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The Sandbaggers episodes ranked no.20 to no.1
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkman" data-source="post: 416326" data-attributes="member: 23715"><p><img src="https://www.anorakzone.com/sandbaggers/feasiblesolution.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>16 A Feasible</strong></p><p><strong>Solution (1.6)</strong></p><p>The Sandbaggers is such a quality show that the concept of "worst to best" is almost redundant. The bottom four are perhaps warranted, and the same applies to the top four or five, but the entries here from Nos. 6-16 could almost be in any order, the consistency is that high.</p><p> What places A Feasible Solution this far down in the rankings is that there are several events in the episode that don't quite ring true. Both Willie and Burnside get a "twisted romance", as Willie falls for a KGB agent, despite being aware that she is one, and Burnside gets caught by his new Sandbagger Laura Dickens (the beautiful Diane Keen) in possession of a framed photograph of her in his house. Astonishingly she's flattered and not freaked out by such an occurrence, and Burnside continues to woo her, despite the fact that it surely breaches several standards of professional etiquette, none of which is mentioned by any of his superiors or peers. Such events are necessary in order to push the first season towards an outstanding conclusion, but it's a rare instance of the programme's plot mechanics feeling contrived.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.anorakzone.com/sandbaggers/questionofloyalty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>15 A Question</strong></p><p><strong>of Loyalty (2.4)</strong></p><p>A decent enough episode that does, however, see the plots driving the characters rather than the reverse. Jeff Ross manipulating the SIS is a neat twist after he's been shown as a close ally in the programme, though his colleague Karen Milner (Jana Shelden, aka Catastophe Kate from <em>Rentaghost</em>) revealing the deception is perhaps a little harder to take.</p><p> The secondary plot sees Mike under suspicion of not acting correctly on a mission, and subsequent attempts to discredit and disprove his conduct. While Cashman tried his best with the role, the part of the second Sandbagger was always underwritten and frequently overlooked, to the point where he never even received a credit in the opening titles. Wallace was brought on board as the "green" Sandbagger, but it was a situation that rarely changed, with the character seemingly undergoing little development throughout the thirteen episodes in which he appeared.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkman, post: 416326, member: 23715"] [IMG]https://www.anorakzone.com/sandbaggers/feasiblesolution.jpg[/IMG] [B]16 A Feasible Solution (1.6)[/B] The Sandbaggers is such a quality show that the concept of "worst to best" is almost redundant. The bottom four are perhaps warranted, and the same applies to the top four or five, but the entries here from Nos. 6-16 could almost be in any order, the consistency is that high. What places A Feasible Solution this far down in the rankings is that there are several events in the episode that don't quite ring true. Both Willie and Burnside get a "twisted romance", as Willie falls for a KGB agent, despite being aware that she is one, and Burnside gets caught by his new Sandbagger Laura Dickens (the beautiful Diane Keen) in possession of a framed photograph of her in his house. Astonishingly she's flattered and not freaked out by such an occurrence, and Burnside continues to woo her, despite the fact that it surely breaches several standards of professional etiquette, none of which is mentioned by any of his superiors or peers. Such events are necessary in order to push the first season towards an outstanding conclusion, but it's a rare instance of the programme's plot mechanics feeling contrived. [IMG]https://www.anorakzone.com/sandbaggers/questionofloyalty.jpg[/IMG] [B]15 A Question of Loyalty (2.4)[/B] A decent enough episode that does, however, see the plots driving the characters rather than the reverse. Jeff Ross manipulating the SIS is a neat twist after he's been shown as a close ally in the programme, though his colleague Karen Milner (Jana Shelden, aka Catastophe Kate from [I]Rentaghost[/I]) revealing the deception is perhaps a little harder to take. The secondary plot sees Mike under suspicion of not acting correctly on a mission, and subsequent attempts to discredit and disprove his conduct. While Cashman tried his best with the role, the part of the second Sandbagger was always underwritten and frequently overlooked, to the point where he never even received a credit in the opening titles. Wallace was brought on board as the "green" Sandbagger, but it was a situation that rarely changed, with the character seemingly undergoing little development throughout the thirteen episodes in which he appeared. [/QUOTE]
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