Leaving the sudden excitement at the embassy as a sort of cliff-hanger, we turn back to Tess and Dick (who seems to be taking his sweet, sweet time in getting ready). Dick seems less than enthused about going to the party and I think I know why. The poor guy is obviously out of sorts because he has to wear a white bow tie when he is clearly a black bow tie man, and not even Tess's feminine whiles (or snazzy vest) will pull him out of this funk. (Really Tess? You're going to wear a vest to an embassy gala? I think you didn't read the invitation correctly.) The only upside of this whole evening is that he gets to pack some heat so that if someone just won't leave him alone, or if the guy with the good appetizer tray just never seems to find his way over, he can just wave it around in the air or fire a couple of times to scare the annoyances off. Tess, however, does her part to ensure that something will happen by insinuating that nothing will (thank you, Theoden and Captain Smith).
Meanwhile, back at the embassy (and because no one really wanted to see how the Tracy's got to the gala that has yet to begin), Phil Harmonic makes a wondrous discovery: his missing Stradivarius about to go through the scanner (which of course you should never do). The poor sap in whose case the valuable instrument was in looks like he's in for a world of hurt from the maestro, but then, apparently just happy to have it back, he decides instead to turn his frustrations into beautiful music, and the poor guy who was supposed to play in the quartet just gets to go home because they are not a quintet and he therefore has no purpose (or ticket). Poor guy. The violin finally back in his hands, Phil is happy, but something seems to be amiss...
Oh well, I'm sure that it's not important. What is, is that the Tracy's have finally arrived (even though Dick appears to have forgotten to brush his hair) and Tess is all about having a good time (even if she does seem to have forgotten that Dick is supposed to be working). Always on duty, Dick immediately notices the maestro, who seems to be acting strangely, though I think the only reason he thinks that is because he's never actually seen the man happy. Still, there could be something there, for as Phil tunes up the violin, he can't quite shake the feeling that it's a little heavier than he remembered, but we also don't know how long it's been since he last picked up the thing, so it could all just be in his head. On second thought, though, this is a Dick Tracy comic, and we already saw someone tinkering with the instrument, so of course there's something wrong with it. The real question is: what?
Leaving the sudden excitement at the embassy as a sort of cliff-hanger, we turn back to Tess and Dick (who seems to be taking his sweet, sweet time in getting ready). Dick seems less than enthused about going to the party and I think I know why. The poor guy is obviously out of sorts because he has to wear a white bow tie when he is clearly a black bow tie man, and not even Tess's feminine whiles (or snazzy vest) will pull him out of this funk. (Really Tess? You're going to wear a vest to an embassy gala? I think you didn't read the invitation correctly.) The only upside of this whole evening is that he gets to pack some heat so that if someone just won't leave him alone, or if the guy with the good appetizer tray just never seems to find his way over, he can just wave it around in the air or fire a couple of times to scare the annoyances off. Tess, however, does her part to ensure that something will happen by insinuating that nothing will (thank you, Theoden and Captain Smith).
Meanwhile, back at the embassy (and because no one really wanted to see how the Tracy's got to the gala that has yet to begin), Phil Harmonic makes a wondrous discovery: his missing Stradivarius about to go through the scanner (which of course you should never do). The poor sap in whose case the valuable instrument was in looks like he's in for a world of hurt from the maestro, but then, apparently just happy to have it back, he decides instead to turn his frustrations into beautiful music, and the poor guy who was supposed to play in the quartet just gets to go home because they are not a quintet and he therefore has no purpose (or ticket). Poor guy. The violin finally back in his hands, Phil is happy, but something seems to be amiss...
Oh well, I'm sure that it's not important. What is, is that the Tracy's have finally arrived (even though Dick appears to have forgotten to brush his hair) and Tess is all about having a good time (even if she does seem to have forgotten that Dick is supposed to be working). Always on duty, Dick immediately notices the maestro, who seems to be acting strangely, though I think the only reason he thinks that is because he's never actually seen the man happy. Still, there could be something there, for as Phil tunes up the violin, he can't quite shake the feeling that it's a little heavier than he remembered, but we also don't know how long it's been since he last picked up the thing, so it could all just be in his head. On second thought, though, this is a Dick Tracy comic, and we already saw someone tinkering with the instrument, so of course there's something wrong with it. The real question is: what?
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