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Blue Crack Addict
if they ever kill off Helena for good, I'm done
There were 8 kids, I remember that.I watched it too, but, for whatever reason, I couldn't tell you a damn thing about it. Just don't remember anything specific.
That's too manycookskids.
Well, episode 4 finally got me a little interested in what's going on, but those first three episodes were a struggle, for me.
Here's my problem, and it's not just this show:
This carries over from a conversation I've had off and on over the years for many different shows that I love. The reason I don't like TV as much, in general, is because it seems like characters never grow. Writers get so comfortable writing what they know, that to change something is just too scary.
It happened on House several times. In the 2nd episode of the show, even, they tried to write a little humanity into the character, but it was never addressed again. In season 4, a long-standing debate about House Vs. Spirituality/God came to a head when he had some sort of near-death experience and saw something, but they never addressed it again. His relationships with drugs and people came to a head in season 6 and by season 7 it finally looked like maybe he'd settle down/find peace. But instead he drives his car through a house by the end of the season. Because, good Lord, Crazy House Brings in Ratings!
Monk: The worst episode of the show involves a BBQ in which people are commenting on how proud they are of him for growing and showing real progress with his crippling OCD. But if he gets better, how can we write funny at the expense of a mental illness? So he immediately reverts after seeing a woman that looks like his dead wife roaming the streets.
And now we have McNulty. Did I find sober, at home McNulty a little dry? Yeah, but there are so many great characters on this show to make up for it, it didn't matter. There was no reason for what happened at the very end of Season 4/Beginning of Season 5, except that the writers don't seem to want to write a character in this world actually making progress. Write what you know, stick with what's familiar. I hate that in shows, and it makes me feel like there's no point in getting invested in a character or caring about their emotional journey, if it's not actually going to go anywhere.
Carv has been a wonderful exception as we have watched him go from a slack off to a wonderful man and police officer. I love his character.
Anyways, I'm intrigued by where most of this is going.