31/30
Nurse Redd: It makes me cringe just thinking about it
Narrative
A detective and a nun investigate a series of heinous crimes that seem personal while grappling with personal issues and uncovering a sinister web that raises more questions than answers. Ed Laclan’s Mustang has the same color and license plate as the car in The Italian Job 2WQI332. I’m almost done with episode four and it feels like I’m watching a combination of someone having a midlife crisis who is self-aware of their neuroatypical storytelling (but doesn’t care what we think of their ADHD method), then adds a bit of fetishistic borderline schizophrenia, then loses track of the original story. And yes, I realize how horribly constructed that sentence is.
Who is this about?
It’s me mimicking the rhythm and tone, plus general confusion about what the hell I’m watching. Who do I care about? And please tell me why (for the love of storytelling, just tell me why I’m watching this, please). It’s so all over the place that I welcomed Taylor’s boyfriend into the chaotic cast mix.
I’m not even a fan
That is to say, there’s no fangirling – I’m just glad I have something I can relate to or even be a little interested in. She has a solid vibe – I can see the appeal. But let’s talk about Niecy Nash – I want to talk to her agent because she’s underrated and underappreciated. Stop giving her these ridiculous detective roles that she doesn’t even seem interested in.
She’s smart, beautiful and talented
She’s better than these roles and it doesn’t help that she keeps trying. Find her roles that have the right range and she’ll shine. (Sorry, but these roles give us time to think about her wasted talent.) The actors are all pretty good too – but there’s a very unnatural, disjointed point of view that hurts to try to follow. I mean, there’s random singing and fires and sermons about life and some weird metaphorical representation of some outdated religious stuff – but I guess that’s okay because you throw in a few lines of online activity and suddenly it’s not the same thing we’ve seen over and over again?
Is there a plot?
Ugh. I gave it a six because the actors showed up and stayed in the scenes. Maybe they were as confused as I was because I care more about that than the plot.