Best Face Episodes

[sidney]

You know, ROAD GAMES really is an episode where Face just really shines. He does so much scamming (it all is about his scams, actually), playing multiple characters, and he really is doing a lot of solo work. And the goon just figured out that he rigged the equipment, and then very debonair and handsome, he knocked out the guy with a one-two, without ever losing his cook. He was able to get the list of addresses from the safe on his own initiative without Hannibal every telling him to. He just pulls it out and hands it to Hannibal... Saving the day, really.

This is a Face starring vehicle.

[HoudiniDerek]

I'll have to watch it a little more closely next time. Not a favorite so I don't really pay attention.

To me, ONLY CHURCH IN TOWN is great for Face. But so is CRYSTAL LAKE. His play off Basscatcher Bob and Hannibal in that episode are priceless to me.

[amyk]

Here are what I think are the best Face episodes (or at least some of them):

THE ONLY CHURCH IN TOWN
WITHOUT RESERVATIONS
WASTE 'EM!

[Eclipse139]

It's hard to choose, the writers did so well at incorporating each member of the team into most of the episodes - with one or two exceptions. Usually Hannibal's plans require each of them to contribute something.

In PROS AND CONS Face - as Dr. Pepper - has to convince the prison warden to set up the hairdressing programme. Only Face could have pulled that one off, it's such a random idea, but he uses all his skills to convince the warden to do it. If Face had failed, Hannibal's entire plan would have failed - especially the adapted plan that Hannibal quickly had to devise after he discovered the fights were taking place elsewhere. The trash bags would have been useless without the hairdryers!

[HoudiniDerek]

PROS AND CONS is a great example.

The more I thought about it, WHERE IS THE MONSTER WHEN YOU NEED HIM? is a good Face vehicle too.

[cartoonlover]

Chopping Spree is good example in which Face gets to do a lot of the heavy lifting.

[sidney]

Yes, Face in PROS AND CONS is great.
Usually I think the team is at its best when they're working together, but PROS AND CONS had a lot of solitary jobs for the mission and it went together really well.

[amyk]

I think some of the beauty of the show is that it is such an ensemble that I rarely feel like an episode is all about one specific character. I suppose FAMILY REUNION is a lot about Face, but actually Murdock may have more of a role in that one that Face does.

[Eclipse139]

I love the ensemble nature of the show too. The best epsodes are when all four of them play off each other and the action is shared between them. Face is probably at his best when he's interacting with Hannibal, provoking the bad guys, or when he's pulling off an outrageous scam.

Having said that, it is good to have episodes that focus more on one of the characters occasionally. LEASE WITH AN OPTION TO DIE reveals a lot about BA, although he doesn't really have more or less to do than in other episodes. I also like the way BLOOD, SWEAT AND CHEERS reveals something about Hannibal's past. I love FAMILY MATTERS, but mostly for Murdock.

Some of the episodes that feature Face more heavily don't necessarily show him in a very good light e.g. MIND GAMES and ALIVE AT FIVE.