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Soap 3x21 "Episode 3.21" ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ https://trakt.tv/comments/780979 #Soap #trakt
TraktSoap 3x21 "Episode 3.21" review by RikerDonegalThe Burt storyline is the weak link here. Everything interesting is happening off-screen. That’s not the only problem with this storyline. Burt became Sheriff way too quickly. He mentioned it in one episode, ran for office in the next, and won in the next. Now he’s had to deal with a hostage situation? And we’ve seen none of it! Not seeing the standoff with the ex-Sheriff is particularly strange. It seems like a scene worth filming. Burt (the great Richard Mulligan) facing a gun-toting rival has the potential to be hilarious. But, for whatever reason, we don’t get to see it. Instead, Danny recaps it to Mary after the fact. Not funny. Jessica is told she only has weeks (or days!) to live. It’s too soon for another major character to be dying but this is very different to the recent Burt storyline. There are no laughs here. Katherine Helmond is excellent, and has some excellent (insightful) dialogue. The highlight this week is the Dutch-Corinne storyline. They are cute together and we want them to be happy but it wouldn’t be a soap opera parody if Eunice didn’t come back. And this is where she comes back, catching her boyfriend in bed with her sister! It’s a very funny scene in an otherwise laugh-free episode. _Spring 1980: ABC aired Soap in the middle hour of Thursday prime time after Barney Miller and before 20/20. Against it, CBS had Barnaby Jones while NBC aired Quincy, M.E._ 7/10