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Gargoyles: The Silver Falcon
Reviewed: 08/20/2013
Eliza Might Want To Re-examine The World Conspiracy!
So after a laugh out loud fest with Puck; we head to an episode that only involves Broadway and Eliza. Yeah; Goliath will NEVER speak in this episode and I don't think he even appears in this episode to boot. So; today's episode involves Eliza investigating the disappearance of her Matt Bluestone which in any other universe would point the incriminating finger at Eliza for trying to sack him. Or something like that. So; let's begin shall we...?!
This episode is written and story edited by Cathy Bates. Cathy started with Jem! in 1988 along with Superboy in 1989. She wrote two scripts for the Carmen Sandiego Math Detective and Word Detective games in 1997/1998. She also wrote Roughnecks: The Star Trooper Chronicles, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, Robocop: Alpha Commando and Bureau of Alien Detectors. Gargoyles is her DTVA debut and her most recent credit is WITCH. That's it. Animation is done by Walt Disney Animation Japan with additional services done by Tama Pro and Jade Animation.
Opening Moment #1: Recap of the Eliza Maza/Tony Dracon feud from Deadly Force as the censors did a great job in getting the most out of Deadly Force without showing Eliza being shot by Broadway. Broadway does the "previously on Gargoyles part" by the way. They also recap Eliza's adventures with Matt Bluestone from The Edge.
We begin this one as it was a dark and stormy night. We pan down to show an abandoned factory with broken windows. We see a man in a trench coat and hat walk to the locked gate. He picks the lock with a hairpin. We cut to a shot of him and he looks like...Matt Bluestone? Why is he stooping to 1980's booking again? He opens door and walks inside. He sees light through a trap door opening. He walks to it as a shadowy figure turns on the switch and we have spotlights. Matt turns around and hears a man's voice as we clearly see Tony Dracon in shadow appears before him. Tony is happy to see him as one of his thugs appears with laser weapons. Then we go B&W and watch a gangster movie with Broadway. I know this because a gangster boss is shooting with a bullet shooting gun and fleeing. Wow; it's been awhile since we have seen a legit bullet shooting gun in this show. Gangster Boss runs through the alleyway as some detective who is in a trench coat and looking like Matt Bluestone only his face is shadowed brings down the portable stairs and it whacks the boss in the face and his gun goes flying and he falls on his back. As I discover; the boss is known as Louie when the detective picks him up. He's pissed off because Louie messed with his partner and he's going to do something about it. We finally see Broadway enjoying himself talking like the detective while eating popcorn in Eliza's own apartment. Eliza is in the kitchen on the phone talking to Maria Chavez in her office explaining that Matt Bluestone has not checked in the last 48 hours. Eliza has a large metal case; which I discover holds her gun which is a smart move quite frankly. Eliza hangs up the phone saying whatever to Maria's calls for backup if trouble arises. That's the sort of thing that can get you fired. Broadway offers to come with her; but Eliza kindly no sells it asking how he heard her. Broadway quotes on his hearing being good as he also claims that he cannot go back to the clock tower because Lex and Brooklyn have dabs on the VCR. Which means; Hudson is not watching television...so...he's...learning how to read? I hope so.
Broadway offers to be Eliza's backup partner; and Eliza no sells the deal and tells him to go back to watching his movie as she walks out. Broadway feels bad about this as we scene change to an apartment complex near the harbor as we pan up to the top floor and go inside an apartment where the whole place is being destroyed by some man in a ski mask as he's ripping up stuff for no reason that I can think of. Behind the glass door stands Broadway in a trench coat and hat. I see that he has not learned anything since Deadly Force. That is so Patrick Star like of him. The ski mask guy is ripping the sofa with his bare hands as we hear a knock on the door and discover that this is Matt Bluestone's apartment because Eliza is the one knocking on the door. Eliza touches the top frame of the door to find a key on top of it and as she is about to unlock the door; the ski mask guy takes out his gun and heads to the door. So Broadway opens the sliding glass door and grabs ski mask guy just as Eliza opens the door and flings him into the hallway taking a MAN-SIZED bump into the wall. OUCH! Ski mask guy sells for only three seconds and then runs down the hallway. Eliza goes for her gun; but Broadway blocks and states that he has this covered. Eliza is not exactly thrilled of this as she follows him and we go to the elevator as Broadway shoulder tackles the elevator (while running like a dog) just after the doors close and the ski mask guy still takes a bump on his ass. So Broadway crumbles the elevator door (speaking of damaging people's properties...) and grabs onto the elevator cables which causes electric sparks and Broadway manages to turn out the lights inside the elevator (and there is no pitch blackness) as it stops at the 15th floor (wait; so the elevator was going up despite the fact that the room is at the top of the building? That makes no sense. It should go down and then Broadway forces the elevator back up.) as indicated by the red lights above the elevator door. Ski mask guy panics and the door gets crumbled as Eliza makes it to the elevator and it opens and ski masks gets thrown out of the elevator and gets knocked out. Broadway appears as Eliza demands answers to this outrage and Broadway gleefully retorts that one for me. Eliza wants him back in Matt's room and we head inside Matt's room as Eliza rips off the ski mask...
