Case Closed Episode 1: The Big Shrink - REVIEW

Episode Number: Episode 1 - The Big Shrink
Airdate: May 24th, 2004
Season: 1 
Featured Characters: Jimmy, Rachel

In the first episode of the series, Jimmy solves a murder case at a mansion, and then goes home. The next morning, an explosion sounds and Jimmy wakes up. Seeing that it was Dr. Agasa who had a failed experiment explode, Jimmy asks why he is doing it so early. They meet up inside Jimmy's library and Agasa tells him about his jetpack experiment. He flies his jetpack into a bookshelf and Jimmy helps him clean up. 

Afterward, Jimmy heads to school and talks with Rachel about their date the next day. After talking with her, Rachel gets angry because he is putting work before her and she starts to kick at him, to where he accidentally puts his head under her skirt, to where she hits him with her satchel. 

The episode gets more interesting that night when it shows a woman crying in the dark, with her tears dropping on large jewels. The next morning, Rachel and Jimmy are at Tropical Land Amusement Park and they both spend the day together. Later on, they are on the Mystery Coaster and a man is murdered when he is decapitated on the ride. Jimmy concludes the murderer was the victims ex girlfriend due to jealously, and they leave. Later on, Jimmy leaves Rachel to follow one of the men in black where he witnesses a deal going on. Jimmy is then attacked from behind by Melkior and fed a pill, which knocks him out. 

The episode then ends soon after. In the epilogue after the credits, Jimmy wakes up to police searching him, and he discovers he is a little boy. 

This was a pretty basic episode for the series. It introduced characters and showed how the series goes. Other than that, there wasn't much action in this episode, but that is ok, because it was the first episode. I personally don't like this episode as much as the next, because the next episode is where Jimmy discovers he is a little boy. 

Tomorrow I will be doing Episode 2. To watch this episode, click here. 

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