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Amidst the Sunday night hubbub generated by the Golden Globes and the Giants/Packers game and Episode 2 of Downton Abbey's second season, it's understandable if you forgot that ABC had scheduled another new episode of Pan Am.
"Diplomatic Relations" picked up the morning after the events of last week's outing, "Secrets and Lies," with Dean and Bridget experiencing vastly different reactions to their impulsive hook-up. (She's happy and he's... not.) Fortunately for Dean, a surprise summons from Pan Am's head honcho Juan Trippe gets him out of this uncomfortable situation and back to New York, where he's scheduled to be the first American pilot to fly a commercial aircraft into Moscow. Since she's headed into enemy territory, the CIA tasks Kate with checking in on one of their double agents who has recently fallen silent. During their stay behind the Iron Curtain, Laura and Bridget are locked up under suspicion of committing acts of espionage -- in this case, photographing a building that houses a number of high-ranking Party members -- forcing Kate to risk her own cover by contacting that double agent to secure their release. (That was the Cold War for ya. Photographing ordinary apartment buildings could cause international incidents.) Meanwhile, two young romances are nipped in the bud as Colette rightly rejects Dean after he admits his indiscretion with Bridget, and Maggie and her politician beau discover that their respective Blue State/Red State values just won't mix. At least Ted and Amanda seem to be in it for the long haul; despite only dating for a month, she readily accepts his marriage proposal. But then a little while later, Amanda attempts to cheer up a weeping Maggie... with a little lip therapy. As a certain pop star would later sing, Maggie kissed a girl and it seems she liked it.
In the '60s... Being Scolded by The Village Voice Actually Meant Something
As if it wasn't clear enough already, the recent firing of longtime Voice film critic J. Hoberman confirmed that the alt-weekly is now a mere shadow of its formerly iconic self. At least he joins some great company by exiting out the door -- the roll call of dismissed Voice staffers includes such high-profile political scribes as Wayne Barrett, Tom Robbins and Nat Hentoff. Those were the kinds of established, serious scribes who could make or break a politician, like Maggie's new right-wing boyfriend, Congressman Rawlings, who got the classic Voice treatment on last night's episode. Though he tries to dismiss the exposé as a "worthless piece of yellow journalism," it's clear that he's rattled by the paper's charges that he's a hypocrite -- denouncing Communism and praising the bomb in public, but expressing different feelings in private around Maggie (the "anonymous source" quoted in the piece). These days, a rising political star wouldn't even think to read the Voice, let alone care what they had to say. They're too busy following Politico.com and watching all three cable news networks at once.
In the '60s... a Sky God Wasn't Just a Great Name For a Final Boss in a Video Game
Back in New York, Dean is mildly perturbed to discover that he's been demoted to the second chair on the Clipper Majestic's historic flight into Soviet airspace. Taking over the captain's chair is George Broyles, a big-talking "Sky God" a.k.a. World War II pilots who segued from military to commercial service. According to Kate, Broyles himself ran "a dozen bomber runs over Berlin," which has won him and his fellow Gods the right to "use the airline whenever they like, however they like." Hey Dean, if you're looking for a good cheat code to defeat this new Sky God in your midst, we always had good luck with A B A B Up Down A B Left Right A B Start.
In the '60s... Not Enough People Thought Like James Bond
Fed up with waiting around to see if and when Laura and Bridget will be released from KGB custody, Dean decides to take action, saying "I'm gonna go out and deal with this." His determination just makes Broyles laugh and reply, "Great idea. You two take out the KGB agents, I'll steal a tank and we'll blast their way out." He's trying to be funny, but as 007 would prove three decades later in Goldeneye stealing a Russian tank ain't all that hard. Try and think outside the box a little more in the future, Dean.
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It really does feel like a "death watch" now. What a horrid episode. All that cloack and dagger stuff seemed to serve no other purpose than for Collette to find Dean's cuff link in Bridget's suitcase. I would have thought the Soviet tour guide would have warned dear Laura not to take pictures, but then made Bridget set this up from the start, so that she could get her dear Dean back.
We don't even get the chance to watch a relationship build on this show. No sooner do we think that Ted has proposed to Amanda than we learn she likes to kiss girls.
I understand the writers of Pan Am are in a death spiral and need to get everything out in these final episodes, but try to come up with something better than this for the send-off.
Subject: Pan Am TV Series 2011-12
There are many books written by former Pan Am stewardesses and pilots. They all seem to have their stories very much in common and soon become by themselves repetitious.
Pan Am stewardesses, while important and necessary to the benefit, welfare and safety of passengers, are not all there was to Pan Am.
What is desperately missing were interesting, adventurous and exciting factual stories which begin on the ground.
For instance, the public would be interested to know how potential stewardesses and other supporting employees were hired.
As a former PanAm Station Manager, who came up from the ranks, let it be known that applicants indicating having been bored would not be hired for any position. For stewardess prospects, there are grueling, difficult stress interviews which are extremely selective. Let us not forget the hundreds of thousands of employees who made Pan Am the greatest airline by also working in ‘Passenger Service’, ‘Freight and Mail’, ‘Commissary’, Communication’, ‘Reservation’, ‘Ticketing’, ‘Operations’, ‘Administration’, and ‘Special Services’. With these and other departments; it was all of them who made an effective Pan Am.
Viewers would like to travel along with the stories; from Baghdad to Berlin; from New York JFK to Nuremberg and more. Now it can be told about the good and the ugly of yesteryear. Just some of the problems from those days, were embezzlement, money laundering, smuggling, stowaways and much more with emphasis to keep these items from becoming knowledge to the stockholders. There was one passenger able to bring in massive amounts of pure heroin, all with the knowledge of US Customs. Also of interest was a former Nazi criminal working as a Pan Am personnel chief and comptroller at one of the largest airports.
These and many others are real stories. No fillers or additional fantasy needed.
I wrote a book “Pan Am and Beyond – Turbulence on the Ground” which became a best seller at Amazon in 2000. My purpose was to reestablish contact with former colleagues, employees and friends again.
This book can now be obtained as an e-Book for only $2.99 through:
Amazon (for Kindle) which also lists 22 reviews; Barnes & Noble (for NOOK); Apple (for iPad) and Reader Store (for Sony Reader). I do not expect a profit from any sales. Just enjoy the book.
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