...and so we face the (temporary) final curtain... no wait, let's make that the final insult. The Raven here with yet another disparaging review filled with kind of backhanded compliments. And then, after them, I resume watching and feel like a cad for raining on the dapper little Canadian show with the earnest heroine played by smart and sassy Sarah Shahi.
This episode, you'd think the best would be saved for last. And it has a commentary, I spotted beforehand. But, for the most part, nothing really special about the story-line. What does make it stand out, is the back-story. Kate might be pregnant. So indicated by the home pregnancy test.
Yeesh, my heart sank. Shoot down Season 2 even before it began? Sink the barely floating ship with a pregnancy theme? Damn, I could have broken out the cigars when the doctor's test came back All Clear.
Does lead to the wonderful confrontation between her and Justin (one of the few worthy regular characters, I mean, of course I don't like the guy, but as a story character, yeah, good)... He'd have been prepared to salvage the failed marriage for the sake of the unborn child, but now, he just unloads upon poor Kate. By the way, his character is not mean, just terribly much a hard-line realist, he makes quite valid points. But it cannot be denied: Kate is the kind of life- partner material WORTH pursuing. There isn't even anybody else in the picture, she hasn't cheated on him, it's all pretty much straightforward: She is headstrong, her passion spills over onto helping out other people, she thinks with her heart, they aren't really compatible BUT THEN DON'T THEY SAY OPPOSITES ATTRACT? Okay, it would depend on the couple and exactly where those opposites lie, what they are about. But the way us viewers see it, Kate is an ideal partner, loyal, loving, trustworthy, the lot. And funny.
So, when he tells her he loves her with all his heart yet rather wishes they never even met... And she breaks into tears... Okay, my 6 just went up to a 7.
Let me finally mention something else I always meant to nit- pick about. Those damned time-lapsing inserts. I hate that filming technique ever since 90210 frequently used it as well. It's cheap and tardy and moronic and damned unnecessary and does nothing else than remind you that you are dealing with (relative) amateurs who have to stoop down to being little film nerds thinking they are playing it cool. Meanwhile, in-between every scene, we see the hustle and bustle of San Francisco zooming past, blurring as it goes. Not that it lends any charm. It just messes it up in a most IRRITATING way. Hope they kick it out by Season 2. Yes, I signed up for both at first sight of the leggy DVD box-sets.
This episode, you'd think the best would be saved for last. And it has a commentary, I spotted beforehand. But, for the most part, nothing really special about the story-line. What does make it stand out, is the back-story. Kate might be pregnant. So indicated by the home pregnancy test.
Yeesh, my heart sank. Shoot down Season 2 even before it began? Sink the barely floating ship with a pregnancy theme? Damn, I could have broken out the cigars when the doctor's test came back All Clear.
Does lead to the wonderful confrontation between her and Justin (one of the few worthy regular characters, I mean, of course I don't like the guy, but as a story character, yeah, good)... He'd have been prepared to salvage the failed marriage for the sake of the unborn child, but now, he just unloads upon poor Kate. By the way, his character is not mean, just terribly much a hard-line realist, he makes quite valid points. But it cannot be denied: Kate is the kind of life- partner material WORTH pursuing. There isn't even anybody else in the picture, she hasn't cheated on him, it's all pretty much straightforward: She is headstrong, her passion spills over onto helping out other people, she thinks with her heart, they aren't really compatible BUT THEN DON'T THEY SAY OPPOSITES ATTRACT? Okay, it would depend on the couple and exactly where those opposites lie, what they are about. But the way us viewers see it, Kate is an ideal partner, loyal, loving, trustworthy, the lot. And funny.
So, when he tells her he loves her with all his heart yet rather wishes they never even met... And she breaks into tears... Okay, my 6 just went up to a 7.
Let me finally mention something else I always meant to nit- pick about. Those damned time-lapsing inserts. I hate that filming technique ever since 90210 frequently used it as well. It's cheap and tardy and moronic and damned unnecessary and does nothing else than remind you that you are dealing with (relative) amateurs who have to stoop down to being little film nerds thinking they are playing it cool. Meanwhile, in-between every scene, we see the hustle and bustle of San Francisco zooming past, blurring as it goes. Not that it lends any charm. It just messes it up in a most IRRITATING way. Hope they kick it out by Season 2. Yes, I signed up for both at first sight of the leggy DVD box-sets.
