Neighborhood Watch
I love the opening scene of this episode. Truck scenes with Jim and Blair are always so cute! Lots of things are discussed while they ride around in Jim's truck. Blair is reading a letter from Naomi, and Jim asks how she is and if she's still running around with a swampi. LOL! Apparently, she's off in India doing her thing. Blair is wearing his red jacket, tan khakis, a dark brown zipper shirt over a white t-shirt. He has his hair down and his glasses on. Cute thing that he is! Jim is wearing his Jags cap, a dark blue jacket, a burgundy shirt and dark slacks. Very nondescript, I'm afraid. Jim notices that somebody's following them, so he takes a few turns and corners the guy. And it's raining. Imagine that.
Turns out the guy is an old buddy of Jim's and needs help, but conveniently, before Jim can find out all the details, his car blows sky high. I like how Jim covers Blair with his own body when the car blows. He's so protective. The dead man is a US Marshall and did tell Jim that somebody's interfering with a witness in protective custody, and that he believes the information is being leaked from the inside. Simon shows up. It seems that Simon is now showing Connor the ropes since Jim won't! LOL! And I love how Jim introduces Blair as his partner.
Back at the station, Connor admits she took something from the scene. Jim sniffs the set of keys she hijacked, and smells something (C-4) on them. Of course, Megan asks how he does that. And Jim also says he might be able to get more info from the keys. Megan says the keys are hers. Simon says the keys go back to the feds, who are now on the case. It's adorable when Simon moves the argument to his office, he asks Blair is he wants to go along, but Blair says in this resigned voice, "No, thanks. I'll hear about it later." That means that Jim must tell him everything that he does when Blair's not with him! Now tell me that these two aren't made for each other. They are so married.
In the break room, when Jim and Blair are hunkered down over the keys examining them, Megan overhears Jim reading off letters. She asks Jim how he does that "thing you do" and asks if he's some kind of psychic! He admits it, asking her to keep quiet, and for now she buys it.
Our guys go to the address they found on the keys, and in the truck (again!) they discuss how good it is that Megan had the idea that Jim was psychic. Cute exchange. They find the surveillance equipment and realize that the witness lives in the cul-de-sac but the evidence shows that he didn't know which of the residents was the witness. Connor sneaks up, and Jim heard a rifle being cocked. He saves Connor and yells at Blair to stay low. I like that when Jim goes toward where the rifle was fired from, Jim takes Blair along, with the usual admonishment to stay behind him. When one of the neighbors gets the drop on Jim and Blair, I like the comment from the man that he supposes that Jim's little hippy friend is his partner! LOL! But Megan comes up behind the man and says, one of them, meaning she's one of Jim's partners!
I like that when they're back at the station, Jim admanatly tells Megan that he is definitely not her partner. We know he already has a partner! He doesn't need her, that's for sure. Geez, woman, go find your own partner. This one is taken! It is cute that even the vigilante neighbor makes a remark about Jim and Megan sniping at each other constantly. I think it's funny that the neighbor is handcuffed with his hands behind his back, and Jim tells him to sit down and take his hat off.
So Simon's brilliant idea is to take over the marshall's surveillance and he sends in Jim and Megan as a couple. Jim asks, a couple of what? LOL! And Simon sends in Sandburg, too! Blair does a horrible Aussie accent when he suggests he'll go in as Megan's brother. Megan decides she'll to an American accent. I don't blame her. Blair sounded awful!
So the happy trio moves in. I think it's funny how the neighbor vigilante guy calls Jim, Jimbo. Blair is wearing the red plaid jacket, a blue shirt over a white t-shirt and tan khakis. Jim is wearing his dark coat, a blue plaid shirt over a grey t-shirt and jeans (finally!). When the neighbors invite Jim to a manly gathering, Megan says she'll go inside to do womanly things, and gives Jim a smooch.
Moving on... Jim and Megan are on the job, talking about how to handle the "marriage". Jim asks if they'll be sharing a bed, to which Megan responds, "whatever it takes". Jim then informs her that they won't even be sharing a room! When Jim hears the neighbors gathering to look at the guns they own, he and Blair go to join the party. Before they get there, they are waylaid by a very angry woman who is pissed off about the guns. They explain they're new to the neighborhood, but Jim offers to talk to the men. Blair and the woman, Katie, introduce themselves. There's also a kid, Rachel. Katie invites Blair in. She's no dummie. She knows a cutie when she sees one, and she doesn't know yet that Blair's already taken. And he accepts. He doesn't know it yet, either, but he will soon. LOL!
So Jim reads the guys the riot act about guns and danger and such. In the meantime, somebody is taking pictures from the woods. The sneaky guy then goes to the local jail and meets with an inmate, Lonnie Stevens. Turns out the picture taker is the bad marshall and he wants the hit called off. He shows Stevens the picture of Jim, identifying him as Cascade PD. Turns out that Stevens was married to Katie. She discovered his illegal activities and turned him in. Good for her! Of course, Stevens is pissed and wants revenge.
