LaSalle should go share a beer with Jacob Stone from The Librarians they could swap stories about their oil industry fathers who wanted them in the family business and were disappointed in their life choices. It was nice to get a check-in on the boys Loretta took in, and we got to learn something new about LaSalle, too!Ī few final notes, thoughts, and musings before I turn the discussion over to you: The situation also set the stage for a couple nice conversations regarding parenthood between Pride and both Loretta and LaSalle regarding parental expectations and understanding offspring. I remarked in a previous review that I was hoping to hear Scott Bakula sing as well as play, so thank you for that! Plus, it gave us a chance for Laurel and Pride to share a duet. I think that his compromise with her at the end of the episode was quite reasonable, remarkably so, in fact. Rather profound stuff, actually, if you think about it. Laurel's declaration made Pride doubt himself, wonder if he'd pressured her into music and by extension a life that she could not enjoy. In this case, Pride was quite shocked to hear his daughter tell him that she didn't love music, at least not the way he did: I'm sure there are many of us who got a few years into college and suddenly had doubts about their major, their intended career. The B-story featuring Pride and his daughter Laurel felt much stronger and more genuine. I hope that the team made sure Brandon got the help he needed after the interview! Was he even mentioned again after that? I don't recall. Mental illness and psychological trauma are real and definite problems faced by many veterans. Brandon Pierce ultimately didn't provide any critical information, and indeed sent the team looking in the wrong direction with Sonic Boom. That said, I did like that they subverted the "crazy guy who's not so crazy as he seems provides crucial information to save the day" trope. Red herrings are one thing, but this case just felt really weak overall. Instead, there were tangents about the charity, suspicions about the Captain Grant's large donation, and Tyson Reed's embezzlement. Had the team known from the start that Grant was going to leave his wife to be with her (a fact which Kayla knew), you know who Suspect Numero Uno would have been? That's right, the scorned Mrs. It's also worth pointing out that she totally neglected to mention that particular connection to Grant. But she was romantically involved with a married man and had played a rather critical role in the demise of his marriage. There was also a "by-the-way" connection between Kayla and Patton, followed by an fairly cliche defense of Kayla's character by Patton.