I SO love your recaps! You can be as snarking as Bodie (and that's a good thing) .. love the little comments you make (" never attempt an assassination with a clear head! sort of comment). I agree with you this was one of the best episodes of the series ... great character dynamics - great showing the easy comaradrie of the boys and the parallels of Joe and Frank.

One thing tho - I always thought that Towser's reaction at the end of the training was false - his way of joking with the boys - that he was only pretending to be scared when they rushed through the doors.

Wonderful recap as usual!!