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Static Shock: Jimmy (2002)
This is the best episode of Static Shock
This episode was really good at handling the heavy subject that it was tackling (gun violence) by showing us the effects of it by experiencing Virgil's first time getting counseling where he tells Dr. Franklin about what had happened and about how he felt about it and unlike most very special episodes where the Aesop character is a villain Jimmy wasn't introduced as the main villain from the start Jimmy Osgood didn't appear evil at first and at first he appears like a normal teenager who just was a quiet loner who even befriended Virgil and Richie and it's not as if his friendship with them was faked or subverted either since he did feel great remorse for accidentally shooting Richie in the leg and I have a feeling that if he didn't have that friendship with them the episode wouldn't stand out compared to other very special episodes and PSAs in the fact that alot of other very special episodes and PSAs use mindless scare tacits that add nothing other than mindless shock value whereas during the scene where Richie got shot we got to see how the very same guy who was responsible for him getting shot felt after his friend got shot showing the audience how someone would react to that rather than just showing it on screen at expecting the audience to react also relating to Jimmy Osgood I would usually complain about villains not having proper motives Jimmy didn't need one since that's not what the episode was about it was about the danger of guns and their effects and it's even stated not once but twice that he's mysterious and when you really think about it we don't know the motives of every single criminal alive so not giving him an exact motive is pretty realistic notice when I said "an exact" well we do get an idea of what his motive is it's vague but at least we have an idea for how long I told you about how good the episode is now it's time to get to the flaws because not everything is perfect.
First off the scene with Carmen Dillo was really unnecessary same with Nick Connor's existence since he was not one of the people who tackled Jimmy and the episode would've been a little better if Nick wasn't in it and only Kevin and Ray (the people who tackled Jimmy) were.
Second the line "your son's depressed" is offensive especially since he doesn't showcase any symptoms of it.
In conclusion this is a great episode to show to people who want to learn more the dangers and effects of gun violence.