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a couple nitpicks in "Second Look" (CAUTION: SPOILER)

posted 8 years ago by whitelighter27
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Did it bother anyone else that the flashbacks involving Gary were filmed specifically for that episode & not footage from previous episodes (except for Melissa's f/b)? I wonder why they chose to do that? There were plenty of scenes to chose from, plus in the "flasbacks" the characters looked the same as in the present episode.

Also, was anyone else disappointed that, when they talked about Gary's students coming to the funeral, that the nerdy student, Roger (who Gary had a run-in with a couple seasons earlier regarding a term-paper grade) wasn't mentioned as being among those attending? Gary & Roger eventually reached a truce, which was a growing experience for Roger.

[–] lasteven (305) 7 years ago

Personally, I loved that the flashbacks were new material that could shed even more light on each character's relationship with Gary. I didn't think much either way about Roger not being present. It's entirely likely that Roger had either graduated or transferred by then, and he hadn't even heard about Gary's death.

By the time I saw that episode, in the later 90s, I had lost a good friend, and "Second Look" meant a lot to me as an examination of a cohort of good friends losing one of their own and going on.