...and he looks nothing like anyone I know. Dammit! I would have laughed if it was Matt Bluestone under the mask. The man is resting on the sofa as Eliza checks his pocket and notices a calender page which has Matt's hand writing. Eliza takes the page and notices that it was ripped off the calender sitting on the desk next to the computer. So Broadway decides to turn on the computer for clues; which normally is not a bad move, but the guy wakes up and panics as the computer optical drive beeps and everyone has to run out onto the roof (because it's on the top floor natch) as the computer explodes with shattered glass door; but the room suffers no damage whatsoever. That makes no sense. Broadway goes overboard and Eliza has to help him up as the ski mask guy escapes in the confusion. Broadway asks where they go from here and Eliza blows him off because she doesn't want him to be of any part of this mission. She has an appointment as she reads the calender note that sezs Hacker 10 pm at Cleopatra's Needle. Broadway wants to join in; but Eliza no sells and wants him to glide home safely. She walks down the emergency stairway as Broadway apologizes for screwing up and claims that the exploding computer is proof of the dangers of this case; which Eliza gleefully counters by pointing out that she doesn't want a rookie detective playing out a movie fantasy. So what is Matt Bluestone's excuse then? Which Broadway in roundabout terms points out and pleas to be Eliza's partner. Eliza ponders it over and we get the clawing scene changer of doom and go to Cleopatra's Needle which is the exact same landmark we saw Demona fly off of in The Mirror. Eliza shows up as we see a man with glasses on with a beret and trench coat approach her and they shake hands and greet. We discover that his name is Martin Hacker who is voiced by Michael Bell (Perry in TaleSpin); and we exchange notes for a while. We also discover that Matt Bluestone is from the FBI which Eliza claims Matt never told her about. Lovely!
Martin is shocked to hear that Matt disappeared as he explains that Matt got a lead on the Illuminati Society (yeah; this show loves to tackle conspiracy theories too; only in this show; they are "real" conspiracies.) which apparently got him fired from the FBI for being too obsessive with that group. Eliza is well aware of Matt's blue fantasies as Martin shows her a letter as three thugs are hiding in the bushes in the foreground, right in front of the hard camera. Eliza reads that it's from Mace Malone as he writes about the silver falcon and eggs and the initials DD which Eliza is confused of. Mace Malone is a 1920's gangster and according to Martin, the letter is perfectly legit. Apparently; Mace has ties to the Illuminati Society as well which makes more sense in the 1920's than it does now. Martin has the Gruffi pose on as he doesn't have any answers to go on. Eliza discovers a 70 year old address (thus dating the letter back to 1925) which is 3150 3rd avenue. Eliza doesn't see it as much as Martin asks to help her; but Eliza no sells. Martin tips his beret and walks off stage right. Eliza zips her coat and turns around as three black suited men with guns approach her with pistols pointed as they call it payback time. And all three of them are the exact same guys who were bodyguards to Tony Dracon. Geez; I wonder who wanted payback for Deadly Force? That ends the segment almost nine minutes in. Yeah; we are turning into a 1970's Scooby Doo episode now; only with actual good animation and guns. Well; when you got a plot line that has been done for decades and overdone to the point of stupidity; you have to infuse some good elements to make it worth the while.
