Aw, thanks, Jo.

But you have to remember that the closest most of us will get to knowing Reed is from what is presented on the TV show, as edited. I've read his book so I've "seen" a deeper character than the superficially edited character on TV, but I still make no pretense of knowing him. I can only make comments about him based on what I have seen on TV or read.

One thing I come back to when people blame the editing: the editors cannot edit what they do not have. Because of that, imo, the editing issue is just an excuse.

Reed is very passionate about what he has chosen to do with his life. One reason he was cast was because of the drama that comes from that passion so it is only natural to know that the editors will feature that drama.

One thing the editors also showed, which might have been missed in the first episode this year(?) or maybe it was on the Mythbusters appearance, were voice overs or scenes with Reed being graceful and full of poise in contrast to Sean's increasing childishness. There just seemed something a lot more grounded to the Reed in that scene or small group of short scenes than I had seen in previous years. It made me think he had matured in some important ways over the past year. Maybe it was the process of writing his book which impressed me with a quieter, more self aware Reed which I never saw in the material Discovery presents. Or maybe it was more him in normal, non chasing, times and since we only see him in chasing times on TV...we only see the excited side? The edited side.

About Janae! I really liked Janae. I miss Janae.

I don't like this other one. At all. I mean, look at all the makeup she was wearing to go out on a chase! Come on. That girl was only looking for her close up and more TeeVee fame. Unless she's chasing a tornado that's about to destroy a Neiman-Marcus or Marshall Fields department store, I don't think she's going to have much longterm interest in the pursuit.

......and one time, at band camp.

Good points there, zaphrella. But, editors can choose not to include certain scenes they do have, regarding content. Some of which clearly should have been left on the proverbial cutting room floor.
Same with the voice overs you noticed.

I like your take on Reed's poignancy and grace as well as your ending remark. Nieman-Marcus/Marhall Fields...Ha!


@Keith:

HAHA!!

So now we know that Reed does indeed, or at least did, play the oboe.

But how come no one has complained that he was wearing flip-flops again?

There's plenty of whining about his choice of footwear on Facies, Gas, and some on homepage too.
We really don't need to have folks go round and round about it -it's been covered enough.
These guys put themselves inside tornadoes - but their footwear is somehow reckless??

LOL exactly what i thought Jo. people are moaning on about summat as small as footwear when they drive in tornadoes? sounds fairly silly to me.

I think Reed should start doing endorsement ads for whatever brand of flip-flops he wears. Hey, if he can do a Bud Light commercial...

i agree 100percent

No offense to the DOW team, but Sean can be kind of cranky at times, understandably since his job of getting inside the twister is a lot harder, likeable but always on edge. Reed and his team are always full of life, and a heck of a lot more fun to watch. They were a welcome addition to Storm Chasers in the 2nd season.

Can I just say that Sean Casey is really starting to annoy me. First of all, if you're going to promote someone to lead you to the tornadoes, don't ignore everything they say. Second of all, the hatred for Reed is getting old. Maybe, if he would have spent more time asking Reed for advice, instead of dropping insults, he would have gotten his "perfect shot" by now