I’m going to review Amazing Grace’s Season 1 Finale character by character. Sophia, Grace and Kirk – One of the finale’s main focuses was the adoption story arc, specifically the fact that Sophia would be giving Eady up for adoption the next day. The episode kicks off with Sophia making a video for Eady to watch when she’s older, explaining
Read moreLike with my review of the previous episode, I’m going to review the penultimate episode of the season, character by character. Grace, Diane, Sophia and Kirk – This episode focused on celebrating Sophia’s 18th birthday, or at least their efforts to celebrate it. Sophia is clearly miserable throughout the whole episode, including through her disastrous birthday dinner. At this dinner,
Read moreI’ve decided to do something different and review this episode character-by-character. Bonnie, Jim and Grace – In the early moments of the episode, Bonnie and Grace run into each other at the Birthing Centre. Bonnie gives Grace the contract for the house sale for her to sign, as she and Jim have found a house they want to live in.
Read moreThis episode explored stillbirth, grief and love lives. The episode kicks off with Grace trying to bond with Eady, against Sophia’s wishes due to the impending adoption, when they hear a knock at the door. A teenage boy, Jeremy, is standing there and is revealed to be Eady’s father. Sophia invited Jeremy to meet Eady but he has arrived early.
Read moreThis episode was all about choices. We kick off with Kirk, Grace and Sophia going to another adoption counselling session, only for Sophia to kick them out as she intended on completing the session alone. When the counsellor tells Kirk they’ll discuss “that other matter” later, Grace asks him about it and Kirk tells her that he is looking into
Read moreThis episode sees Grace and Max deal with unusual birth requests and a chaotic home birth, as well as Grace and Kirk struggling with Sophia’s adoption plans. The episode kicks off with Max and Grace singing to a client, Eliza’s, baby to encourage labour (at her request). We then see Grace and Max driving to a house call when Kirk
Read moreNow that the pilot has established the premise and characters of the show we can get underway with plot and character development. The episode kicks off with Grace waking up to the sound of Sophia’s baby crying. When she gets up to check on the baby, she finds Sophia rocking the baby, struggling to get her to settle down. Grace
Read moreThe job of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters. I felt that this pilot mostly did its job. In my blog post on this year’s TV Week Previews issue, Amazing Grace was described as a “promising drama” and it stars Kate Jenkinson as Grace, a midwife working at St Brigid’s Birthing Centre, which is attached to a
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