Ok up until this point I have held off from writing much, even though I have thoroughly enjoyed the premiere as well as Fata Morgana (Season 1 episode 1) very much.
This one however show such promise and disappointed in several ways. Let me start by saying the flow has improved, and there were many redeeming moments, like the bagel scene, the meeting with Mr. Jones. They were all cute or totally unexpected that it made the episode well worth the time invested. Now what didn’t work for me is the sense that the episode was rushed. One of the things that I truly enjoyed about the webispodes was that they weren’t not so immediately resolved at the end.
This episode just seem expedited to reach conclusion far sooner than it should have. I am also troubled that Mr. Jones was terminated so unceremoniously as to trivialize the existence of his character in the first place. Such an interesting character with so much potential and poof! My only hope is that they find some creative flashback way to weave his tale back into the storyline. It’s seems a total waste of plot to bring him in to taunt us, and would have been better to not have seen him at all, but just referenced him in conversation first. Perhaps then followed up with the scene of his demise. It’d would have been easier and less convoluted.
Ok enough of that. Let’s talk about the men of folding. Everything was all fine and dandy, but the plot was too easy to guess. Of course he was Nomad, it was just too convenient. Seriously from the moment they found the dead folder in the washing machine is was a dead giva away. The unfolding of the plot with the exception of the demise of Mr. Jones was I dare say a tad predictable.
Now even though I am not enamoured with this particular episode as I have been with the series thus far. It did a good job of developing the core cast of characters further, and for that I can not write the entire epidsode off. We gained careful insight through their actions and dialog that is going I think to help define the way we percieve Helen, Will, and Ashley further along in the series.
Let’s face it every series has episodes this. It has to be very difficult to maintain the high caliber that we fans expect, and still develope the back ground of the core characters.
tbc….
For now let’s just say on a scale of 0 to 10 I’m going with a 6.