After the commercial break; we see Tony's bodyguards stalk Eliza; so Eliza calls for Broadway who was on Cleopatra's Needle all this time despite seeing shots of the tip of the needle not show Broadway at all. He leaps up and grabs two of the three bodyguards; then Eliza points her gun at the brown haired one who happens to be the same one who booby trap the computer earlier and demands him to stop. The guy drops his gun and turns around raising his hands up in the air. This has to be a setup as Broadway bashes the blond haired and the other guys' skulls together to knock them out and here comes a gray limo like car that Eliza is forced to dodge on the fly. Brown haired bodyguard opens the door on the run and gets inside as they try to kill Broadway with the car; but Broadway jumps up and his wings break out as he clears the car and it drives away out of sight. Eliza handcuffs the two bodyguards as it's clear right from the start that Tony Dracon is behind this. Jeepers; this is what happens when you recycle henchmen! Eliza proclaims that they need to get to Mace Malone's office fast and first. Okay; so we head to a hallway and the door labeled as the office of G.F. Benton as Eliza knocks on the door. The door opens and we see a white haired man with a green visor, green vest, almond pants and has glasses with a white mustache as he tells her to come back tomorrow since it's past business hours. What does CPA stand for? Eliza flashes her badge and that settles it because we scene change to outside to Broadway landing on a statue of a falcon. Hmmmmm; I wonder...?! So we zoom into the tower and a reflection of Eliza looking at Broadway from a window as she explains that the tower has a history. GF Benton is aware of it's scandalous past because he rented the space because he's a Mace Malone buff; which is no more absurd than the Sleeman's Brewing Company who was making deals with Al Capone during the Prohibition period. This is office 45-D which sounds perverse for some unknown reason.
GF Benton goes over to a filing cabinet and we see a B&W photo of Mace Malone posing with some dude with white hair, white mustache and the symbol DD on his suit as Eliza realizes that there is something up here. GF also proclaims that a red haired guy was here hours ago which Eliza yells that it's Matt Bluestone; which GF agrees. Eliza asks when and where the photo was taken and GF proclaims that it was taken at the Silver Falcon nightclub which is his pride and joy. Now that is so Backyardigans convenient; I swear GF Benton is lying about not knowing about this DD suit fellow. GF claims that it first on 1st Avenue and 8th; but the place was torn down for ages. So Eliza puts a coat on GF Benton and motions him to leave the office because he's no longer safe. She gives him a card which has a phone number to Maria Chavez. He wants him to inform Maria Chavez to round up two thugs handcuffed at Cleopatra's Needle and to request backup to 1st Avenue and 8th. I'm calling it right now that GF Benton not only doesn't call Maria; but goes to Cleo's Needle; releases the bodyguards and then goes to 1st and 8th and surrounds Eliza. Prove me wrong Cathy! Prove me wrong that GF Benton is not working for Tony Dracon. So we head to a rainy stormy night (despite being clear everywhere else in NYC proving that they have TaleSpin's weather.) to the abandoned factory as Broadway swoops down with Eliza in her arms and they land in front of it. We get the exact same footage from the beginning of the episode; except without Matt Bluestone involved. So they make it to the lit trapdoor and both babyfaces walk down the stairs part way and notice three guys using lasers to drill at a brick wall. One of them is clearly Glasses as I discover that he works for Anthony Dracon. So Tony is the alternative name for Anthony; like Bob is Robert; Joey is Joseph and Bill is Williams. R.J. Bill just sounds too funny to me; even more so than saying Cloudkicker with a straight face. Speaking of G.F. Benton....
G.F. Benton is voiced by the late Darren McGavin (Passed away in 2006): A remarkably seasoned actor of stage, screen and television, Darren McGavin has notched in excess of 200 performances; however, he is most fondly remembered by cult TV fans as heroic newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak in the classic but short-lived horror TV series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974). In a long and varied career, McGavin has often turned up as authority figures including policemen, military officers, stern-faced business executives or father figures; however, he is equally adept at light-hearted comedic performances. McGavin was born on May 7, 1922, in San Joaquin, California, and received his dramatic arts training at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio, and debuted on screen in an uncredited role in A Song to Remember (1945). Several standard roles followed over the next decade before he landed the key role of Louie the drug pusher in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and Capt. Russ Peters in The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), both directed by Otto Preminger. Each of these performances showcased McGavin's versatility, and his virile looks scored him the role of Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled private eye in "Mike Hammer" (1956). McGavin stayed continually employed throughout the 1960s, appearing in such films as The Great Sioux Massacre (1965), The Outsider (1967) (TV), The Challengers (1970) (TV) and Tribes (1970) (TV). In addition, he was regularly guest-starring in dozens of TV shows, including "Gunsmoke" (1955), "Dr. Kildare" (1961), "Mission: Impossible" (1966) and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964). In 1971 he landed the role of cynical reporter Carl Kolchak in the low-budget horror thriller The Night Stalker (1972) (TV), about a vampire running amok in Las Vegas.
