The case that Jake (Allan Hawco) and Malachy (Sean McGinley) took on was commissioned by a woman whom Jake described as "so hot, especially for a taxi driver. She suspected her husband was up to something, but had no idea what. It turned out that he was smuggling Rum from St. Pierre et Miquelon. Now, if you didn't know where that is, the show did a good job letting us know. Des (Mark O'Brien) didn't either, and Jake explained that it's the French island off the coast of Newfoundland. He also exclaimed "Didn't you do to school!" but unless you grew up in Newfoundland, the comment doesn't really apply to you.
Eventually, Jake and Malachy ended up on that island, in what was simply a long and boring scene where the Rum-Runner who's eluded the Canadian police for so long annoyed with speeches on Al Capone. Finally his niece drugged him, and he was dragged back to Canada for the cops to find.
The stuff going on in their personal lives was not much better. Jake and Malachy had a bet that Jake couldn't go 3 days without getting punched in the face. At the end, when Jake had all but succeeded, Malachy punched him. It might have been amusing if it hadn't been so predictable, and I'd rather see Jake get hit in the face by someone else.
Nikki (Rachel Wilson) continued to date her new doctor, and although Jake kept showing up to interfere, it looked as though things were going well. But just at the end of the episode, as Jake went to start a relationship with Leslie (Krystin Pellerin), Nikki clearly had a facial expression that indicated doubt in the new course she had chosen.
So adding those things to the mysterious postcard Rose (Lynda Boyd) got, and things will likely get good again next episode, but this one just didn't bring the joy and happiness of the others. Or was that just my opinion of it?
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