Loin Like a Hunting Flame

[Guest RodimusBen]

No, he's still here, but it was awkward, I'm thinking, "we're all adults here, sure Millennium has some adult content but nothing THAT bad," and so of course he comes in right when the guy is photographing the couple having sex.

There was also a time a couple months ago when I first saw "The Mikado" when I brought the disc over to a friend's house and his family walks in right when the teenage boys are talking about all the porn sites. I have really bad timing apparently...

[BillQS]

I don't find LLAHF to be any more disturbing to me than Kingdom Come, the Pilot or a lot of Season 1's gorefests. I love Season 1 most of all, but there are only so many Season 1 eps that I can watch in a row without having to a break from just the overall "bleakness" of it all. Like Watts said originally, it's hard to imagine having to live that day in and day out as an actual investigator.

BTW, I have a theory about the end when the fiance's /newlyweds are in the basement & Frank discovers them. The guy asks Frank about his fiancee'/bride and Frank indicates the girl is ok. I get the distinct impression the girl is actually dead & Frank is doing that to keep the guy from freaking out down in that bomb shelter under the garage. Did anybody else take that away as well?

Edited January 16, 2009 by BillQS

[IHaveGoodInstincts]

After several viewings over the years, i get the impression that the episode explores uncomfortability with sexual activity on many levels. Detective Thomas could have done the uncomfortability all by himself.

But this is Millennium...

(I don't think I would use the "This Is Who We Are" saying on this one!)

Then you've got the Nesbitts, with some different "uncomfortabilities."

And don't forget to throw in some wife swapping...

To top it off, like RodimisBen already stated, timing is everything and this can be a rough episode to watch in public or around innocent bystanders, as a significant bit of the episode has an almost porn-flick feel to it. I guess there the assumptoin that if someoone walks in on you while you are watching Nesbitt filming a naked couple having sex, that makes you a porn freak! D'oh!

Unlike the X-Files, who loves to make use of the darkness and what you can't see, you clearly know what is going on here. Don't let the lack of a few visible naked body parts fool you!

Hmm. After hashing all that out, I actually have a slight bit more of sympathy for Detective Thomas. I inially thought the character was overplayed, but maybe after all, it fit's the bill given all of these sexual messages meant to project a level of uncomfortability.

On a different note, you gotta love that Simon Fraser University architecture that has been seen in so many Vancouver TV shows!