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Originally Posted by MyDearSam  Three days after the Newtown, CT shootings, I was at work and got a call from my daughter's school. It was time for afternoon dismissal, so I just thought she was calling to ask to go him with her friend. Instead, it was a recorded message that the school was in lockdown because there had been a bank robbery nearby and there was an armed gunman on the loose. There's no way to describe the bitter taste and sick feeling of your heart trying to beat it's way out of your chest at the same time your stomach drops to your toes. It was nearly an hour before I got another call that the bank robber had been caught and the kids were being released to go home.
Remembering that is one reason this episode hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm so glad that Nathan Fillion was given the opportunity to show his talent as a dramatic actor as well as the comedy. He portrayed the frantic, grieving father without going over the top. His body language combined with the stellar script was just spot on.
The ending of the episode nearly did me in. My daughter is going on a student trip in June. Their first stop - Paris! I looked at her when it was over and said - YOUR TRIP IS CANCELLED!! I think I was only half joking.  |
I've thankfully never been through anything like that where actual known peril was near my child except for a very serious illness he had once. But when they are anywhere near to danger of any kind, it is heartstopping and you are so paralyzed with fear and worry.