Holadem
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Right now, somehow CI has become my favorite series of the franchise. A very unlikely development as it was exact opposite a year or two ago. Anyway, I watched the very earliest episodes (reruns) including the pilot for the first time and the difference between that Goren and this current one is striking.
Young Goren was a little weird, sure, what with the habit of getting into people's face, etc... but he was not the rundown, deeply dysfunctional all-around weirdo the character became. More, young Goren wore a confident smile and exuded authority when facing down suspects or criminals. His imposing frame could be menacing. Old Goren is more like a harmless, soft-spoken, disheveled, even broken man whose occasional bouts of anger resemble children tantrums than anything else. IMO it's just an unfortunate, less compelling and far more irritating version of the character I am seeing in the earlier eps. A shame...
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Young Goren was a little weird, sure, what with the habit of getting into people's face, etc... but he was not the rundown, deeply dysfunctional all-around weirdo the character became. More, young Goren wore a confident smile and exuded authority when facing down suspects or criminals. His imposing frame could be menacing. Old Goren is more like a harmless, soft-spoken, disheveled, even broken man whose occasional bouts of anger resemble children tantrums than anything else. IMO it's just an unfortunate, less compelling and far more irritating version of the character I am seeing in the earlier eps. A shame...
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H