Black Box (TV Series) Sweet Little Lies (2014) User Reviews

Setting up plot twists...

[christianhh · 9/10 · 2 May 2014]

The second episode of Black Box does not move at the breakneck speed of the series pilot.

The opening scene, however, having a young woman's head explode, is as shocking as it could be. Thankfully, nobody dies... go figure (that's my big spoiler!)

I was interested to see one of the Pilot Reviewers, who rated the show rather poorly, inadvertently deliver a prediction of doctor malpractice, something that is front and center in this episode, threatening Dr. Black's career while, at the same time, providing more of a glimpse into Dr. Black's past... all is connected, at least in Dr. Black's mind.

The only issue I personally have with the plot is with Dr. Black's sister-in-law Reagan, who seems a bit of a hard-assed b---- and needs to be shown to be more sympathetic and righteous. So far, and I cannot blame the actress so much as the script writers, she seems to be operating more out of a power trip than out of real concern for her adopted daughter in keeping her away from Dr. Black... Regan seems to be acting as if she is Dr. Black's mother in punishing Dr. Black by not letting her go to Esme's recital.

Seriously, guys, I'm not feeling that, and it's important... the rest, well, the rest has me hooked...

While this episode slows plot pacing significantly, it builds, on what it is we learned in the first episode without getting in the way of the story. It also adds more interesting elements and a pair of interesting characters in the form of two interns played by Geeky Leo Robinson (Tasso Feldman) and Determined Ali Henslee (Aja Naomi King). How they get developed will be fun to follow.

I tried, but I can't bear to watch anymore of this show.

[Hail_Storm · 2/10 · 30 May 2014]

I did not rate the pilot of this show highly at all, mainly because of things so many others have already said, like the way mania was depicted - where Catherine's perfectly functional at work one minute, and then the next she's dancing on stairs, and no one at her work would has any idea. However, I wanted to give at least one more episode a go just to see if it was just a weak pilot. But no. More drama, bad writing, bad acting, and far-fetched story lines (in saying all this, if this show had a different lead actress, the program would be more bearable.)

This show is so full of angst and contains significant parts where you can't tell if it's a comedy or not that I can't see how this show will last. I tend to suspect that a lot of the younger fans may not understand just how far-fetched and unethical some of the stuff that's brought up in this show actually is (e.g. the way the doctors behave - like how they talk about patients; the poor representation of mania; making a joke of neuroscience as a profession; and misrepresenting diseases etc) but perhaps if they knew, they wouldn't rate this show so highly. One could only hope.