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Send in the Clown

Episode Number: 15    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Sunday July 25, 2004    Prod Code: 201
Rube and Mason go to a kids birthday party to collect their next appointment, but Mason is about to change his mind when he learns that his reap is a little girl. George gets a job from Delores to show a dumb Brennan, who is the nephew of one of The Happy Time owners, how to work. She ends up having a little fun of her own. Meanwhile, Joy and Clancy decide to divorce.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Stephen Godchaux, John Masius, Stephen Godchaux, Ian Thomas
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Star: Christine Willes (Delores Herbig),  Laura Harris (Daisy Adair),  Britt McKillip (Reggie Lass),  Mandy Patinkin (Rube Sofer),  Jasmine Guy (Roxy Harvey),  Ellen Muth (George Lass),  Callum Blue (Mason),  Cynthia Stevenson (Joy Lass),  Greg Kean (Clancy Lass)
Recurring Role: Patricia Idlette (Kiffany),  Crystal Dahl (Crystal)
Guest Star: Tiffany Lyndall-Knight (Lucy Sondheim),  Manoj Sood (Guy),  Steven Grayhm (Brennan),  Don Lew (Worker #1),  Kimani Ray Smith (Worker #2),  Manoj Sood (Guy on Street),  Louise Grant (Sully),  Diana Ha (Woman on Street #1),  Serge Houde (Therapist),  Jeremy Drescher (Child),  David Mackay (Lloyd),  Cainan Wiebe (Little Boy),  Glynis Davies (Deirdre),  Michael Daingerfield (Conrad),  Dana Pemberton (Frank the Cop),  Jacklyn Kelly (Emily),  Christine Quayle (Killer Mother),  Tae Helgeth (Woman on Street #2),  Megan McKinnon (unknown)

Notes

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Season 2 marks the beginning of the cast's regular use of the verb/noun "reap", which was used rarely (if ever) during season 1. (edit)
Deaths:
- 5 people in a gas exposion (souls taken by George, Mason, and Daisy)
- Old Woman crushed by garage bin (soul taken by Daisy)
- Man chokes on candy (soul taken by Mason) (edit)
Mason has aparently given up drinking over the time we didn't see but buy the end of the episode he picks it up again. (edit)
Rube mentions his daughter. It's the first time we get to hear about his past, and probably fills in the mystery of that picture he carries in his wallet. (edit)
This episode clocks in at about 50 minutes; a couple of minutes longer than usual. (edit)

Quotes

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George (V/O): Oh my God, some slut is stealing my boyfriend. (edit)
George: (VO) Look at those lips. I just want to bite your face. I wanna tear your skin off and make pajamas out of them and wear them to bed. (edit)
Daisy: You never slept with anybody?
George: No.
Daisy: Why didn't you?
George: Well Daisy, first of all I was 18 years old.
Daisy: Not a great excuse.
George: I never had a boyfriend.
Daisy: Not really a problem.
George: I lived at home with my parents and my little sister.
Daisy: Ever heard of a car? (edit)
George: Life sucks and then you die. And then it still sucks. (edit)
George : Bodies everywhere and a dead flower girl in the middle. It was
like a really f***ed up wedding. (edit)

Trivia

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Dialogue between Roxy and Mason is unclear. Roxy says Mason took every kind of drug for 40 years, which presumably means before he died, but he was previously stated as died at 27 ("Dead Girl Walking"). It could mean after death, but that's 38 years and would inexplicably exclude his pre-death drug abuse. (edit)
Georgia's first post of the season has an ETD of 9:11 AM (edit)
The closing theme tune has changed. (edit)

Allusions

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Douglas Fairbanks: Daisy mentions that she received French tulips from Douglas Fairbanks. Fairbanks is best known for his roles in silent movies such as The Mask of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921) and Robin Hood (1922). Fairbanks died in 1939, the same year that Daisy died on the set of Gone with the Wind (edit)
Rube: Some clowns talk, some make honking noises.
Rube is referring to the famous television clown Clarabelle who appered on "The Howdy Doody Show". Played by Bob Keeshan, who later went on to fame as Captain Kangaroo, Clarabelle only communicated by honking an auto horn. (edit)
Episode Title: Send in the Clown
The title is taken from the song "Send in the Clowns" which was written for the 1973 musical "A LIttle Night Music" by Stephen Sondheim. In addition, the soul reaped by Mason in this episode belongs to man named Lloyd Sondheim. (edit)
Squad leader: Let's be careful out there.
Fans of the 80s cop classic should thoroughly enjoy a clearly affectionate and brilliantly observed spoof of the opening sequence of Hill Street Blues - right down to 'Let's be careful out there' and the second car - er...meter maid cart - skidding around the bend. Anyone who recalls Phil Esterhaus's squad room pep-talks with affection will appreciate the attention to detail. (edit)
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7.0
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Send in the Clown
"Average"
They are back: Mason has gone sober, Daisy is the same, Roxy is joining the police force. We get some info on Rube's life, and George is still at happy time... though it has not been a happy time for her family.
Continue » Posted Feb 13, 2008 11:47 am PST

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7.5
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Send in the Clown
"Fine example"
A fine and very entertaining season opening
Continue » Posted Sep 13, 2006 9:10 am PST
9.2
Superb
Send in the Clown
"Character development"
Dead like them
Continue » Posted Jul 23, 2006 2:42 am PST
7.5
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Send in the Clown
"Character development"
Welcome back!
Continue » Posted Feb 14, 2006 8:30 pm PST

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8.9
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Send in the Clown
"Character development"
At the start of the new season, the grim reapers are back and more "deadly" than ever.This episode reveals that every character had undergone a small development between the seasons and hints some development for this one: Roxy joins Police Academy, Georg
Continue » Posted Aug 15, 2005 12:54 pm PST
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