Post by Ensign Sandra on Sept 15, 2014 21:07:08 GMT
The pilot episode for Ioan's new series is available on Hulu.com. I don't actually know if you can get it with a free account, because I drank the Kool-Aid back when I was binging on LonM and AtoA.
The good parts:
He looks delicious all grown up and since his character is supposed to be an immortal from the 18th century, his clothes tend to have the air of an earlier era. Also, he's naked and wet. This is a plot device having to do with his character's rebirth every time he should have died. The sheepish grin is exactly the same as that of deck shower fame.
He gets to use his own beautiful accent.
Judd Hirsch as the obligatory voice of wisdom and the only one who knows Henry Morgan's secret
Alana de la Garza as the obligatory hard-drinking, cynical cop
The, um, other parts:
This thing is a narrative mess. There's way to much tell and not enough show, rebirth scenes notwithstanding. If they couldn't introduce the story without so much voice-over to explain Henry's history in the time they had, they should have made a longer pilot or trust that the story would emerge over the course of several episodes.
The writing in general is problematic. Scenes are very choppy and some of the dialog is very stilted. Henry practicing his trade as an NYC medical examiner using his old surgical set and wearing a bloody apron like Dr. Clive is jarring. The set for the autopsy suite is absurd. It's like the operating room on MASH with numerous corpses being examined in a big row. Which Henry has to walk through to get to his office. Henry going along with Officer Jo to investigate a suspect's greenhouse and laboratory. Officer Jo showing up at Henry's door with another case, saying she requested him to be her ME and suggesting he accompany her to the crime scene. I know we're supposed to suspend disbelief, but that's a big stretch.
The take-home message:
Ioan. Wet. Naked.
The good parts:
He looks delicious all grown up and since his character is supposed to be an immortal from the 18th century, his clothes tend to have the air of an earlier era. Also, he's naked and wet. This is a plot device having to do with his character's rebirth every time he should have died. The sheepish grin is exactly the same as that of deck shower fame.
He gets to use his own beautiful accent.
Judd Hirsch as the obligatory voice of wisdom and the only one who knows Henry Morgan's secret
Alana de la Garza as the obligatory hard-drinking, cynical cop
The, um, other parts:
This thing is a narrative mess. There's way to much tell and not enough show, rebirth scenes notwithstanding. If they couldn't introduce the story without so much voice-over to explain Henry's history in the time they had, they should have made a longer pilot or trust that the story would emerge over the course of several episodes.
The writing in general is problematic. Scenes are very choppy and some of the dialog is very stilted. Henry practicing his trade as an NYC medical examiner using his old surgical set and wearing a bloody apron like Dr. Clive is jarring. The set for the autopsy suite is absurd. It's like the operating room on MASH with numerous corpses being examined in a big row. Which Henry has to walk through to get to his office. Henry going along with Officer Jo to investigate a suspect's greenhouse and laboratory. Officer Jo showing up at Henry's door with another case, saying she requested him to be her ME and suggesting he accompany her to the crime scene. I know we're supposed to suspend disbelief, but that's a big stretch.
The take-home message:
Ioan. Wet. Naked.