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Prodigal Son Review...and other things..
May. 3rd, 2020 09:17 pm1. People are aggravating. They won't do, think, or believe what I want them too.
It's highly frustrating. Yes, I went out for a walk at 8PM and the personal trainers were still sitting outside in their deck chairs, with their huge dogs, and their wine, chatting with neighbors. The neighbors wore masks, they did not. Apparently my definition of social distancing and wearing a mask in a public place is not the same as everyone else's. A public sidewalk in my opinion, along a busy street in a heavily populated residential area qualifies as "public". But hey, what do I know?
Maybe I should walk when it's raining from now on? Good news, church doesn't record Zoom sessions, so anything I said is long gone into the ether.
2. Finished watching Prodigal Son - and while there were twists and turns, I'd say overall the character arcs worked. I was quite satisfied with the series overall, and enjoyed the ride. It's far more character driven than plot driven.
Throughout the series, Malcolm Brite, the protagonist/hero of the show, was terrified that he was his father's son. That he was a sociopath and a potential serial killer. All evidence to the contrary. The mere fact that he was worried about it - was evidence enough that he didn't have it in him. Also, over time, it's shown how much he's like his mother - and how much mother and son have in common, which is why they clash.
No. It's Ainsley, Martin Whitbly's daughter, who was kept from her father and from the entire mess that takes after dear old Dad. And this is foreshadowed early on.
From about the third or fourth episode - we see how Ainsely, Malcolm's sister is able to dissociate her emotions or flip things off. Also that she has the killer instinct. While Malcolm doesn't like to kill people and even at one point tries to stop the FBI from killing someone. He's afraid to kill anyone.
The last four episodes introduce and build up to the third person in the serial killer trio of the season. The Surgeon, the Junkyard Killer (who worked for the Surgeon) and finally Endicott (who got the Surgeon a deal for solitary confinement in a swanky psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane, as opposed to the General Population of Rikers. Honestly? Serial killers are kept in solitary confinement to protect the other prisoners, not the other way around. So, I found that bit kind of funny.) And it all revolves around the mystery of the Girl in the Box - which the Surgeon wants to hide and wants Malcolm to forget about. Why, because the Girl in the Box was trying to hide from Endicott and tells the Surgeon what Endicott has been doing - that Endicott is far worse than the Surgeon. He doesn't kill people - he arranges for others to do it, and turns people into monsters. So basically we have the Junkyard Killer - your run of the mill, cliche serial killer with the Mommy issues and no money, the Surgeon - the successful physician who kills on the side for the thrill, and Endicott - who creates others as his killers, a puppet master. All played by the actors known for playing sweet guys.
The Surgeon lets the Girl in the Box aka Sophie go, with the view that he can use what she has told him for leverage later. He has not physical files, but he has her story - and all she has to do is let Endicott know she told him and gave him the information. Then disappear. (This plot has some major holes in it. Because according to this he let her go long before he was caught - so why care about the leverage or Endicott at all? It doesn't make sense why he let her go. She didn't have information really, it was a bluff. So why? Malcolm? But Malcolm thought she was dead? Hmmm.)
Anyhow, Sophie, it turns out, killed Eddie the hitman, who in turn killed her sister, Eve, who was Malcolm's girlfriend. Endicott works his charms on Jessica and Ainsely, but misreads both. Jessica, Malcolm and Ainsely's mother tries to record him, when Gil, the head of Major Crimes shows up and gets stabbed by Endicott's henchman, Jess knocks Endicott out with a plate to the head, and gets Gil from the henchman's car and to the hospital. Ainley, when she's taken by Endicott - in his ploy to play Malcolm, is the one who stabs Endicott to death - surprising Endicott the most. Malcolm while shocked, isn't that shocked by it. Although Ainsely kind of is.
It's a fun twist, and it does work, even if the way to it is kind of choppy.
