Santa Claws wrote:
>>Given that in season 3 he is no longer at Malcolm's school, surely the
>>"power vacuum" would have returned? But no further mention is made of
>>this, not if my memory serves me right anyway.
>
> 'Emancipation', where Reese stops by on the way to his first day at
> High School, kind of picked up that point:
>
> "This is Gus, He's in the lead to replace you as school bully. He
> gives a wedgie that will knock your socks off, and I'm not just saying
> that because he has me in a head lock."
>
> Admittedly they drop it after that, Gus never made another appearance
> that I remember. But it gave some closure.
That's probably why I never noticed it after that. I do remember that now
you point it out, but Gus should really have came into it somewhere.
Malcolm and co are Krelboynes after all, so bullies shouldn't exactly
be far away.
Plus, if Gus had Reese in a headlock, then surely that means Gus isn't
scared of Reese, unlike all the other potential bullies in Malcolm's
school. Consequently, Malcolm doesn't have the security of having a tough
elder brother to watch over him?
> They can manage these throwaway references pretty well when they try.
> Reese's expert cooking has been referenced numerous times over seasons
> 3 and 4. And the family photograph from season 1 keeps turning up when
> they show Francis packing. (Though not in either the 8x10 or wallet
> size that Lois paid $9.99 for, I expect that kind of detail is too
> much to expect.)
Yeah, I like the way they do that. It's nice to shows acknowledging their
history and bringing back things from previous episodes. It kind of shows
the characters have moved on and are evolving all the time like we do in
Real Life. But yeah, some of the glaringly obvious ones like the hidden
toilet found in season one mentioned previously on this newsgroup are
just too significant to not mention ever again. Bad mistake on their
part!
Brett
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