Reviews
for
"Mistaken for Good"
[#707]
*All
ratings are based on a 5 star scale unless otherwise noted.
Review by Astronomer
(Town of Odyssey)
Rating:
I thought this was a very good
episode. I liked the 'growing up' of Jay: even though he did
the right thing in the end, he was willing to take the
consequences. This is great because I was just hoping that
the Odyssey characters wouldn't always need to be set
straight by adults when this episode came out.
Review by
Joy (Town of
Odyssey)
Rating:
I really enjoyed this episode.
When Mrs. Wilson said she only had 40 dollars, and Vance
said he'd take that, I felt terrible. And, Vance returned!
He has some potential as a bully, though a bit different
then Rodney. He's quite a bit more serious than Rodney was.
I felt the story was good, and that Jay's good side is
definitely starting to show, though we all knew it was
there. I feel that Mrs. Kramer is going to start becoming a
regular. She's pretty good. Your average
cranky-yet-hilarious older person. I felt I could get into
the story-line, and could feel sad at Jay and Vance
swindling Mrs. Wilson out of her money.
Review by
Blessed Cheesemaker
(Town of Odyssey)
Honestly I didn't think that
Jay was very funny in this episode, but his character did
develop a little more. Vance, I just don't like him at all.
Not as good as last week's, but a solid episode for me.
Review by EUCC (Town
of Odyssey)
Pretty good. Nice to see Jay
developing a bit. I did feel really badly for Mrs Wilson. I
worked in nursing homes for years and the elderly can be
very vulnerable (and elder abuse is very, very common,
sadly).
Review by Sapphire
(Town of Odyssey)
This was a good episode. I
really liked seeing Jay grow as a character. I am starting
to like him even more. I feel terrible for Mrs. Wilson, but
I'm everything was cleared in the end.
Review by Peachey
Keen (Town of Odyssey)
I was surprised how good this
episode was. It nearly made me cry. I was thinking this
would be a real comedic episode but I'm was glad I was
wrong.
And yay for hearing from Vance! I was worried that they
killed his character after Jay became such a fan-favorite.
Review by American
Eagle (Town of Odyssey)
Rating:
Suffice it to say, this
episode is one of the best slice-of-life comedies in the
history of Odyssey. It's not the best by any means, but it
is outstandingly good and I am pleased with the direction
Odyssey is going. Mistaken For Good had a tough bill to
follow after The Labyrinth and To Mend or Repair, but the
episode succeeded.
Jay is simply amazing. He is charming, realistic and makes
me laugh every time. The lady asked him how old he was, and
he bluntly replied, "50". That's hilarious.
It was good to see Vance again. He was my favorite post-relaunch
new character before Jay shined in The Green Ring
Conspiracy.
Good episode, nice character development, fantastic moral. I
approve.
Review by Dallas R.
(Town of Odyssey)
Rating:
Wow. This was not the episode
I was expecting. And I'm glad to say it was a very pleasant
surprise. Jay was great. It was nice to hear from this nicer
side of him. The theme was good too. I think it's awesome
that Jay learned his own lesson and punished himself. Don't
get me wrong, Whit driving home the lesson is an amazing
plot device, but it was so much more effective this time for
Jay to learn for himself. I liked hearing about J&J Antiques
again. This is reference number two since relaunch right?
(Deleted scene included in an album version) It would have
been so amazing if they had had a scene with Jack selling
Olivia the music box. Just for us fans.
Review by Christian
A. (Town of Odyssey)
I really, really, really liked
this episode. From the very beginning of the episode, I knew
I was going to like it. The episode summary gave away that
it was going to have a single storyline, without trying to
meld two or three together for a singular moral. Therefore,
I had high expectations, since I tend to like singular
stories better. And the episode definitely met my high
expectations. It was high in entertainment value, it
definitely held my attention, and it had a great lesson to
be learned.
The plot for this story was very original and genius. Not
only have we had very few episodes in nursing homes in the
past, but we've never had an episode where someone is
cheating one of the residents. I think this is what made the
story so emotionally engaging. Two teens stealing money from
an old lady is something we can all see as deplorable and
evil. So from the beginning, we are genuinely disappointed
and frustrated with Jay for taking the money, and then we
can later sympathize with him when Vance forces him to keep
doing it with blackmail.
The characters and actors were all amazing in this episode.
Kelly Stables again did a wonderful job as Olivia. I'm glad
the directors decided to keep her on, instead of going back
to Hope Levy. Ms. Stables makes her a much more likeable
character. Whit Hertford, as always, nailed Jay's character
and emotions. Vance's actor gave him the perfect sinister
sound. Mrs. Kramer was true to the character we've grown to
like over the last few episodes she's been in. And even
Andre Stojka surprised me by doing a very good job as Whit.
He was only in a couple of scenes, but he seemed much more
like Whit than he has in the past. It was great to have him
in that climax scene where Jay gets himself caught.
On that note, I don't understand why so many people were
confused by Jay's actions in that scene. It totally made
sense to me that he was giving himself away. He had already
demonstrated that he didn't want to ask for the money
anymore, so when he did ask, I knew exactly what he was
doing. And I thought it was a very intelligent move. It was
a great resolution, and it was what made the episode so
great. Jay listened to his conscience and showed us that he
is able to do the right thing, even when it meant getting
Vance totally ticked at him. And he was content to take the
punishment for what he did wrong.
Well I'm running out of time to write this morning, so I'll
say, I really loved this episode. It was a true
slice-of-life episode, the likes of which we haven't seen
for a long time in Odyssey. It was great to hear of places
like J&J Antiques and other places around Odyssey that we've
known and loved for years. I very much hope that the writers
will give us more episodes like these in the future.
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