"Free Fall"
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Written by: Suzanne Bolch and John May
Directed by: Matt Palmer
Aired on Nickelodeon: February 4, 2001 at 8:00 p.m.
My Overall Opinion of the Episode:
This is an interesting episode about trust and overcoming fears.
The Cast:
Cynthia Belliveau -- Dori Lowe
Lindsay Felton -- Caitlin Seeger
Jeremy Foley -- Griffen Lowe
Alana Husband -- Nikki
Jason McSkimming -- Will Findlay
Valerie Planche -- Ms. Resnik
Ken Tremblett -- Jim Lowe
The Music:
"Waves" -- Dick 'N' Jane
"Wishing for a Sail" -- Dig Circus
"Bloodsuckers" -- Honeysuckle Serontina
Episode Summary:
While Caitlin and Will are riding their horses, Caitlin tries to get her horse Bandit to jump a fence. Bandit, however, has other ideas. He refuses to make the jump and throws Caitlin off. She sprains her wrist after falling to the ground. She says to Bandit, "You really hurt me! Was the jump too high?" She refuses to ride Bandit even though Will suggests that she ride Bandit with her good wrist. Caitlin continues to refuse to ride Bandit even after her wrist has healed. She is afraid, and she thinks that Bandit is going crazy. Dori tells Caitlin that she needs to forgive Bandit and get back on. Will eventually convinces Caitlin to ride Bandit and to attempt the jump again. Bandit successfully completes the jump the second time.
Episode Highlights:
1. Will confronts Caitlin's fear about getting back on Bandit. He tells her that Bandit will get increasingly wild if she continues to refuse to ride him. Eventually Bandit will become so wild that she won't be able to ride him again. He says, "Look, whatever you're afraid of, it can't be worse than the fear of loosing him." Caitlin says, "I don't know what I'm afraid of." Will tells her, "Why don't you go back to the scene of the accident and find out."
2. Caitlin and Will go back to the scene of the accident. Caitlin says just before jumping, "I can't." Will responds by simply saying, "You have to."
3. Caitlin's closing epilogue: "Bandit wasn't really going crazy. It's just that I trusted him so completely, and then all that trust was gone. But I know now that trust is deep. When it's earned, it stays. Who knows? Maybe one day I can even trust Will."
