By Daniel
So this episode of Terra Nova opens with the Tigers and the Rangers tied at three in the top of the tenth inning. Neftali Feliz gets Ryan Rayburn to swing for the second strike but then throws two straight balls for the leadoff walk. That brings up Jhonny Peralta with one on and none out. Peralta bunts to get Rayburn over to second, but Alex Avila pops out (Rayburn barely gets back to second to avoid the double-play) and then Andy Dirks grounds out to end the inning.
Eventually I start to think, “Wait a minute, this is much too exciting to be Terra Nova” and I look for a Canadian channel that might be showing it, and I come across City TV, and it looks like Taylor has a knife to Jim’s throat and making threats about how his family better be back at Terra Nova. Then he punches Jim in the face, so it looks like I joined the episode at just the right time.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Malcolm are trying to figure something out about some kind of virus that from what I’ve seen mainly makes people want to murder Jim, which doesn’t sound so bad. Malcolm starts to come on to Elizabeth, just as Jim shows up in time to demonstrate what a big man he is, and Malcolm survives a Jim-punching because Elizabeth says he’s infected.
Then Jim needs Malcolm’s help with some guy’s body or something, and they almost but not quite get eaten by a little dinosaur, and then Jim winds up knocking Malcolm out and blames the virus for it.
And now Elizabeth has forgotten she’s married to Jim, and ONCE AGAIN I FAIL TO SEE THE PROBLEM HERE and for some reason that I probably missed in the first half, he doesn’t just tell her, but then she figures it out.
Oh, and then Elizabeth figures the pills Jim is taking for his cold are what’s keeping him from getting immune, but then it turns out it’s the cold itself, and then to help Elizabeth, Jim jams his tongue down her throat to give her the cold and save her life.
Meanwhile, Taylor has made his way back to Terra Nova, and he wants to know where his wife is, and Washington has to explain that she’s gone, which makes Taylor almost slit his own throat but Washington saves him by shooting him. Which is good, because the Shannons can’t go away for five minutes without Maddie getting herself caught up in a hostage situation.
And Jim’s working in a bar now, I guess, and his boss is working for the Sixers (bringing supplies), who become very interested in the son of the new sheriff, especially since he wants to bring his girlfriend back to 85 million years ago too.
Anwyay, it’s all resolved until week.
Daniel is a writer in Newfoundland with a wife and a daughter. He thinks Terra Nova would be much improved if the first thirty minutes was a baseball game in extra innings. Follow him on Twitter (@DanMacEachern) or email him at danieljdaniel@gmail.com.