Episode Reviewed:
The
Mystery at Tin Flat (520)
Writer: John
Fornof
Director: Bob
Hoose
Production
Engineer: Allen
Hurley
Music
Composer: John
Campbell
Original
Airdate: 6/07/03
Rating
(Out of 5 cones): 
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The
Mystery at Tin Flat
[Episode
Info]
Episode
Summary: The
Washington family has just won an all-expense paid vacation. But
when they arrive in "historic and charming" Tin Flat, they
discover a ghost town. What's going on and what does all this have
to do with the legend of "Gold Toe Jake?"
Theme:
Fitting
in (I
Corinthians 12)
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“Then
it’s settled. Tin Flat, here we come!”
[Ed Washington]
The
Review
I
like reality TV just as much as others do, but when it comes to those
“Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” shows, I become angry, angry at the
thought of matchmaking for entertainment. Just look at all the sin going on
in those shows! The
Mystery at Tin Flat
was surprisingly a reality TV show, and I was not pleased with the way it
turned out. Now come on… it isn’t very likely that the show called
“The Challenge” would actually choose a family from Odyssey, Ohio (most
likely Ohio, that is) to be on their show without knowing it. Most likely
they’d choose a family from Los Angeles or one of those big casino
hangouts. Odyssey? What in the world was AIO thinking? This was a very
unrealistic episode.
I did like the
mysterious side of this show, however. Yet, this episode was odd the entire
time. The whole time I listened, I felt a strange feeling that this oddness
was not a good feeling. Or was it a feeling? Did you notice this too?
Everything seems so odd throughout the entire show.
It looks like the
Washington’s are back and here to stay for a while. It’s actually taking
me some time to get used to their family as a whole, but I don’t think
I’ll ever grow to like them. I couldn’t care less about Marvin, Mrs.
Washington doesn’t sound very loving and easy to get along with,
Xavier’s got some emotional problems, and who is that pesky girl? I still
don’t know all their names… I haven’t really liked the voices that AIO
chose to play the Washington family, but I did like Ed’s voice. He seems
to be the only one I like so far, yet him running the Whit’s End in
Connellsville is building a grudge somewhere upstairs. I’m sure I’ll
stop being in denial sooner or later. For now, I’ll just be complaining
for a while.
The plotline of
The
Mystery at Tin Flat
was okay, just not one that I like very much. We’ve already experienced a
mysterious piano with a message in it in The
Treasure of LeMonde, so I wasn’t really pleased with that. When it
actually got to the point where we could understand what the mystery was
really about, I finally became interested. It’s just too bad that directly
afterwards Xavier stumbled upon a bunch of cameramen. That’s when the
episode went downhill.
The ending alone was
boring, stale, sappy. I’m speaking of when the Washington’s gather
around their TV to watch themselves on “The Challenge.” Very distasteful
drama.
Sound
effects and design were good, but I’ve heard better. The music was okay
too.
The
Rating
Overall,
this episode lacks the realistic aspect all AIO shows need to contain. I
give The
Mystery at Tin Flat
1 and ½ out of 5 cones.
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