Corner Gas

Grad '68 - Lacey wants to write for the local paper The Howler. But, when she finds out that almost everyone in town has written for the paper, which has refused to publish her letter to the editor, she is severely disappointed. When Karen voices her intrigue regarding the graffiti "grad '68" that is painted on top of the town's water tower, Lacey decides to carry out some investigative journalism. Stars Brent Butt, Eric Peterson, Janet Wright, Gabrielle Miller and Fred Ewanuick. Another very good installment from Corner Gas, CTV, Canada. Canada you've done it again. Great great great and great.

This episode is reminiscent of Cold Case or City Confidential. Beneath the surface of a nice community lurks a dark secret and people don't want to dig up the past. Except that instead of an unsolved murder or disappearance, it's a spray-painted water tower. That's why it's silly - in a good way. My favourite scene is when Karen imagines Hank with a mullet and he says she should look at his picture in the yearbook, so in the flashback his head turns into a square that says "Photo Not Available." Apparently Hank slept in on Picture Day. I just wonder how everyone was smart enough to be involved in a cover-up for all those years and yet they aren't smart enough to know the difference between chicken wings and the Detroit Redwings.

This is the required mystery story episode. The problem is that the only one that is interested in the mystery is Karen. It seems someone added "rad '68" to the Dog River water tower. Because of an editorial in the Howler, Karen decides to investigate this cold case.



Of course, everyone is pretty much involved in this "crime" so they tell her not to worry about it. We even get a nice little spoof of both CSI and Cold Squad with a cameo by Julie Stewart. Of course she mocks the knock off Cold Case during the scene. "Cold case? Who cares?". That at least was funny for us former fans.



The primary side story is that Lacey seems to be the only person in Dog River that has not written for the Howler. Even Brent gets into the paper's Letters to the Edit section by writing a quick "Please print one of Lacey's letters". That was actually the best joke of that whole story line.



The last side story was just a little on-going joke about the difference between a ladies room and a men’s room at the gas station. These were all pretty standard (i.e. old) jokes. But well done enough that it was okay. The added posse was a nice touch.



Overall, this was the first low episode. Sure it was funny, but not as funny as the ones that came before it.