A merely okay case this week. The narrative I think got pulled away from by the B and C plots. For a ... and yeah I'll say it, pandering episode at least it was done mostly well. IMO the most frustrating part of the episode (again for me) was so minor it's really not a big deal. I think Clara's little brother Micah being gay felt excessive. It's a community so conservative they don't educate women and the one male character affected is a boy who made a joke with a girl and that means he's gay. A kid who is eight years old grew up around the "cult" but enraptured when he finds out that big normal Lawrence married a man. But it does tie in effectively to the plot on both a narrative and thematic level and in a way that doesn't feel overly forced. And certainly I've ignored bigger coincidences so again it's not a big deal.
Would that Quantum Leap's pandering episode had been that effective and half as subtle. Heck The Rookie's BLM episode could have come down to this level.
I feel like we're really throwing Allison to the wolves narratively which is odd because she was one of my favorite characters. Lawrence is mostly fine for a third-tier character. I could care less about his gay existential crisis label rejection nonsense. I just don't see it as fitting his character. Which is why his monologue about not being gay felt confusing. That type of crisis I don't expect out of that gay character. I expect a different type of gay crisis. Looks like Margaret gets along well enough in the office when the story's plot doesn't literally revolve around her having to fire everyone. I hope there's a plan for plan for her an Allison. Because the characters certainly don't have a plan and both of them are just floating till the next plot point. Even Todd has a plan and goals. Stupid and silly and laughable as they are at least he's moving towards something.
Review by wolfkinBlockedParent2024-04-21T04:58:25Z
A merely okay case this week. The narrative I think got pulled away from by the B and C plots. For a ... and yeah I'll say it, pandering episode at least it was done mostly well. IMO the most frustrating part of the episode (again for me) was so minor it's really not a big deal. I think Clara's little brother Micah being gay felt excessive. It's a community so conservative they don't educate women and the one male character affected is a boy who made a joke with a girl and that means he's gay. A kid who is eight years old grew up around the "cult" but enraptured when he finds out that big normal Lawrence married a man. But it does tie in effectively to the plot on both a narrative and thematic level and in a way that doesn't feel overly forced. And certainly I've ignored bigger coincidences so again it's not a big deal.
Would that Quantum Leap's pandering episode had been that effective and half as subtle. Heck The Rookie's BLM episode could have come down to this level.
I feel like we're really throwing Allison to the wolves narratively which is odd because she was one of my favorite characters. Lawrence is mostly fine for a third-tier character. I could care less about his gay existential crisis label rejection nonsense. I just don't see it as fitting his character. Which is why his monologue about not being gay felt confusing. That type of crisis I don't expect out of that gay character. I expect a different type of gay crisis. Looks like Margaret gets along well enough in the office when the story's plot doesn't literally revolve around her having to fire everyone. I hope there's a plan for plan for her an Allison. Because the characters certainly don't have a plan and both of them are just floating till the next plot point. Even Todd has a plan and goals. Stupid and silly and laughable as they are at least he's moving towards something.