinely upset.
The janitor who had his kid in a closeted area to play because her mother couldn't look after her, would probably be up on child endangerment charges in today's world. A courthouse always has criminals in it. Not exactly the best place to leave a kid alone that you are looking after.
Best parts: The way Duncan takes out all the bad guys. There's a poetry to it. Duncan and the little girl had some cute scenes together. Tessa shows her bravery and smarts, as she stands up to Slade, a misogynist, who was interested in her and was grabby hands, plus she took initiative to use the direct line to tell the police not to attack in a critical moment.
Commissioner Cominski and a swat commander are in charge of the hostage situation. They are both unintentionally hilarious as they keep squabbling. Cominski in particular is a drama queen. I laughed so hard when he said to the swat commander: "Where do you think we are? Beirut?"
The parking ticketing stuff was actually funny.
The best parts out-weigh the the bad parts, so I gave this episode a 7/10