The film was a monster ratings winner (pun intended!) and the highest-rated telemovie of 1972, and original scriptwriters were soon hard at work on a punchier sequel. The Night Strangler (1973) (TV) saw Kolchak in Seattle (after being booted out of Las Vegas by the police), and this time on the trail of a serial killer seeking the elixir of eternal youth. The second movie was equally successful, and spawned the short-lived TV series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974) with Simon Oakland as McGavin's long-suffering editor and a host of weekly guest stars including Jim Backus, Phil Silvers, Richard Kiel, Tom Skerritt, Scatman Crothers and Larry Storch. "Kolchak" only lasted one season, but it became a bona-fide cult classic, and many years later its premise of "the unknown amongst us" inspired writer Chris Carter to create the phenomenally successful long-running TV series "The X Files" (1993), which saw McGavin guest-star in several episodes. McGavin remained busy throughout the rest of the 1970s and into the 1980s, appearing in Airport '77 (1977), as Gen. George S. Patton in the TV miniseries "Ike" (1979), alongside Rock Hudson in the uneven sci-fi miniseries "The Martian Chronicles" (1980) and a few years later endeared himself to to a whole new generation of fans with his superb performance as the vitriolic, yet buffoonish, father in the delightful Christmas classic A Christmas Story (1983). The always versatile McGavin also popped up as a detective in Turk 182! (1985), assisted Arnold Schwarzenegger in cleaning up the mob in Raw Deal (1986) and was a doctor in the bizarre zombie/cop/zombie cop film Dead Heat (1988).
At this point it's worth mentioning that, along with his film and TV work, McGavin has also enjoyed an illustrious career on the stage, with appearances in dozens of critically acclaimed productions across the length and breadth of the US. He has appeared in stage presentations of "Death of a Salesman", "The Rainmaker", "The King and I" and "Blood Sweat & Stanley Poole", to name a few. In 1990 the opportunity arose for McGavin to play another somewhat stern, yet comedic, father figure, this time as "Bill Brown" to Candice Bergen in the much loved sitcom "Murphy Brown" (1988). McGavin was again wonderful, and his entertaining performances resulted in an Emmy Award in 1990. Several other film roles followed in the 1990s, in such films as Adam Sandler's hit Billy Madison (1995). He died on 25th February 2006 at the age of 83. He began his career as various uncredited cameos in such 1945 movies as She Wouldn't Say Yes, Kiss & Tell, Counter-Attack and A Song To Remember. Gargoyles is his DTVA debut and only appearance. Still Water Burns as Paddy is his final credit. He has 181 acting credits, 40 Self Credits, five director credits (American Reunion, The Evil Touch, Happy Mother's Day, Love George, Death Valley Days and Riverboat), two producer credits (Kolchak: The Night Stalker) and two writing credits (Zero To Sixty) to his resume.
So Broadway goes into white eyes mode as Eliza wonders what Tony has to do with the Illuminati. Then see looks around and notices Matt Bluestone tied up and blindfolded in a chair to the far right. Glasses then tells them to stop drilling because the overdue guests have arrived. He brings out a remote control and pushes the button as we discover that the trapdoor is booby trapped with explosives and the ceiling explodes and the debris topples right on the babyfaces. Glasses mocks Matt Bluestone claiming rightfully that they just buried Eliza and Matt is shocked and appalled. So we see inside the rubble as Broadway is trying to keep the ceiling from completely crushing them while his white eyes mode serves as flashlights. Eliza is selling to us that there isn't much air left as she wants Broadway to dig them out; but Broadway has no hands to give as his white eyes mode fizzles out. Eliza finds a pocket flash light and turns it on and as she turns around; Broadway has turned to stone? Wait; what?! There was no indication of a sunrise? This ends the segment 13 and a half minutes in. So we have almost nine minutes of action to go in this obvious setup of Eliza. With that said; this is a FUN episode thus far. What is wrong with a FUN episode? NOTHING...AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING! Let's be positive here guys! Oh; and the miners doing the drilling look nothing like Tony's bodyguards which is good in a sense that they didn't make it obvious who GF Benton is; but it makes less sense then if his bodyguards were there.
