Medium

[gategrrl]

I don't know if anyone on my flist watches Medium anymore, but, what the heck.

Last night's episode was disappointing to say the least. The scripts for this show have been progressively showing Alison breaking down further and futher and losing that cool control of herself in the face of her visions. There aren't any supporting character development beats that help the character change. It also doesn't help that the focus of the series seems to be changing from down-to-earth (no pun intended) crimes and personal foibles, to more far-out and perposterous plots and so forth. 

The episode from a couple of weeks ago, with Captain Push, was interesting, as well as brutal, but the week after and this week's were...well, how many times are they going to have Alison taken over by a person who doesn't know they're dead? It's already happened once before.

I still love the family interaction -- oh yeah. I'll have to rewatch the more recent shows, but I've noticed that the actor who plays Joe, the Husband, is RARELY in the same shots with the kids, unless he has some direct interaction with them. It's noticable, especially in this last episode. They'll cut away from him but leave his voice talking as the camera pans over to Alison/PA.  When I saw the extras on the season one DVDs, it was evident that he wasn't used to working with kids, nor did he particularly seem to enjoy working with them, and these kids in particular are on the ball and very much scene stealers. They are pros.  If the actor isn't dealing well with the child actors, who are half the show, along with him, well, it's starting to affect the show, at least for me.

Anyone else have opinions?

Comments

[khek.livejournal.com]

I read somewhere (TV Guide, maybe?) that the actor who plays Joe doesn't like kids, doesn't like working with these kids in particular, and tends to avoid them as much as possible. It was the first time I'd read anything about him, so it stuck with me. Plus, once it was pointed out, I started noticing how little he interacts with them.

About Alison...she does seem to be stuck in a rut. I also don't understand how she can misinterpret her visions so badly, as she did last night. She jumps to conclusions far too quickly, and looks like an ass when she's wrong, because just a little common sense should have stopped that jumping before it even started.

I used to love the show, but it's pretty boring at the moment. Alison needs to stop seeing visions of herself and go back to seeing visions that solve cases. THat's when the show is interesting.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

No kidding - I didn't know about that TV Guide article. Heh. Honestly, you can't hide stuff like that on film. He's supposed to play a devoted husband and father- but boy, his distaste is too evident on the screen.

And you're spot on - Alison's been having too many visions about HERSELF and not others. You pinned it down exactly. She's supposed to be helping OTHERS, and picking out juries and so forth - and she's not. It is getting boring that way, you are so right.