Change of Pace

Denis McGrath notes that tonight’s (McGrath-scripted) episode of The Border was intended as “to see if the show could stretch enough to not take itself too seriously.,” though reviews didn’t necessarily pick up on that. (It’s about the return of an FLQ bomber, a plot that has echoes of the old standby story about the Japanese soldier who doesn’t know the war is over.) I haven’t seen the episode yet — I will tonight — but the description intrigues me, because I like change-of-pace episodes.