Private Eyes

Remember, plenty of worthless rambles about Jim and Blair's yummy physical appearance, plot points revealed, and the ending disclosed.

This episode deals with the kidnapping of a young girl. You might recognize her as the kid from The Crow television series with Mark Dacascos. More useless trivia!

Our boys are first seen in a great scene at a shoot-out. Bullets are flying and Jim's cell phone rings. It is the evil Naomi! LOL! Jim hands the phone to Blair, who reassures his mother that Jim just has the television up too loud, and that he's not in danger. Yeah, right. Oh, as a side note, the guys do not change clothes once in this episode, which is very unusual.

Jim is wearing his black leather coat, a red plaid flannel shirt over a black t-shirt and dark slacks. Blair has on his brown leather jacket, a dark green shirt over a dark grey shirt, and jeans. His hair is pulled back and quite long.

Anyway, bullets fly while Blair chats with mom. In a great moment, Jim yanks Blair down to the ground when the bad guy makes a run for it and manages to save his little guppy from harm. Good Jim.

Back at the bullpen, our boys are talking to Simon and in breezes Naomi, sure that her baby is full of bullet holes. We then meet Naomi's friend, Charlie Spring, a self-proclaimed psychic and sometimes unofficial “dick”. Hey, he called himself that, not me! We have an especially nice camera shot of Blair here when Charlie gives a skeptical Jim his latest book. Also note that Blair puts Charlie's business card in the book. It's a bit of a point later on.

Simon sends the boys out to the parents' house to set everything up for the kidnapping such as tracing the call and keeping the parents calm. There is nice scene where the upset mother is reading tarot cards. We find out from Blair that Naomi is a tarot fanatic. The mother finds out Blair's mother knows Charlie Spring, and she requests he be called for the case, but this doesn't happen yet.

The kidnappers call and the call is traced to the Cascade National Forest. The mother is very upset that nothing else is being done while they wait for instructions. Blair gives the mother the book to help her pass the time while waiting.

In a very good Sentinel scene, Jim and Blair are sitting listening to the taped phone call. Blair assured Jim that he can listen to the background noises and get them some clues as to the kidnappers' whereabouts. Jim does a fine job of deciphering the sounds which leads them to believe the bad guys are in a trailer or motor home.

In waltzes Naomi and Charlie Spring. The mother called after she located the business card in the book. Jim is very thrilled to be working with Charlie and Naomi on this case. His face reflects his enthusiasm. LOL!

Charlie goes into the little girl's bedroom and picks up her personal belongings, trying to get vibes that turn into a “hit” or an image that gives him information about the kid. He does manage to reveal several pieces of information that had been unknown to the cops, most notably that the kid is wearing a silver locket that was a gift. The parents hadn't told the cops this information. Oh, and Jim calls Charlie, Mr. Wizard in this scene.

Turns out that the kidnappers, a gal and guy, Stevie and Bill, need cash. Bill borrowed money from a loan shark named Tom who is not very nice and wants his pound of flesh. The kidnappers call with instructions for delivering the cash. Simon sends Jim and Blair to make the drop. Charlie has a hit and sees a black car and a dog. Turns out Charlie goes along but he has to stay in the truck. Sound familiar?

Jim and Blair take the cash into the hotel where the drop is planned. While Charlie waits in the car, a black Caddy with the license T-Dog drives by and into the hotel parking garage. Charlie valiantly tries to alert Jim, who cuts off his call in irritation. Oh, we find out Blair doesn't have a watch. He doesn't say he doesn't own one, just that he doesn't have one. With him, I imagine. Don't worry. Jim will buy him one for his birthday.

This is the stupid part. The loan shark sees Bill in the parking garage. He grabs the guy and wants to know what's up. Bill discloses that a 100 grand is being dropped down the laundry shoot. Tom wants to know where the cash comes from. Bill lets Tom know that he kidnapped a kid and that the parents have 500 grand in a safety deposit box, and where the kid and Stevie are hold up. Tom kills Bill and walks away, leaving the 100 grand, remarking why take a 100 when you can have 500. Strange and stupid because he's ignoring a 100 grand, and the parents now have 400 left. Any self-respecting bad guy would take all the cash.

Jim finally gets to the basement just as the Caddy leaves. He sees the license plate and the dead guy. Jim calls in the APB to Simon about the license. Simon is incredulous, of course, that Charlie was right. Oh, I should mention that when Jim and Blair, with Charlie trailing, so to the laundry room and find the cash, this is where that great blooper comes from, the one where Jim kisses Blair on the forehead. <sigh> Yeah, I know it was Richard kissing Garett. Geez.

Jim is starting to believe Charlie and admits they need his help. He also calls Charlie, “Kreskin”. Jim is full of nick names, isn't he? The boys all end up back the parents' house. Charlie claims he has a specific hit. Blair is dubious, mentioning that most hits aren't that specific, but the parents insist that they follow Charlie's lead. Guess what happens? Charlie tipped the media to where they were going, figuring he'd be showered with praise and fortune for finding the kid. But guess what else? It's a bad hit and the media crawls all over Jim, Charlie and Blair. Jim is not happy.

In a nice scene at the loft, Blair confronts Charlie for his arrogance. Charlie confesses all, to Naomi's great disappointment. She goes off to meditate to get a grip with Charlie's lying.

Meanwhile, Stevie thinks Bills has run out on her. She plans on dumping the kid and taking off, but Tom, the loan shark and some muscle show. They grab both of them and make new arrangements for the 500 grand. Which is really 400, isn't it? Oh, well.

The next money drops goes bad. Jim has to take down the middle man from the loan shark and although they still have the cash, they don't have the kid. Back at the loft, Charlie begs Blair to let him help. Blair is very skeptical now and quite adamant about how Charlie has hurt Naomi. Protective Blair is wonderful!

Charlie manages to convince Blair that he has a hit. The kid is down at the waterfront, but he's not sure where. Blair and Charlie drive around aimlessly, hoping for another hit. Jim calls looking for Charlie after he and Simon decide they don't have a choice now, Charlie is their only hope. Blair tells him they're at the waterfront. Jim joins. Charlie has a hit about “Rob M”. They rack their brains until they think of Robert's Marina. They high-tail it to the marina. It's pretty funny when Jim and Blair are like a couple of cheerleaders, bugging Charlie for another hit! He finally comes up with two and one. They race to slip twenty-one and what's leaving? A motorboat with the name Top-Dog on it.

There's a very boring boat chase where Blair gets to drive! Go, Blair! It's pretty funny when Jim flashes his badge at the bad guys even though there is two hundred feet of water between them. Tom puts the gun on Stevie and threatens to kill her. The kid runs over and kicks Tom a good one in the leg. Jim shoots Tom. Tom's henchman stops the boat and Jim jumps on. The kid grabs Tom's gun and points it at Jim, but he sweet talks the kid into handing it over, which she does. Nice Jim.

The tag is okay, I guess. Jim is very sweet, giving the kid cocoa until her parents show up. They are thrilled to have their kid back. Naomi is thrilled that the parents, who were on the outs, are now back together. Blair is happy, too. Jim and Blair aren't in the final shot together. Darn it anyway.

This is a borderline okay episode. The guys are together a good bit of the time. Jim uses his senses a bit. Naomi is a pain. LOL!

The End.

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