Loveday Writing

The 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

I 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.

The 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

This 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

Now that the pilot has established the premise and characters of the show, the show can get underway. The episode kicks off with Easton and Diana posing for promotional photos for the local paper, with Easton informing Diana he has found a space for their restaurant. When Easton tries to force the paper’s staff to make their advertorial about him,

The job of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters. This pilot did its job perfectly. The pilot kicks off in Shanghai, China, with celebrity chef, Easton West (Erik Thomson) in an elevator on his way to work. While in the elevator, a couple take a picture of him, while his back is turned, when he comes