I mean, Niall Matter is perfectly believable as the literature professor who (conveniently) moves to town after Martin rejoins the CIA full-time. But, honestly? I'll always see him as having the best small-screen chemistry with Erin Krakow from the "Father Christmas" trilogy! Another downer that prevents this from being a perfect ten is Marilu Henner's character. She's played Ro's mother, Aida, as a bit of a pompous snob, in all the other movies. Which I suppose is only logical considering that the woman is named for a tragic opera. But, this time around, she went too far. "Don't you dare blame love for this! Love does not drive someone criminally insane!"
Hello! How many real-life crimes, of a far more heinous nature, have been perpetrated by people who fanatically believed they were truly in love with the women of their obsessive fantasies? The most notorious being Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin, back in the Eighties, who truly believed he was in love with actress Jodie Foster (and vice-versa). With all due respect, Aida, love is all in the perception. Maybe it's only _true_ love if it's genuinely acknowledged and returned! But, love as a whole can make _anyone_ do something generically crazy if the one who sincerely believes he/she is in love is desperate enough.
Hello! How many real-life crimes, of a far more heinous nature, have been perpetrated by people who fanatically believed they were truly in love with the women of their obsessive fantasies? The most notorious being Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin, back in the Eighties, who truly believed he was in love with actress Jodie Foster (and vice-versa). With all due respect, Aida, love is all in the perception. Maybe it's only _true_ love if it's genuinely acknowledged and returned! But, love as a whole can make _anyone_ do something generically crazy if the one who sincerely believes he/she is in love is desperate enough.