Major Crimes: Season 2, Episode 9 “There’s No Place Like Home” (B)
This show is often at its most entertaining when it features comedic storylines, and this episode was certainly an instance of that. This was far from a serious murder case, thanks in no small part to the wealth of guest stars and the TV work for which they’re most well known. Likely to be most familiar to current TV audiences are recent Emmy winners Doris Roberts of “Everybody Loves Raymond” fame and Tim Conway of “30 Rock,” as well as Ron Glass of “Firefly” and Paul McCrane of “ER,” “24,” and “Harry’s Law.” What this turned out to be was a wild and wacky episode most notable for its final scene, in which each of the senior citizen conspirators admitted to their part in the poisoning and assisted unintentional suicide of their not-so-dearly departed landlord. I liked that Provenza got himself a new pair of glasses out of the whole thing and managed to pass the shooting test which spared him both a tough conversation with Sharon and a path straight towards a job tethered to a desk. It’s not clear to me why Hobbes was suddenly back in this hour to replace Ruiz on a case that seems much more up the latter’s alley and suited for her temperament. Rusty’s non-romance with Chris seems fated to never end, but at least they’re getting along positively and he’s not trying to aggressively push her away anymore with made-up stories of sicknesses and histories that might otherwise indicate that he just isn’t available.
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