CONFETTI CHECK A-O.K.

Hi Marc!
Hi All!

This is Christian and finally I've got the time to join the
episode discussions again. I saw that my last review was in April (!)
this year, so it seems like I'm a little bit behind… {:-]

Anyway, my last one was A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES and this is
CONFETTI CHECK A-O.K. which is also one of the episodes that shows
something of the personal life of Ed Straker. And it's one of the
few eps without a UFO. This ep wasn't dubbed into German (for all
who don't know me from my previous postings: I am from Austria
and in the German speaking countries only 17 of the 26 eps were
shown). So let's see what I've noticed.

* This is one of the few eps which hasn't got the usual title
before the teaser (which doesn't bother at all in this case).

* You can't get away with one cigar if you're the father of
twins :-) Straker: "Twins? You owe me another cigar!"

* Mary. The obviously most hated woman in the series by the members
of this group. Although Mary isn't my coup of tea either,
I've got no problems with the fact that Straker is in fond of,
better: in love with her. If she is his type, so why not? I can live
with that :-)

* For the first time I noticed in the title the two points in A-O.K.

* Mary is driving. Ed must have sung all the way long because
they've noticed the sound of the cans very late.

* Now Ladies? The just married Straker fooling around with his wife
in the hotel room – is it possible that some of you would like to
have the role of Suzanne Neve… :-)

* For my taste there are very few questions to Straker in the meeting
about the necessity and financing of such a big secret organisation.
If I think of the conferences in my office about less important
things…. :-)

* "I like it! I like it!" Straker says this about the picture
Mary shows him. Hmm…, first Mary and then this picture. I have my
doubts about Strakers taste ;-)

* When Straker arrives at the Astrophysical Commission one can see a
woman passing the way of the car and looking after it. I wonder if
she wasn't an extra and therefore was wondering what kind of car
that was…

* Seems that the weakness of Straker is that he always forget to
telephone his wife.

* That's great! I've now noticed that too! When we see
Freeman and Straker for the first time in this ep entering what
becomes SHADO we hear the typical "SHADO theme".

* When Mary is falling down the stairs, Straker first look at her,
then opens the door and then take the receiver, yelling at her
father, he shouldn't touch her. Shouldn't he get her in a
more comfortable position in the first place? Just wondering.

* When Mary arrives at the Hospital she doesn't look very
pregnant at all.

After all this flashback episode becomes better with repeated
viewing, IMO.

Hope this was of interest!
CU Christian