While this is a fairly entertaining episode, I think there are some missed opportunities. First, I don't buy Rick just whipping out a 300 page book at the snap of a finger. This is where an on-going arc might have helped, if it had been established in an earlier season that he was plugging away on a book and nobody thought he'd ever finish it-- then voila, this episode shows he did. But for him to have a book completed and selling it just out of the blue was kind of unbelievable. Plus they missed out on A.J. poking fun at Rick's grammar. Instead, A.J. seems more obsessed with the fact that Rick (or should I say Richard, as he is known on the cover) is taking credit for cases they both solved. Incidentally, wouldn't Rick need to get permission from past clients to use their stories in such a publication? Also, I think the idea loses something without Cecilia being present-- they could have had a bit of fun with her reading pages in Rick's book and now realizing some of the boys' cases had put them in so much danger, at least according to how Rick perceived them and wrote about them.
All that aside, the book is really just an excuse to introduce a guest character named Molly. She's a literary groupie who has quit her job as an airline attendant, after she read Rick's book and decided to become a detective too. She's loopy, played a bit over the top by the actress cast in the role, but her offbeat charms manage to attach themselves on to an unsuspecting viewer. So much so that by the end of the episode, you almost wish they'd give her and the character its own spin off series. Or at the very least, she could have been invited back to help the guys solve another case.
I won't go over the plot too much, because there are no real surprises with it. We know that Molly's gotten tangled up with some sort of crime ring at the airport and the bad guy will be caught before the closing credits. I did like the chase scene in the baggage area, when Marsh and the Simons helped nab the villain. This show always does a nice job staging the chase and capture scenes.
All that aside, the book is really just an excuse to introduce a guest character named Molly. She's a literary groupie who has quit her job as an airline attendant, after she read Rick's book and decided to become a detective too. She's loopy, played a bit over the top by the actress cast in the role, but her offbeat charms manage to attach themselves on to an unsuspecting viewer. So much so that by the end of the episode, you almost wish they'd give her and the character its own spin off series. Or at the very least, she could have been invited back to help the guys solve another case.
I won't go over the plot too much, because there are no real surprises with it. We know that Molly's gotten tangled up with some sort of crime ring at the airport and the bad guy will be caught before the closing credits. I did like the chase scene in the baggage area, when Marsh and the Simons helped nab the villain. This show always does a nice job staging the chase and capture scenes.
