While the City Under Siege three-parter has its problems -- a lack of the city being under siege and three different episodes being meshed together for a sweeps event -- one of the more interesting subplots that takes up most of this episode is the idea of vigilantism. While usually most '80s programs would see this as unabashedly a good thing, this episode takes a very progressive attitude by asking some important questions: what is the purpose of the system if not to reform criminals? Is the point of vigilantes to really solve problems or a simple power grab? And what happens when the circle of violence comes right around and a vigilante is killed, leaving his family to grieve?
So kudos to an episode of Hunter of all places to give some room to these questions. While these questions aren't answered, the fact that they come up at all in the middle of the violence-glorifying '80s is quite remarkable. Even if the way it does is the typical 'grand speech stating you suck' method of writing.
That said, not much happens here with the whole Iris Subplot. Oh well.
So kudos to an episode of Hunter of all places to give some room to these questions. While these questions aren't answered, the fact that they come up at all in the middle of the violence-glorifying '80s is quite remarkable. Even if the way it does is the typical 'grand speech stating you suck' method of writing.
That said, not much happens here with the whole Iris Subplot. Oh well.
