The job of a season finale is to bring the season’s story arcs and subplots to a close, and to establish new ones for the next season (if there is a next season). I felt that this finale did its job perfectly. The finale kicks off with Easton showing Margot a trailer made for his upcoming TV show, telling her
Read moreThe episode kicks off with Easton discussing TV show ideas with June, with June telling him that he needs an idea for a show that is unique to him. She also reveals to Easton that it’s her 73rd birthday. When Easton goes in the house to tell Diana that it’s June’s birthday, he finds one of her desserts and she
Read moreDiana and Easton are back in the soup kitchen to throw a fundraiser lunch. The episode kicks off with Diana visiting Margot at her vineyard, with Margot telling her about her business aspirations to establish a cellar door experience. Diana is there looking for Easton, telling her about their dinner with June the night before. After Diana leaves, Margot gives
Read moreThis episode was all about June. This episode takes place over the course of one evening and at the house. The family have dinner together with June to figure out why she’s come back after several years of absence with no explanation.
Read moreNow that the premiere has come and gone, the fun can really begin with story arcs and subplots. This episode has Brett and Denise taking a dance class as it was one of their wedding gifts, and Diana struggling to come up with a menu for a famous chef at the London restaurant she works at, as she and Easton
Read moreThe job of a season premiere is to establish story arcs and subplots for the season. This premiere did its job perfectly. The second season of Aftertaste kicks off with roughly a year passing since the events of the season one finale, with Diana returning from London with her new boyfriend, Harry, for Brett and Denise’s wedding. It’s revealed in
Read moreThe job of a season finale is to wrap up or resolve the current season’s story arcs and subplots, and establish possible story arcs and subplots for the next season (if there is another season). I felt that this season finale did its job. The finale kicks off with people visiting the restaurant, renamed Jim’s, where the appetisers (styled in
Read moreI mentioned in my review of last week’s episode that I thought the season would end with June’s opening night and that it will be interesting to see where the final two episodes go from here. Well in this episode we see a complete change of pace from surprisingly fast to a complete slow down.
Read moreThe night we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived – the opening night of June. However it, of course, doesn’t go to plan. The episode kicks off with Easton and Diana in their chef’s whites breaking into a neighbouring farm to steal milk from a cow. Easton’s logic for stealing the milk is apparently needing the freshest milk they can
Read moreThis episode focuses on Easton and Diana trying to set up their new restaurant at Jim’s, as well as family dynamics and secrets. The episode kicks off with Easton and Diana cleaning out the house and getting rid of Jim’s old stuff via skip bin, much to Jim’s chagrin, however he can’t protest too much as Easton is blackmailing him
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