I'm sorry I'm kind of watching Raiders of the Lost Arc at the same time and my mind keeps wandering. It's been doing that all week.
It's highly frustrating. Yes, I went out for a walk at 8PM and the personal trainers were still sitting outside in their deck chairs, with their huge dogs, and their wine, chatting with neighbors. The neighbors wore masks, they did not. Apparently my definition of social distancing and wearing a mask in a public place is not the same as everyone else's. A public sidewalk in my opinion, along a busy street in a heavily populated residential area qualifies as "public". But hey, what do I know?
Maybe I should walk when it's raining from now on? Good news, church doesn't record Zoom sessions, so anything I said is long gone into the ether.
2. Finished watching Prodigal Son - and while there were twists and turns, I'd say overall the character arcs worked. I was quite satisfied with the series overall, and enjoyed the ride. It's far more character driven than plot driven.
Throughout the series, Malcolm Brite, the protagonist/hero of the show, was terrified that he was his father's son. That he was a sociopath and a potential serial killer. All evidence to the contrary. The mere fact that he was worried about it - was evidence enough that he didn't have it in him. Also, over time, it's shown how much he's like his mother - and how much mother and son have in common, which is why they clash.
No. It's Ainsley, Martin Whitbly's daughter, who was kept from her father and from the entire mess that takes after dear old Dad. And this is foreshadowed early on.
From about the third or fourth episode - we see how Ainsely, Malcolm's sister is able to dissociate her emotions or flip things off. Also that she has the killer instinct. While Malcolm doesn't like to kill people and even at one point tries to stop the FBI from killing someone. He's afraid to kill anyone.
The last four episodes introduce and build up to the third person in the serial killer trio of the season. The Surgeon, the Junkyard Killer (who worked for the Surgeon) and finally Endicott (who got the Surgeon a deal for solitary confinement in a swanky psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane, as opposed to the General Population of Rikers. Honestly? Serial killers are kept in solitary confinement to protect the other prisoners, not the other way around. So, I found that bit kind of funny.) And it all revolves around the mystery of the Girl in the Box - which the Surgeon wants to hide and wants Malcolm to forget about. Why, because the Girl in the Box was trying to hide from Endicott and tells the Surgeon what Endicott has been doing - that Endicott is far worse than the Surgeon. He doesn't kill people - he arranges for others to do it, and turns people into monsters. So basically we have the Junkyard Killer - your run of the mill, cliche serial killer with the Mommy issues and no money, the Surgeon - the successful physician who kills on the side for the thrill, and Endicott - who creates others as his killers, a puppet master. All played by the actors known for playing sweet guys.
The Surgeon lets the Girl in the Box aka Sophie go, with the view that he can use what she has told him for leverage later. He has not physical files, but he has her story - and all she has to do is let Endicott know she told him and gave him the information. Then disappear. (This plot has some major holes in it. Because according to this he let her go long before he was caught - so why care about the leverage or Endicott at all? It doesn't make sense why he let her go. She didn't have information really, it was a bluff. So why? Malcolm? But Malcolm thought she was dead? Hmmm.)
Anyhow, Sophie, it turns out, killed Eddie the hitman, who in turn killed her sister, Eve, who was Malcolm's girlfriend. Endicott works his charms on Jessica and Ainsely, but misreads both. Jessica, Malcolm and Ainsely's mother tries to record him, when Gil, the head of Major Crimes shows up and gets stabbed by Endicott's henchman, Jess knocks Endicott out with a plate to the head, and gets Gil from the henchman's car and to the hospital. Ainley, when she's taken by Endicott - in his ploy to play Malcolm, is the one who stabs Endicott to death - surprising Endicott the most. Malcolm while shocked, isn't that shocked by it. Although Ainsely kind of is.
It's a fun twist, and it does work, even if the way to it is kind of choppy.
I'm sorry I'm kind of watching Raiders of the Lost Arc at the same time and my mind keeps wandering. It's been doing that all week.