(Which reminds me: yo watchRectify, premiering Oct. 26 on Sundance TV.)
(Pitch, a speculative fantasy about Major League Baseballs first female player, also culminated with a Gotcha!
Jack and Rebecca werent neo-1970s hipsters; their story was actually taking place in 1979.
Credit: Vivian Zink/NBC
Each episode also features a flashback story about Jack and Rebecca.
His unusual, caring interest in the family suggests he might become a recurring character a godfather, perhaps.
(I hope so.)
I can sing praises to all the actors, but for now, Im going to single out two.
Brown coming off his Emmy-winning breakout inThe People v. O.J.
Hiding those things playing them for breathtaking twists comes at the cost of stunting the characters.
Its nonetheless incredibly satisfying, especially right now, when our real-world problems feel so insolvable.
Another series might have allowed William and Randall to feel hurt and rebuke her.
No, you havent.
sum-up of their origin story and re-affirmation of their insoluble bond.
Totally killed me.)
This sloppy, wild, colorful, magical thing that has no beginning and no end…
I think its us.
The writing has had an admirably complex view of human beings and social relationships rooted in passive-aggressive behavior.
He felt quietly judged by the man, a civil rights activist in his younger, healthier days.
While affecting, the practice of bundling of issues diminishes each of them.
The scattershot chronicle of their lives keeps them fuzzy and superficial.
Still, the practice of compression in past and present undercuts the meanings.
Sometimes, it seems likeThis Is Usis terrified of the horror of living that it seeks to boldly confront.
Still, I dont always trust the tone.
Recent episodes have fallen short of that standard.
(She chose a princess.)
This scene could have been directed and performed any number of ways (and perhaps it was).
Jack could have been portrayed as more interested in managing his own anxiety than Kates.
His intervention which essentially taught his daughter to cover up could have been depicted as unintentionally reinforcing her shame.
I saw none of this nuance or subtext in the takes that were chosen.
The child acting could be better across the board on this show.
The story that bothers me most right now belongs to Kate.
But surely there is more to Kate than fatness, yes?
And surely she has passions and interests that arent bound up in dead dad grief and boyfriend pleasing?
His pushy wooing often strikes me as more about him than her, or at least as much.
This would be interesting if the show shared that perspective.
If it does, Im not yet seeing it.