After the commercial break; we discover that it is indeed sunrise as we head inside the rubble as Eliza proclaims that Broadway did his best and it's now her turn as she digs through the rocks while Matt is stood up from the chair and his blindfold is taken off as Matt proclaims that Glasses set this up just to kill Eliza; but what if she has the letter that ties the evidence together before Tony got it. Glasses realizes this as Glasses goes over and digs out the top of the rubble which Eliza realizes that they will spot Broadway; so she pushes a wooden beam and lets the entire ceiling crash down on Broadway. Ummm; yeah. So Eliza gets up from the carnage and is grabbed by Glasses as she loses her gun and the letter which Glasses tears up claiming that he got what he wanted. We also discover that there is an elevator in this secret passage as it comes up and opens to reveal Dracon and all three of his bodyguards; including the two bodyguards she handcuffed at Cleopatra's Needle; which completely gives away who GF Benton is. Tony order Glasses to grab a laser drill and drill the brick wall which Glasses sells and continues to work with the two miners. Tony calls this a cop convention as Matt thinks that this would cost a fortune; which Tony points out that this will pay for itself 20 times over. See; Tony is getting uncut stones that are worth millions and that his grandfather is Dominic Dracon. DD as apparently Tony's grandfather and Mace Malone were involved in a jewel heist and Mace disappeared without a trace which Eliza calls not Illuminati material. You have never heard about "Wingnut On Wingnut Crime" haven't you Eliza? I'll give you a reference to Ed Brayton from Dispatches From The Culture Wars on that one. Oh; and Tony tells ski mask guy to remind him to bury them together. Awww! That is so sweet of him. NOT! Matt admits that he found the letter in a search warrant from Dracon's files; but realized that this wasn't Illuminati stuff and didn't tell her about it and apologizes to her for it. Okay; so the heels managed to tumble the brick wall to reveal a bronze safe as Dracon tells them to make his life complete. So Glasses shoots the laser cannon as I discover that it was stolen from the weapons in Deadly Force. Yeah.
So the safe door opens as Dracon walks in and there is nothing there; but a note. Tony grabs it and it reads that he had the right idea; but the wrong falcon and to have better luck next time, love Mace. HAHA! Tony crumbles the note and throws it down like a weak willed dork (Kit: Projection much there Mr. Weagle?!) as Eliza tells him not to get mad; but to get even. Tony tells her not to play with him as Eliza is not playing because she is negotiating. She will show him where the family jewels are if he lets Eliza and Matt go free. She puts on the Gruffi pose as Tony accepts the terms cart-blanche. That's pretty stupid. Tony extends him arms and they shake on the deal and head to the elevator as Eliza proclaims that it's too public to go in broad daylight; so we'll wait until dark as we scene change to the NYC skyline as the sun is slowly setting as we head back to the secret basement underneath the factory as Broadway lives again and rises from the carnage noticing that everyone is gone and their laser drills are on the ground for no reason. Broadway notices the crumbled paper and uncrumbles it to read it which sounds like Patrick Star trying to rationalize TNA. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So he goes over to the safe door and freshen up to the reflection in the metal. Okay. So we scene change to AFTER HAPPY HOUR to the tower where the Silver Falcon statue is (the same one Broadway perched on earlier) as a helicopter arrives. The side door opens as Tony jumps onto the edge of the roof as we see Matt handcuffed in front of him instead of behind his back. Matt states that even if she's right, once the deal is done, it's not worth beans. Eliza proclaims not to worry because she will have backup; she hopes at least. Eliza; two of Dracon's bodyguards shown in the previous scene with him are the same two that you handcuffed at Cleo's Needle! There is no backup because you know who did you know what!
Tony calls for Eliza and she jumps down onto the edge of the roof about 10 feet away from Tony. So Tony is confused because it's a look off for Mace's office; so Eliza climbs on the statue of the Silver Falcon as she talks about checking the place last night and seeing a building with a few gargoyles as she kneels down and wipes the eye of the statue as Tony finally gets it. Even Glasses is impressed as well at Matt Bluestone. So Eliza puts her arm into the mouth of the falcon statue and grabs a leather bag as Tony Dracon calls Eliza sugar and beautiful because he's a sexist pig. And he has a white stripe in the middle of his hair, for no reason. And he looks like Tony Denza. Eliza looks in the bag; and then suddenly no sells the deal. Tony extends his arm and tells her to trust him; but Eliza no sells that. Tony reminds him that it's a long way down to the street and she has no backup as Eliza looks to her right and see Broadway at the edge of the window about three floors down. So Eliza blows Tony off and jumps off the Silver Falcon to the right and lands with Broadway as Glasses panics inside the helicopter as Tony gets back in the helicopter and circles around and somehow misses the obvious fact that Eliza is with Broadway on the window edge three floors down which should have been easy for everyone to see. Bad logic break there fellas! Eliza tells Broadway that they need to save Matt so Broadway has this covered as he jumps onto the tail section of the plane; and destroys the pipeline leading to the hydraulics. That's REALLY STUPID of Broadway! So Glasses tries to land the plane as I discover only Tony has his seat belt on as Glasses manages to stop the helicopter from tailspinning and lands in a grassy forest like area and Glasses bumps his face into the console and knocks himself out. Boy that crappy drawn grass must have magical powers. Tony unbuckles himself and runs out as Bodyguard #1 tries to yell to him; but Matt double ax handles the guy and gets his gun back as revenge for destroying his apartment and calls the guy a jerk.
