ELI STONE - Special Bonus Trivia Post!

This was a good episode, didn't you think?

It had just the right mix of courtroom dramatics, mysterious and confounding visions, humor, and love triangle action.  Or is it love quadrangle action now that Matt Dowd has slept with Taylor?  The only thing that was missing was a characteristic surreal musical number - but you can't have those every episode, can you?  Gotta mix it up a little bit.

This week Eli has a vision/flashback where he occupies his brother Nathan's body on the day his father died.  As it happens, these visions coincide with Eli defending Nate from a malpractice lawsuit and lead to a shocking revelation about Nate's involvement in their father's death.  I won't spoil it for you, but the revelation is actually shocking and is kind of a big deal in the world of Eli Stone - go watch this week's episode on ABC.com if you haven't already seen it.

Aside from the court case involving Nate, we got to see Maggie again, which was nice.  I kinda missed her last week.  Well, she's back and she has a surprise for Eli.  The kind of surprise that you wear on your left hand.  On the ring finger.  Yes, she's engaged.  To whom?  No idea.  All we know is that it's not Eli.

Taylor also deals with the fallout from her ill-advised one-night stand with Matt Dowd.  She tries to blow him off by telling him that her father Jordan, the senior partner at the firm, wouldn't approve of her dating him.  This is a poor strategy, because Matt not so subtly draws Jordan into the whole mess.  He is positively aghast (in a cool, professional way) at the thought of Taylor hooking up with Matt - and comedy ensues.  I actually felt kind of bad for Matt.  You can occasionally glimpse real unfiltered emotion behind his cocky smile, and I think his feelings are kind of hurt by the whole thing.  He clearly wears the Cocky Guy mask as a defense mechanism to hide the fact that he's really insecure.  That's my amateur psychoanalysis for you.

The episode ends with a really heartbreaking hospital room scene where Eli (in flashback mode) gets the chance to say goodbye to his dying father.  I have to hand it to Johnny Lee Miller, who plays Eli - they guy can cry at the drop of a hat.  He really sold that last scene and provided this episode with a little extra emotional punch.

Trivia time!  Did you know that Johnny Lee Miller is British?  He's got his American accent down pat.  If I had never seen him in Trainspotting, I would have never thought he was a Brit.

More trivia time!  Do you know who Johnny Lee Miller was married to?  Angelina Jolie.  I kid you not, they were married for four years.  Thanks IMDB for making me look smart.

--Dave Campbell

Comments

[Josie]

Hate this show, it's weird.. Bring back Cashmere Mafia instead. that was a really good show, much better than even lipstick jungle.

[Saul / Puerto Rico]

Wow, Johnny Lee Miller was married to Angelina Jolie?... I think I have a new found respect for this guy.