Posted by
Diorite Gabbro on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Flight-Path-tp1510123p1510128.html
--- zerg harry <
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> I liked this episode a lot actually. A (fairly
> negative) review I saw a few months ago about UFO as
> a whole (this was on the net, not sure where
> though...) pointed out that this episode shows
> Straker in his "Sherlock Holmes" mode. And I have to
> say that is the best thing about Flight Path. More
> than almost any other episode, once the focus gets
> on to Straker, he is the alien-detective. First he
> reads the results of the psycho-analytical tests and
> orders Freeman to record Roper's phone calls and spy
> on him. Then he had Roper brought in for questioning
> and I liked how he did this via video-link so he
> could be in a separate room from his "victim". The
> fact Straker tries every angle until Freeman
> confirms one of them as a possibility is a good
> touch, too.
Thanks, this is an interesting perspective on the
episode. Next time I watch it, I'll keep this in
mind.
>
> I liked the strategy of the faked "leak" about
> Roper being released.
It's only marginally related to what you said, but it
made me think about it. One of the things I've found
interesting in watching UFO as an adult is watching Ed
Bishop work. Most of his dialog was delivered in a
wonderfully conversational way, even the technobabble,
some of which he did in this episode. He managed to
sound like he understood what he was saying even when
it was scientific nonsense, unlike some of the
"memorized the speech like a parrot" stuff we got from
a couple of other actors. And, yet, as in this
instance, when Straker was putting someone on (that
sounds so archaic! but I don't know how else to say
it), Ed Bishop made the lines sound different like he
did in the lines about when to release Roper. It
flags the difference in the intent of the dialog. I'm
impressed.
Diorite