This one was disappointing. The cold open promised roller derby action but the sport merely ended up serving as a backdrop for multiple types of insurance fraud, involving staged car wrecks and life insurance policies on the roller derby players. Not much of this made sense and there was a general feeling of convolution viewing this episode.
The absolute worse moment is when a car bomb (napalm??) is planted underneath Kelly's vehicle after she finds some incriminating evidence that will foil these insurance schemes. As she drives off with the bomb ticking, Charlie himself calls her on the carphone to inform her she has a bomb on board. She drives off the highway and abandons the car, inadvertently leaving the evidence inside the car. Suddenly we hear the voice of Charlie cry out, "Kelly, the suitcase!" and she turns backs to grab the evidence right before the car explodes.
HOW DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE? Is Charlie the voice of god who sees all? How was he in two spots at once? How did Kelly hear his voice on the carphone when she was already outside the car? Even if it was a speakerphone (and there is no evidence of this) how did Charlie know that Kelly left the suitcase in the car? It's so dumb I'm speechless (good thing I'm typing).
At the end of the episode we get some action shots of Jill playing for the roller derby team, where she gets to nail one of the perpetrators, although even this is awkwardly staged. And suddenly mass arrests are made with help from the cops (how did they show up s quickly?), including an arrest of the roller derby coach who up to that time had no hints he was involved in any wrong doing. A forgettable episode.
The absolute worse moment is when a car bomb (napalm??) is planted underneath Kelly's vehicle after she finds some incriminating evidence that will foil these insurance schemes. As she drives off with the bomb ticking, Charlie himself calls her on the carphone to inform her she has a bomb on board. She drives off the highway and abandons the car, inadvertently leaving the evidence inside the car. Suddenly we hear the voice of Charlie cry out, "Kelly, the suitcase!" and she turns backs to grab the evidence right before the car explodes.
HOW DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE? Is Charlie the voice of god who sees all? How was he in two spots at once? How did Kelly hear his voice on the carphone when she was already outside the car? Even if it was a speakerphone (and there is no evidence of this) how did Charlie know that Kelly left the suitcase in the car? It's so dumb I'm speechless (good thing I'm typing).
At the end of the episode we get some action shots of Jill playing for the roller derby team, where she gets to nail one of the perpetrators, although even this is awkwardly staged. And suddenly mass arrests are made with help from the cops (how did they show up s quickly?), including an arrest of the roller derby coach who up to that time had no hints he was involved in any wrong doing. A forgettable episode.