Scarecrow's Blog From the Darkside

 So I am obsessed with an episode from the second season of Miami Vice, Little Miss Dangerous, but I am currently working and it came on today (Friday early afternoon) on Roku Channel's Universal Action, so I already want to watch it in full, without distraction, to write a review for the blog. It has the score from "Hardware" on it, especially at the end. And the performance, and adult themes of the episode through her, of Fiona as a sex clue act performer (who just might be underage, but she tells Tubbs she's 18) as a serial killer with multiple personalities could be up there with the likes of Bruce McGill in his episode. The second season is a gold mine of great characters. 

Some films leave me just, I dunno, sad or really stewing about what they have to say. To say this film left me with complicated feelings is an understatement. Today, this subject matter, especially in America, is a huge no-no. Age-gap relationships are very topical today, quite polarizing. To say the YouTube algorithm throws up videos about this subject aplenty is also an understatement. So I don’t think we ever got a specific age for Nicole Harrison’s Lisa (I read the actress was 20 at the time; I’m not exactly sure how she came in contact with those who made this student film), but it indicates she was a teenager with an absent father and mother who is “a dancer” we never see throughout the entirety of the running time. For all I know, that scene where Jay Horenstein’s photography studio employee, Paul, visits a strip club, the dancer on the stage could have been Lisa’s mother. We just never really know.  Lisa wants a trip to school after visiting Paul’s home to sell him chocolat...

Sadly, I just couldn't stay awake for the marathon in the wee hours at the start, and I was busy with a family get together during the day. I finally checked in at right as Static was ongoing (never been a favorite, to be honest, as I have documented here plenty of times), so I would say officially, Probe 7: Over and Out was really the first full episode for this marathon. The appeal of the 4th of July marathon has not always been as significant as the New Year's, since a lot of the time you will get two days plus to get in some mini-marathons if not outright blocks of hours on end. The 4th of July marathon was more important in the 90s for me when I would watch them with my deceased uncle before attending our family gathering later in the afternoon. I would record the marathon on VHS tapes and watch them during the next week. Probe 7: Over and Out , like a lot of others, I have given so much writing to that I have very little left to say. I wish the content of the episode --...