I emphasised in my review of last week’s episode that the episode revolved around character development, this week’s episode revolved around plot/story arc development. This week’s episode was split into A, B and C stories. The A story being Ajax’s work experience at the hospital, the B story being the recount of the council election ballots, and the C story
Read moreNow the premiere has come and gone, the season can get well and truly underway. This episode’s A story focused on Jack and Lily trying to find their own place, or at least that’s what the writers were trying to have it focused on. Simone’s efforts to find a girlfriend for Vincent, and Lily and Pete’s fight over using the
Read moreThis episode felt completely different to the previous two and I think it was due to the amount of character development. This episode provided major character development with Hayley and Charlie. With Hayley we learn that she was adopted like Ajax, meet her parents, and see where her religious beliefs and pressures come from. With Charlie, we learn that she
Read moreThe purpose of a season premiere is similar to the purpose of a season finale. The season finale’s job is to conclude the season’s story arcs and set up potential new arcs for the next season. The season premiere’s job is to commence new story arcs for the new season, and to follow up on the potential plots set up
Read moreNow that the premiere has come and gone, the season can really get underway. The A story focusing on Ajax and Hayley was incredibly sweet and touching, as well as hilarious. Hayley struggling with her conflict between her religious beliefs and human desires was realistic, funny and true to her character. Both hers’ and Ajax’s reactions to their “first time”
Read moreThe purpose of a season premiere is similar to the purpose of a season finale. The season finale’s job is to conclude the season’s story arcs and set up potential new arcs for the next season. The season premiere’s job is to commence new story arcs for the new season and to follow up on the potential plots set up
Read moreThe job of a season finale is to tie up the season’s loose ends and set up story arcs for the next season, if there is one. I felt that this finale really only tied up the loose ends and set up one story arc for another season. You could argue that this season finale managed to pull off a
Read moreBoth the DiMeo parents and the DiMeo kids had a fun night in this episode. The A story revolves around JJ and Ray’s school prom, with Dylan also attending as the “bartender”. While usually JJ is the centre of attention, story wise, this episode Ray was front and centre, which was refreshing. Uniquely this episode peeled back another layer of
Read moreThis episode was the second part of Speechless‘ first two-part story arc, an arc which was pulled off beautifully. I’ve been talking about each aspect of JJ’s life as a special needs child being revealed to the viewer layer-by-layer, like a metaphorical onion being peeled. I believe the reason why a two-part story arc has only been explored now is
Read moreThis episode comprised of two great mysteries, which made it a solid penultimate episode and a great springboard for next week’s season finale. The two mysteries were obvious–What was Olivia’s downfall going to be in her attempt to run in the by-election, and what was Yasmine up to? The A story of Olivia’s attempt to run in the by-election was
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