The job of a penultimate episode is to provide a springboard to a season (or series) finale. I felt this finale really did its job within the last five minutes. This episode kicked off with the Parents and Friends Committee meeting, where Luna reveals that the site she has decided on for the school’s Contemplation Garden is the old, unused
Read moreThis episode was all about dreams. The episode kicks off with Em having a strange sex dream about Gilly in octopus form on a beach, after having spent time with him on the golf course talking about his theory of “octopus people” being written as a book. Later she tells Marlo about the dream, who encourages her to experiment but
Read moreWe’re coming to the end of the road with Doctor Doctor with the penultimate episode. The job of a penultimate episode is to provide a springboard for a season, or in this case, a series finale. I felt this episode has done its job perfectly. I’ll be reviewing this episode character by character. Hugh, Floyd, Penny and Sharna – This
Read moreThis episode explores environmental impacts and online etiquette. The episode kicks off with Greg, Sophie and Chloe going for a run as part of an environment audit project Sophie is doing for a school assignment. We then see Sophie continuing her audit inside the house, while Greg makes Em morning tea in an effort to try and meet Adam Gilchrist
Read moreI’ll be reviewing this episode character by character. Meryl – Today was D-Day for Meryl, going to court to face the music for her corrupt behaviour. Meryl starts the day at 5.07am getting up to garden, in the first of many efforts to distract herself. Hugh comes up to see her and reminds her that if she discredits Sharna, it
Read moreOnce again, I’m going to review this episode character by character. Ken – This episode was a rarity as the spotlight was on Ken for once. Ken’s parents, Howin and Jing, have surprised him by coming to town and they think he’s a doctor. Ken spends most of the episode pretending to be a doctor to keep the truth from
Read moreThis episode was a simple one, focusing on the concept of death via the death of Chloe’s beloved pet turtle, Hannibal. The episode kicks off with Chloe practising her archery in the backyard, just as she is aiming her arrow, Sophie calls out to her, startling her, to inform her that Hannibal smells. When the family goes in to inspect
Read moreIn the previous episode we saw things through the eyes of the main characters, in this episode we are given the chance to see things through the eyes of the supporting players. The previous episode ended with Michael kicking off attempt #3 of his experiment, with Shawn believing he was still on his second attempt. This episode explores the eventual
Read moreOnce again, I’ll be reviewing this episode character by character. Meryl – As this episode had a large focus on her, I thought it’d best to start with her. The episode opens with Meryl going to see her solicitor about her fraud case. When the solicitor informs her that she’ll have to do jail time, she insults him and storms
Read moreThis episode was all about trivia and alcohol. While the Butler family have spent the last two episodes being paired off, interestingly, this episode focuses more on Greg, Em, Terry, Marlo, Luna and the other parents, than it does on the family as a whole, especially with the absence of Chloe. The trivia night that Greg talked about in the
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