'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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I'm with Vortex on the yes and no understanding of Allison's behavior. It would, I think, have made more sense to me if she'd done what so many 'normal' parents would do which is to 'help' with science projects...with Kevin's knowledge. The out and out cheating just rings wrong.
I'm biting my tongue/fingers on the topic of how they have portrayed Kevin's autism as well as Allison's relationship with him. Full stop. More on the topic would be an ugly rant.
I can totally see why Andi. Totally. This is one of those cases where I wave frantically and focus on the entertainment portion of the program. But I get it.
More on the topic would be an ugly rant.
I know how you feel. Inaccurate portrayals of things that you have intimate knowledge of burns. It's not as personal as when they fuck up legal stuff, but I get it.
It's not like this is meant to be cinema verite, and really, there is plenty of handwavium to go around.
We went to Maine on Friday night, and I missed a good chunk of the middle trying to get everyone settled in. When I finally sat down and Scott told me what Allison had done, I figured he must have missed something (no TiVo @ the cottage). When it all shook out, I couldn't swallow it. I kept hoping I'd feel differently once I got to see the whole episode. Heh. Guess not.
The only Allison handwavium I've been able to employ is this: Allison's life is so changed because Kevin is so different (heck, he's even been recast) that none of this reality feels real to her, so she's not making the same sort of choices she'd make in "real" life. For Allison, this is almost like a wish-fulfillment universe. It only half works, though.
I can't handwave Henry's hotel comment, no matter how hard I try. Maybe there should have been a throwaway line about one of them being bogged down in a big project or working different shifts or something, because that was just dopey. Actually, it probably would have been better to just say she was away for the conference without trying to explain why Henry didn't go with. It's good to know CFerg and JM felt the same way while filming.
I love Jack and Jo's friendship and am really hoping it just remains a friendship. There's a paternal vibe there that works for me, just the way it is.
It was so great to have Zoe back on screen. I hope we see more of her. In so many ways, she's the reason Jack stayed in this freaky town, at least at first. Their relationship is so good. I'm neutral on Jo/Zane. I have to say though, in the one episode of this that I got to recap (3-06: Phased and Confused), I saw great sparks between Zane and Zoe. I know it was 7 flavors of wrong then, but if Zane can be socialized in this new reality, I wouldn't mind seeing it.
Actually, it probably would have been better to just say she was away for the conference without trying to explain why Henry didn't go with.
I thought that it was a nice foreshadowing. I think that this is a problem that needs to be addressed.
Well, Matt will be happy about this Eureka casting choice. I wonder if it will stick.
Who's been cast? I've missed the last couple of Fridays thanks to the hospital situation...
Kavan Smith. He was the new face of Deputy Andy.
Ah! I'll be happy to see him with a semi-regular gig. Pity the role is such an earnest one though, he really excels at snarkiness.
Speaking as the mom of 2 teenaged boys, I'm seeing the Allison/Kevin subplot as being highly symbolic of teen parenting in general.
In my experience kid's personalities are pretty stable between the ages of 7 and 12. Then suddenly they change. Dramatically. And while it doesn't actually happen in the blink of an eye, it sure does feel like it. And suddenly you feel like you've been handed a brand new kid, the rules have changed, your parenting skill set has been flung out the window and you're flat-footed and fumbling in a way that hasn't happened since they were toddlers.
So, yeah, I'm identifying with Allison quite a bit this season. And Eureka, being Eureka, she's not going to make typical mom-of-teen parenting blunders, she needs to make Eureka-scale parenting blunders.
I'm cutting her some slack.
edited because mom-of-teen is not the same as teen mom