So Tony runs into the street and towards an alleyway and we replay the exact same scene from the B&W movie Broadway was watching only Broadway is the detective (who maintains continuity even more with the torn up trench coat) and Tony is Louie in this setup. Flight of The Snowduck; only much more straight forward in this one. Dracon gets the portable stairs in the face and gets dropped on his back and knocked out. Nice bump anyway Dracon as Broadway proclaims that Dracon made one mistake and it was messing with Broadway's partner. Considering who voices Broadway; that is like in one of Alyson Terry's fanfics where Kit is trying to play judge on Molly who attempted to disappear again; and trying to do the serious sentencing phase and Molly is just giggling during all this before Kit sentences her to one minute of tickling. No matter how hard Kit tries to make me take him seriously; I cannot because Molly's giggling is just ruining the effect. This is like that fanfic scene. So Broadway flicks Dracon's nose and he is out like a light as he gets dropped. Broadway tears up his trench coat and throws it in the dumpster and walks out with his back facing the hard camera in the moonlight. That would be the finish in any other universe; but we still have more as Eliza climbs up to the railing of the building and we see G.F. Benton in a gangster suit grabbing Eliza by the arm as Eliza notices him as Dominic Dracon. I called that ten minutes before it happened; although Eliza pretty much figured it out only three minutes after me; so there you go. So we exchange Scooby Doo notes as Dominic proclaims that she can hand over the bag and no harm will come from him. Eliza no sells and throws the bag onto the head of the Silver Falcon. So instead of throwing Eliza over the edge (and allow Broadway to save her natch); he pushes her aside and crawls onto the falcon statue and slowly makes it to the head and grabs the bag. Eliza walks slowly onto the falcon's as Dominic searches the bag and grabs a bag full of...marbles? And a note as Dominic reads it and we discover that DD hasn't learn that crime doesn't pay and he feels sorry for him. Riiiiggggggghhhhttttt. HAHA!
So Dominic yells No like the poor guy voicing it was reading his lines and doing a terrible job selling rage. Eliza goes over to Dominic and helps him up and they both leave stage left. So we head to a pan shot of Mace Malone's office as we see the backup has finally arrived as the police have handcuffed all the heels including Dominic, Tony, Glasses and his three bodyguards. Sadly; we never see the two miner dudes either for some unknown reason. So we go to the doorway as Matt and Eliza walk out. Matt proclaims that Eliza did it and Eliza claims that they did it with Eliza saying partner. That leads a northern pan shot up to see Broadway in the window and a whiplash jump cut to a closeup of Broadway as a statue despite the fact that it's clearly not sunrise yet (idiots!) and that ends the episode at 21:15. Fun episode with some silly logic breaks. Sure it was another predictable Scooby Doo-equse episode; but Broadway was game for being a gumshoe who knew how to take his lumps. *** 1/2 (70%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; what can I say? It was predictable, it was Scooby Doo-ish; but it was damn fun to watch seeing Tony and Dominic get their just deserts from Mace Malone. Plus; Broadway was great in this episode; from the exploding computer to the end scene where he finally defeated Tony Dracon with his movie acting which sounds a lot funnier in hindsight. I say it's predictable because I knew that GF Benton was working for Dracon since his mug looked similar to Dominic in the picture and I realized the marble were in the mouth of the Silver Falcon because Kit did the same thing in a Tiki mask in Plunder and Lightning. So if you are looking for an original take on the Scooby Doo formula; this is not a good example of it. If you are looking for a fun take on the formula with a funny gargoyle; this one is for you. Other than some continuity errors near the finish and the end; there is not much to say about this episode. So next weekend is the end of Disc One with Eye Of The Beholder and Vows which is basically a two part episode (that isn't at all) with the Xanatos/Fox relationship; along with the return of the Eye of Odin. That should be fun. So....
Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you all next time.