Why do shows need to do this r/t inter-agency r/t epidemics? Especially make a FBI supervisor who is supposed to be trained to be a LEADER with both Inter-Agency skills & Social Skills be a Moron. FBI agent would NEVER put a person who has died on the screen w/o verifying the Family is aware. With only ONE city with this situation, FBI would not "HAVE" a supervisor with this low skills much less send them to this situation. I understand this was done a few years ago, but I was a USN/USMC Corpsman that worked with these situations in the 80s, (Real & Training) and no way would the FBI have gotten sloppy with supervisors 30 yrs later. Sadly, it appears the writers don't think about how "MAYBE" down the road something similar would happen that their show would / could motivate the Audience in knowing and seeing the Best with Inter-agency happening 10 years earlier as we could have today. Shows are what some to many audience "see" r/t law enforcement, and that becomes reality to them ... this 2 part Series sadly harms how some may see what may be happening today. Yes, with the CV19 Law enforcement with inter-agency is happening. Hopefully with much better Leadership? Gladly, the writers of this series are not part of getting the Answers r/t CV19. The show was entertaining, and had humor due to this, ... but many will still see that "Drama / Law Enforcement / M.E." shown may have some truth to what will happen when something real like this happens. This is probably why most agency's DON'T ask Hollywood to help with Training films anymore.
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2.18 It's Epidemic Time ***1/2
edwagreen27 March 2012
Warning: Spoilers
As more and more people are getting infected, no one knows what the common denominator is that's getting them all so fatally ill.
We have the personal touch depicted here when Danny, part of the team, collapses and dies from the illness.
We see the various agencies trying to usurp power and weaken the other group. We also see how the public can be manipulated and lied to.
People in Philadelphia are calm so far, but that can't last forever.
The episode ends with Dr. Murphy collapsing.
Let's see the virus may show mutation, and antibiotics on victims are not working. Wait! A solution shall come next week unless Philadelphia is being sacrificed.
We have the personal touch depicted here when Danny, part of the team, collapses and dies from the illness.
We see the various agencies trying to usurp power and weaken the other group. We also see how the public can be manipulated and lied to.
People in Philadelphia are calm so far, but that can't last forever.
The episode ends with Dr. Murphy collapsing.
Let's see the virus may show mutation, and antibiotics on victims are not working. Wait! A solution shall come next week unless Philadelphia is being sacrificed.
Poorly aged
xbatgirl-300299 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is so hard to watch years later. Sure we get supposedly top notch doctors and scientists who have no concept of the need to quarantine people after an exposure to an unknown pathogen. And this isn't just post-covid talking - tons of other shows have had similar situations and the writers knew to quarantine characters. And we all know now there is no Silkwood shower that magically decontaminates you after exposure to an unknown disease, as is done here. Of course we also get the overused cliche of a usually by the book professional, Kate in this case, who knows she may have been exposed yet keeps it a secret. Eye roll.
No, what's hyper irritating this episode is how Megan's standard rudeness, disruption, and arrogance gets kicked up from maybe a 5 rating to 11. Just non-stop yelling and demanding special privileges, ignoring rules and consequences, disrespecting everyone. Basically demanding to speak to everyone's manager. Throwing fits to get her way. I think most sane people have had enough of this character in real life, let alone on tv. It was bad enough in the pilot when she was doing this to her African American superior. To get around this, the writers downplayed the fact that Curtis is even her manager until just a few episodes before this. Curtis being the butt of everyone's joke, who has no real power over the white staff probably couldn't happen in a show nowadays. For good reason. But all the good will Megan gained over 2 seasons is gone after about 5 minutes of her harsh ranting and pounding on walls. Rather prophetic that she ends up refusing to wear her mask. Points for that.
She's never that much better than other top doctors, that it ever makes sense here for her not to be fired and forcibly removed from the building. It just adds to the sense that the Luke Perry and Dean Norris characters are weak, incompetent leaders that they allow her to continue acting like a spoiled child.
No, what's hyper irritating this episode is how Megan's standard rudeness, disruption, and arrogance gets kicked up from maybe a 5 rating to 11. Just non-stop yelling and demanding special privileges, ignoring rules and consequences, disrespecting everyone. Basically demanding to speak to everyone's manager. Throwing fits to get her way. I think most sane people have had enough of this character in real life, let alone on tv. It was bad enough in the pilot when she was doing this to her African American superior. To get around this, the writers downplayed the fact that Curtis is even her manager until just a few episodes before this. Curtis being the butt of everyone's joke, who has no real power over the white staff probably couldn't happen in a show nowadays. For good reason. But all the good will Megan gained over 2 seasons is gone after about 5 minutes of her harsh ranting and pounding on walls. Rather prophetic that she ends up refusing to wear her mask. Points for that.
She's never that much better than other top doctors, that it ever makes sense here for her not to be fired and forcibly removed from the building. It just adds to the sense that the Luke Perry and Dean Norris characters are weak, incompetent leaders that they allow her to continue acting like a spoiled child.
Constant bickering and arguing
interestingstuff12 August 2022
This entire episode consists of main characters bickering and arguing for 45 minutes. I know it's very common in show for characters to constantly bicker but they are going way overboard in this episode. If you cut the parts where they argue and bicker, the episode would shrink to 5 minutes.
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