Loved the cast as "characters" in the D.B. Cooper story (nice touch) - having them all dressed up as early 70's folks was fun - even the camera work got all 70's. Also loved Parker in those go-go boots and I swear they were trying to make Hardison look like Sam L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction (also bad-ass).
shareSemi OT: Did anyone see that there is a new series on the History Channel called "D.B. Cooper: Case closed?"
http://www.history.com/shows/d-b-cooper-case-closed/about
On November 24th, 1971 a man dressed in a suit and tie hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight bound for Seattle, Washington. He told the flight crew he had a bomb in his briefcase and demanded $200,000 dollars in cash and four parachutes. Shortly after he got his ransom, the man jumped from the airborne 727 into the night, somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nevada, never to be seen again. In the more than 45 years since the epic heist, the FBI has looked at over a thousand potential suspects, but the questions remain: Who is DB Cooper? Did he die? Did he live? And is he still out there?
Now a pair of journalists and their team of investigators are set to reveal the findings of a five-year investigation. Testing and questioning their conclusions is a former Assistant Director of the FBI and a veteran crime journalist, who will also take viewers on a surprising journey into the details of the heist and various theories as to who could have pulled off the audacious caper. This deep dive into the illusive D.B. Cooper mystery includes rare interviews with numerous experts, insiders and one-time suspects, as well as a sit down with the one person who not only spent the most time with him during the crime, but was also the last to see the infamous skyjacker before he jumped into history.
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Did these people not watch "Leverage?????"
Tally-ho everyone!
*LOLs* When I heard that, I was like Pfffft, Leverage, Inc. already solved this!!!
Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole
I was extremely disappointed at the character reactions to the conclusion of this story. Basically "Cooper" has been laughing behind Dad McSweeten's back for, what, 45 years, at pulling off this con? Yeah, they worked together (loved seeing Eliot in his 70s-cop-show moves) and solved a lot of crimes, but there was still that element of manipulation behind the scenes. Every time Dad McSweeten attended to something about the Cooper case, Cooper would have been either fearful/uncomfortable, or smirking and superior about it. I didn't see normal human reaction from any of the people in this episode, either from Cooper in the flashbacks or anyone in the now-time.
And then Nate says to let it go, and young McSweeten does. I would think that at least one of them (my guess would have been him, Sophie or Eliot) would want to slam Cooper not just for getting away with Skyjack 71, but also for his manipulation of Dad McSweeten all that time. Though I suppose Sophie might have been impressed with the guy for such a long con.
I don't think it ended with Cooper laughing at Dad McSweeten. I think the moral of the story was that he did a bad thing for right reasons, kind of like the Leverage team. He became a real friend to Dad McSweeten, and that's what they all came to realize in the end. Like he said, Dad McSweeten saved his life, and he was eternally grateful. Also, Dad McSweeten gave up on the old Cooper and focused on closing other cases with the new Cooper instead.
sharePersonally, I was alway glad that McSweeten Jr let it go. The episode proved McSweeten SR believed in the best of people, and throughout the series, we have come to learn the same thing about McSweeten JR. I thought it was completely in character to let Cooper go.
I always wondered about the statue of limitations on this case, too. Even if McSweeten hadn't let him go, wouldn't he have been freed anyway? I thougt murder was the only crime without a time limit. Does anyone know?
That's what we need - ridiculous odds, and just a speck of hope that someday, we'll beat it
I always wondered about the statue of limitations on this case, too.
Well, according to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper#Statute_of_limitations
the Portland grand jury returned an indictment in absentia, making it an ongoing prosecution that can be resumed at any time. I don't know if that would hold if they find the guy and he's never legally used the Cooper name and his lawyer argued the open case wasn't specifically against him.
Thank you!
Hmmmm... tricky little lawyers, aren't they?
That's what we need - ridiculous odds, and just a speck of hope that someday, we'll beat it