In many ways the episode I was waiting for -- great fun.
The real backstory -- not the one in the script -- is that as this is written (spring 2015) there are in my view two dramas in production where the writing team is barking mad and unafraid of taking chances.
They are in no special order POI and Banshee.
And the above was a compliment I think this episode is important because the writers having long since thrown away the predictable but reliable Harold-Reese-Machine arc (how many shows do that?) just keeping trying stuff.
Here they gave Acker room to take over the whole episode (if she wanted to, and it seems she did). She steals it.
In my reviews I try to emphasize the "fun" factor and the "connection" factor because unlike theatrical releases TV makes you suffer through commercials to get to the good stuff, so you the viewer deserve a payoff And this episode delivers one
The real backstory -- not the one in the script -- is that as this is written (spring 2015) there are in my view two dramas in production where the writing team is barking mad and unafraid of taking chances.
They are in no special order POI and Banshee.
And the above was a compliment I think this episode is important because the writers having long since thrown away the predictable but reliable Harold-Reese-Machine arc (how many shows do that?) just keeping trying stuff.
Here they gave Acker room to take over the whole episode (if she wanted to, and it seems she did). She steals it.
In my reviews I try to emphasize the "fun" factor and the "connection" factor because unlike theatrical releases TV makes you suffer through commercials to get to the good stuff, so you the viewer deserve a payoff And this episode delivers one