I think the breakfast scene with Jim, Blair and Megan is adorable. Blair is in his bathrobe, which I've never seen before, a black and white plaid one. He's making something quite -- green in the blender, and we discover he has an algae shake every morning. What is he? Part fish? A snail? Ick! I like when Megan asks how one gets used to the smell, and Jim admits you don't! Jim has on a grey t-shirt and a dark robe. When Megan pulls out a steak, Jim claims it as his own. Then she tries a pineapple, but Blair claims that fruit. I like when Blair tells Megan she's the mom and to go shopping, to which Megan answers that she'll need "Uncle Jim's" gold card.
So neighbors show up with a fruit basket and introductions are made. When Blair is introduced, the woman says, "He's adorable! I'd like to have one of you at my house!" Jim replied, "We rent him out on weekends." God, that is just too cute! Then Blair says (after they leave), "I feel violated!". The writers were on a roll. When Jim says that the neighbors they just met are swingers, Megan offers that they could all go out dancing one night. The look the guys give her is very funny, and she is very confused.
The surveillance continues. Blair is wearing the same blue jacket from the last scene in Foreign Exchange, the two tone blue one, over a matching blue shirt. Jim has on a dark sweater over a grey t-shirt (does he ever take that grey t off?),
Blair wants to go and help Katie, admitting she makes him feel good. Jim wants to go, but Blair says he can't since he's married. They end up flipping for it and Blair wins. Megan is listening to the neighbors fighting when Jim brings food for them both. How domestic. This is where we find out about Jim's marriage to Carolyn. When Megan asks what it was like to be married "for real", he kind of shrugs and says, great for the most part. Then admits that they just drifted apart. Then Jim gets philosophical, saying there will always be problems in a marriage, but he wouldn't give up the good parts. Then he focuses on the neighborhood fight and Megan sees his stance. When Jim returns his focus to Megan, they talk about Megan's admiration of psychics and card reading. After some touchy-feely talk, Jim suggests that they could hook Megan's dad with Sandburg's mom. Oh, and Megan isn't happy with Blair being over at Katie's because he could blow the case if he lets something slip.
Now we have a touchy-feely scene with Katie and Blair. Apparently, Rachel has a crush on Blair and Katie admits this to him. Blair likes the woman and offers to come back, going on to explain how he admires single moms like his. It's interesting that Katie understands that Blair doesn't usually date single moms. I don't know how she would know this about him, but he says he's still like to see her again. Does he look like the kind of guy who flits from one girl to another? We know he does, but how would she?
So the stupid marshall who was dirty is knocked off. No big surprise there, and the reason that Stevens wants the hit is because he wants Katie dead and to take the kid himself. Yeah, nice dad for a kid to have. The surveillance continues. Blair is watching through a high-powered camera, longing for Katie since he's been asked to back off. He's wearing another jacket much like the first one, only this one has a different color block pattern of blue and navy, a grey t-shirt and jeans. Jim is wearing a brown plaid shirt
Blair overhears a phone call between Katie and a marshall. He knows she's the witness. Simon orders them to pull out, so they don't have much choice. As they pack the truck, Jim is wearing a black jacket with some kind of fuzzy collar over the same clothes as above. Ditto Blair. He's added his red cordoroy jacket. The swingers flash badges, telling JIm and company that they're the marshalls and they'll keep watch. Back at the station, Jim is suspicious about marshalls being permanently assigned to watch a witness. It's no big surprise when the swingers turn out to be wanted murderers, so they hightail it back to the neighborhood.
The neighborhood watch guys now know that Jim was a cop, but that they've been pulled out, so it's now up to them to take over. They are all fully loaded and ready for bear. Blair is very upset about Katie and Rachel being in danger, telling Jim to drive faster.
Stevens shows up to get his kid. One of the neighborhood guys accidentally shoots off an automatic weapon, so the entire neighborhood falls apart. Bullets fly everywhere. Stevens tries to take Rachel and Katie. Jim pulls up and his truck is promptly shot full of holes. He berates the neighbors, but they blame the fight on the bad guys. "They started it!" Boys will be boys. During the gunfight, Steven runs into a fire hydrant. Jim gets to arrest him, and Katie and Rachel are okay. Katie asks Blair out and Blair agrees. Rachel gives Blair a big hug.
Jim reads the neighbors the riot act and asks not to be called Jimbo any longer. Megan officially requests a divorce from Jim. Even though the tag breaks my rule that Jim and Blair must be together, this one is cute. Simon yells at Blair, telling him he put Blair with Megan and Jim so that they would get along. Blair is cute when he says Simon was wrong, and he was there to make sure Jim and Megan didn't kill each other. He then goes on to tell Simon he's not a therapist, he's an anthropologist. To which Simon responds that he should supplement his degree by going to night school and do something! Simon is quite silly at times.
Next up is Night Shift.