After "House Divided" being fine premiere to 15th season, "Twofer" disappointing and "Exit Strategy" more so, I was wondering: is one of my most beloved shows going under? Luckily, underwhelming is not a word for the case of "Skeleton Crew", which is easily one of the better episodes of the recent memory. It's not a perfect entry, though stands out solid enough.
Let's start with good.
. The murder mystery of "Skeleton Crew" is hugely compelling, twists and turns keep coming. It is nice that humor gets back on track with couple of very tasty jokes- especially liked the murder mystery party opening scene, which set the tone of this entry very nicely. The murderer is a person, who I did not guess as well.
The direction, acting are all good. A newcomer Jacqueline Sloane, who seems like an interesting character, is well portrayed by Maria Bello, even though rest of the cast is quite good too.
There is one big issue that I had with this episode though..
. To be frank, how Jacqueline Sloane is introduced as a character, I found extremely obvious of what the writer was doing. Also, the subplot about Ellie Bishop meeting up with her high school bully had a very standard conclusion with "I have changed" sentence used too much there.
"Skeleton crew" is a good episode, though not of shows best.
7/10
HK
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