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Vera: Vital Signs (2022)
Such a disappointing episode!
I figured out fairly early in the show who the killer was, ignoring all the distractors. But the ending did not seem believable. And when you kill someone or are a part of it and are not normally a cold hearted killer - you cannot be lacking emotion when hearing of the death and just go on with your life. Sorry this was just unbelievable with so much loss on many counts. Lives and families destroyed. And as if the child of the mother killed would not be asking where her mother was! A horrible episode and not sure how Vera did not say "come on , Luv, really?" And even agreed to do the episode. I love Vera but this was a waste of 90 minutes!
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: It's Comedy or Cabbage (2019)
Finally, it's bacckkk!
I do not know what happened in the first three Midge episodes of this series, but instead of it being "funny" kvetching, it was just kvetching! The proletariat scenes were simply irritating and the Abe and Rose downsizing annoying. Not just not funny, but grating!
Finally in episode 5, Midge and Susie are back! Smart, funny, timing back on track. Great soundtrack. Whew! Glad I hung in there a little longer.
I think Shy is more Johnny Mathis, but there is some Belafonte. Hopefully others will make it past the first three episodes.
Clearly Joel will step more center stage this season. I am sure it is not easy to come up with fresh material season to season, but please come up with something better for Abe and Rose so their characters do not sour on us. Shalhoub is a fabulous actor but his cluelessness was grating with the proletariat invasion and the reason for downsizing not believable. Standing up for one's rights (Rose) is one thing but being stupid about it is another.
Anyway, it's finally back! And now onto other episodes of the Mrs. Maisel I loved and admired, minus episodes 1-3! Hopefully the writers now keep up the smart writing that has been acted by top notch actors, who deserve good material and produce when the writing is good and the scenes are believable and funny!
End of my own kvetching! Now onto episode 6! The ship has finally righted itself!
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Panty Pose (2019)
What happened?
So far season 3 is not funny and the staccato humor between characters is just all noise and argumentative. Borstein is sad and pathetic. She was once tough and a dominant, steady force. The prolétariats taking over the house was all but annoying. Paris and the Catskills in Season 2 were funny and smart. I do not know if it is the storylines or the writing? Maybe it has just run out of steam. Or writers in search of new material?
I will give it a few more episodes but so far "the thrill is gone." Maybe this is just an introduction into something interesting - some surprise - awaiting us in the episodes to come. I feel like the fireworks just got wet. Hope they dry off soon. I will be patient a bit longer. Looks like Joel will be getting more attention and sympathy.
But this show needs the once brilliance of Brosnahan, Borstein, and Shalhoub for it to shine once again. Fingers crossed.