The Greens of Jericho

Reviewer: Skyrose Signed [Report This]
Date: 17 Jun 2009 8:43:42 PM Title: Operation: Square Dance Tango

An unexpected take on Mimi and Stanley. Like Sandra I'm guessing your poking fun at the stories who bend the characters to fit into the story the author wants to tell. So now that we know Mimi's and Stanley's story I can't help but wonder where you're going with all this.

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Stanley Richmond was unlike any mark she'd ever been sent to investigate. She wasn't sure why. There seemed, on the surface, to be nothing remarkable about him at all. She could hardly believe he was the dangerous force she'd been anticipating as she went over the briefs she'd been given in the plane's bathroom. His laid back, fun-loving persona threw her off. It was surprising how well he had constructed his cover. Most surprising to her, she was forced to admit as she lay awake in her room at the bed and breakfast, was how she didn't want to believe it was a cover.
I like how this left me wondering exactly who Stanley is and what he is hiding.

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She continued to play her part convincingly, publicly clinging to her role and principles as a government employee, pretending grief, horror, and shock at the destruction of her hometown, and most importantly, continuing to get closer to Stanley Richmond with dogged determination.
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She couldn't tell if he was catching on to her or not, he played his part with such equal ease. He continued to send her irritated glares when she showed up on his property, agreed grudgingly to host her when she claimed to have been evicted from the bed and breakfast, and found ways to subvert her investigation with seemingly innocent obstacles and objections.
I thought that this was an effective way to bridge Mimi's and Stanley's personality/actions in the show to the way they are portrayed in this story.

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Her exhaustive search turned up nothing, and the next morning, when he questioned her, she was almost certain that under the joking response he gave to her quick story about reorganizing the 'triangle', he knew exactly the game they were both playing.
LOL! I like the reference to the kitchen triangle!

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At eight years old, he confronted them with what he had heard. They were only mildly surprised; they had truthfully expected him to catch on quickly, he was such a smart child. He sat up late with his parents that night, discussing the family business.
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He continued to work on the farm, play with his friends, and even learned to limit himself in science class, getting C's, so that no one would ever become suspicious of the vastly superior intellect he had inherited.
Okay, this might sound a little strange but here goes. I like how you mentioned how smart Stanley is here. I happen to think he's not all fun and games unlike, I  think, a lot of writers.