I'll Never Forget What's Her Name

[BSDDomi]

There are two things I'd like to bring up about this particular episode.

While this episode may have many wonderful Tony-Jeannie moments I don't consider it to be one of my favorites IDOJ episodes.

Anyway, does anyone else have to think of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson movies when they show that scene where Tony and Jeannie are at the restaurant, sitting in the car, playing chess? I remember that even the first time I saw it on TV I couldn't help but think about the Day-Hudson movies.

Also what is it about Tony placing his hand on Jeannie's back when they're dancing..you usually hold the person real tight but it looks like he doesn't really want to get too close and this is definitely no 60s thing either

Thoughts?

[BSDDomi]

BTW, does anyone play chess here?

[Suzie]

I actually wrote a review for this episode on TV.com since I thought it was quite a sad episode and a bit painful to watch. It offers a glimpse of what might have happened if Tony had just met Jeannie walking down the street as an ordinary woman. I just thought it was really sad since this episode seems to spell out what wasn't made clear before, that were Jeannie not a genie Tony would have fallen in love and married her. There are some nice moments and also some rather melancholy ones. Like the moment when Jeannie and the amnesia-affected Tony are dancing, and she knows that he is about to propose to her and when he starts to speak she says “Do not say it”, as she feels so conflicted about deceiving him. Also the heartbreaking exchange when Jeannie says “I can’t marry you.” and Tony replies, “Why? Don’t you love me?” and she responds, “More than you know.” Also I felt that there wasn't much humour in the episode, provided only by Roger finding himself at the mercy of Jeannie and perplexing Dr Bellows with an array of unexplainable symptoms - first frostbite, then injuries from a pygmy attack and finally a touch of the bends! It’s also a shame that Tony is left with no memory of his actions. If he did, of course he’d be annoyed with Jeannie for deceiving him but it also might have prompted him to reassess his feelings for her.

[BSDDomi]

Very well put, Suzie. This episode had some wonderful moments but seeing how Tony saw her after he'd hit his head and he asks Roger if he believes in love at first sight and how he wants to marry her, and then how he's when he's back to normal and knows Jeannie as a genie he never would want to marry unless that means her losing her powers...makes me sad.

Remember the episode where Tony read the book and found out that if Jeannie married him she'd lose her powers? He immediately proposed to her. I found that odd and a bit disappointing, she wasn't that bad as a genie, as he found out later on, since he married her anyway ..

Another thing the writers of this episode may have wanted to tell us was that deep down inside Tony has always had feelings for Jeannie but he always hid them and didn't reveal them until Tony wasn't quite himself and he looked at her differently, not knowing she was a genie, just enjoying her company, her character. What would have happened had he knocked his head and still known she was a genie, had he acted the way he did when he thought Jeannie was someone else.