Looks like this is the last episode centered on Adam...it's a disappointing episode to begin with and even more disappointing that this is pretty much Adam's goodbye. I figure the couple of other episodes featuring Adam will have him barely being in the episodes. It's a shame a middle ground couldn't have been reached. But I also understand people thinking somebody constantly complaining shouldn't be bowed down to. I guess I can understand that viewpoint. I look at Michael Landon and how much he did on Little House. I've joked to myself that Michael was one step away from playing all the characters, which is pretty funny picturing how he'd look in the Nellie Oleson wig and acting like a spoiled brat. So yeah, I can't exactly blame people that point out Landon and say 'There was no stopping Pernell from taking a page out of that book. Study what's going on on the set and be there to pitch ideas, write scripts, etc.'
Anyway, let's get to the episode. I said this about an episode from Mannix's season 8 that featured characters singing throughout the episode. You're either gonna be okay with the singing, or it's gonna aggravate you to the point where you mute the singing or turn the episode off completely. I didn't mind the singing in that particular Mannix episode. Thought the actor singing had a nice voice. The character on this episode drove me nuts and I only avoided turning the episode because I wanted to see Adam's final episode centered on him. The singing just got on my nerves and it's obvious the character had issues. He clearly didn't look or act remorseful for anything he did. Just keep on singing without a worry in the world.
I was going to single the brother and sister characters out as being the best part of the episode and even that got messed up. The poor sister's trapped. I'm unclear if it's a case of the rest of the family's dead and they only have each other. The brother isn't the kindest man in the world so I feel like the sister was alone whether she had her brother or not. It's still realistic to see a family dynamic like that. Sometimes you are dealing with somebody that wants to extinguish all your happiness, joy, peace, and leave you drained and tired all the time.
The brother ends up getting killed by the annoying singing guy and it might've been nice to show the sister's worry/anxiety about having to start a new life by herself. Cause it makes sense to cling to the ideal 'My brother might not be great but he's all I got. Now I feel utterly alone and don't know which way to turn.' Instead we have the sister being more messed up than that. She loves the annoying singing guy. I know....where did that come from? The guy is a thief and killer, why do you love him? But I guess I can maybe reason it away. You live in a dysfunctional mess and you sometimes might not know your own self worth. Maybe I deserve better than a brother that's constantly taking his bad moods out on me and maybe I deserve better than being in love with a jerk who does bad things and can only sing songs instead of being remorseful and getting his act together.
I felt like there was also too much humoring of the annoying singing guy. Example: his guitar is broken so Adam gives him his guitar. No...just don't. That guy needs to be silent for awhile and do some thinking and I'm not talking about thinking of new songs to sing either.
And I'm starting to wind down. I don't want to be down on the actors and actresses. It's like what I said on other reviews about the cast for an episode. They can only do so much with a crap script. The actors and actresses did the script they were handed. That basically can sum it up. You can give it your all and you still won't turn that crap into gold.
Anyway, let's get to the episode. I said this about an episode from Mannix's season 8 that featured characters singing throughout the episode. You're either gonna be okay with the singing, or it's gonna aggravate you to the point where you mute the singing or turn the episode off completely. I didn't mind the singing in that particular Mannix episode. Thought the actor singing had a nice voice. The character on this episode drove me nuts and I only avoided turning the episode because I wanted to see Adam's final episode centered on him. The singing just got on my nerves and it's obvious the character had issues. He clearly didn't look or act remorseful for anything he did. Just keep on singing without a worry in the world.
I was going to single the brother and sister characters out as being the best part of the episode and even that got messed up. The poor sister's trapped. I'm unclear if it's a case of the rest of the family's dead and they only have each other. The brother isn't the kindest man in the world so I feel like the sister was alone whether she had her brother or not. It's still realistic to see a family dynamic like that. Sometimes you are dealing with somebody that wants to extinguish all your happiness, joy, peace, and leave you drained and tired all the time.
The brother ends up getting killed by the annoying singing guy and it might've been nice to show the sister's worry/anxiety about having to start a new life by herself. Cause it makes sense to cling to the ideal 'My brother might not be great but he's all I got. Now I feel utterly alone and don't know which way to turn.' Instead we have the sister being more messed up than that. She loves the annoying singing guy. I know....where did that come from? The guy is a thief and killer, why do you love him? But I guess I can maybe reason it away. You live in a dysfunctional mess and you sometimes might not know your own self worth. Maybe I deserve better than a brother that's constantly taking his bad moods out on me and maybe I deserve better than being in love with a jerk who does bad things and can only sing songs instead of being remorseful and getting his act together.
I felt like there was also too much humoring of the annoying singing guy. Example: his guitar is broken so Adam gives him his guitar. No...just don't. That guy needs to be silent for awhile and do some thinking and I'm not talking about thinking of new songs to sing either.
And I'm starting to wind down. I don't want to be down on the actors and actresses. It's like what I said on other reviews about the cast for an episode. They can only do so much with a crap script. The actors and actresses did the script they were handed. That basically can sum it up. You can give it your all and you still won't turn that crap into gold.