As I've noticed about the episodes of "The FBI" from its first season, this one is less about the criminal and more about Inspector Erskine. It all begins on an Indian reservation. Joe Cloud (Alejandro Rey) returns home to find a man trying to molest his wife. Naturally, he beats up the attacker and in the process he kills him. No biggie....in fact he probably did mankind a good deed. Soon, hwoever, Joe is arrested and instead of demanding to speak with his lawyer, he asks the police to call Erskine. Why? Because they knew each other from the Korean War and Joe trusts his old commander to help. Well, this is NOT the case...at least initially. While he did promise to come, that date comes and goes because Erskine was sent on a mission. During this time, Joe becomes very impatient and ends up attacking some folks and seriously injuring a deputy. Now, even if Joe is found innocent of killing the attacker, he's got an assault charge. How can Joe make it worse? He soon assaults another guy...and Erskine finally is able to get to the reservation to assist in finding Joe.
This felt like a very weak episode with too much emphasis on Erskine and not enough on a serious crime. Perhaps I am overreacting...but this one just left me feeling dissatisfied at the finale. Erskine kinda blows it in this one.
This felt like a very weak episode with too much emphasis on Erskine and not enough on a serious crime. Perhaps I am overreacting...but this one just left me feeling dissatisfied at the finale. Erskine kinda blows it in this one.