User Reviews

This storyline was quite good, but, considering all the plots and subplots going on, it would have been even better if it was a 2 part episode. The acting was really believable, especially that of Georg Stanford Brown. He really made his (temporary) blindness very realistic. Had this been for 2 hours, maybe there could've been additional scenes with Terry interacting with Mike, Willie and Jill, where he reflects on his fears of his future with permanently impaired vision. I felt that, given the type of injury he sustained, he should have been shown as portraying more, and stronger emotions, i.e., anger, hopelessness, despair, etc, as he fights to come to terms with the possibility of sustaining permanent blindness. Terry never once expressed anger toward the snipers for blinding him, which would have been a normal reaction on his part. This would have really added to the storyline, with his friends/colleagues being with him in additional scenes, offering their comfort and support to help him accept whatever fate was in store for him.

I really loved the interactions between Terry and Lynn and laughed about how she told him his music would brutalize him. I could see their relationship going further if the storyline had been longer. They really were great together! Another part I liked was when Willie was visiting Terry in his hospital room and he told Terry how he sorry he felt because he was to blame for Terry getting ambushed. Terry did get a little melancholy, but he never showed any anger or frustration. This part would've been better if it could've been expanded to show more emotional overtures, like maybe opening up to Willie about how scared he was, or maybe unleashing his temper in a fit of anger over his helplessness.

One part was a bit lame, and that's the part where Jill just openly gave Buzz Terry's address, without knowing who he really was. I felt it "rushed" the ending a bit, with the killers knowing just how to find him. Freely giving out info to a perfect stranger just doesn't happen.

All in all, this was one of the best episodes of the series. Great acting by everyone, this should not be missed!

Terry is temporarily blinded after being ambushed by a pair of masked snipers.

A great episode, it begins with a startling shoot out of a man being shot in his apartment. It turns out the guy was in a police uniform as a masquerade costume the night before, this turns into the story of the ambushes on cops. After Terry is wounded he is helped by a nurse Lynn, a Southerner new to the area. Brooke Bundy is adorable as Lynn, who is sweet and naive, but has never been friends with a black person. They have good scenes together and provide entertaining moments in addition to the suspense of capturing the killers.