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Episode Studies by Clayton Barr enik1138-at-popapostle-dot-com |
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"Medusa" Written by Greg Strangis Directed by Rick Bennewitz
Holly discovers a garden and its
mysterious owner in the jungle. Didja Notice? At the beginning of the episode, Holly calls Cha-ka a chicken. She should have called him an iguana, as we learned in "Babysitter". Cha-ka admonishes against going down the river in the canoe because "...no one always come back." Which Will corrects him, "you mean no one never comes back." Uh, no, Will...that would be "no one ever comes back." Did you forget the rule against double negatives in English? Speaking of the river, is this the same one as seen in "Downstream"? If so, the Marshalls should already know that the river just loops around on itself. In fact, given the closed-universe nature of the Land of the Lost, all rivers would basically do the same! Cha-ka and Will make references to "Nice Day", discussing the time they went fishing together. At 2:18 on the DVD as Meddy is clearing debris from the river, it is obvious that the river is actually flowing through a man-made trough or aqueduct of some kind. I suppose it could be a remnant of Altrusian (or other) civilization. 
It is obvious the Medusa is wearing lifeless rubber snakes for hair. Holly doesn't seem surprised to meet a strange woman in the jungle. At 7:51 on the DVD, Meddy pours two glasses for herself and her reflection. When she picks up her glass, as the camera angle changes, the second glass is gone! Is it because her reflection picked it up on the other side of the mirror?
Jack is unable to see his reflection in Meddy's magic
mirror (like when Meddy's reflection got mad and refused to
show for her). Would his own alter-ego reflection have
eventually popped up if he had looked at the mirror long
enough? How did Medusa become trapped in the Land of the Lost? Memorable Dialog
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