This show began with so much promise. A fresh cast, a beautiful small town setting and a story with a lot of potential for growth. What was missing? Decent lines for the actors to read.
I feel sorry for the actors and actresses in this show because this show was doomed before they even walked onto the set. Before they even opened their mouths. And that's because no one will ever believe a single word they are going to say. No one, not even the best in the business, would be able to make these lines sound believable. The dialogue in this show reeks of amateur writing. It's a very elementary mistake to make when you start writing a script without imagining what they would actually sound like coming out of someone's mouth. Much of the dialogue sounds like something straight out of a text book instead of actual conversation. Not to mention, the writers often like to demonstrate their inflated egos when they constantly indulge in using long, twisted and complex sentences for every single character (including the friend with a most likely below average IQ). You could almost hear them congratulating themselves on their own literary genius as they finish constructing each sentence. The result is that either every one of these country town characters (including the little boy) had some kind of an Arts degree from a tertiary institution, or they are merely the result of a failed imagination.
The characters themselves are actually quite believable, due to the decent acting done by most of the cast, but the awkward lines written for them made everything an uphill battle. How any of these actors were able to get away with muttering a single line from this script without someone flinching is beyond me. I could only pray that this is a result of the writers strike, and whoever wrote the scripts is now shoveling snow for a living.
I feel sorry for the actors and actresses in this show because this show was doomed before they even walked onto the set. Before they even opened their mouths. And that's because no one will ever believe a single word they are going to say. No one, not even the best in the business, would be able to make these lines sound believable. The dialogue in this show reeks of amateur writing. It's a very elementary mistake to make when you start writing a script without imagining what they would actually sound like coming out of someone's mouth. Much of the dialogue sounds like something straight out of a text book instead of actual conversation. Not to mention, the writers often like to demonstrate their inflated egos when they constantly indulge in using long, twisted and complex sentences for every single character (including the friend with a most likely below average IQ). You could almost hear them congratulating themselves on their own literary genius as they finish constructing each sentence. The result is that either every one of these country town characters (including the little boy) had some kind of an Arts degree from a tertiary institution, or they are merely the result of a failed imagination.
The characters themselves are actually quite believable, due to the decent acting done by most of the cast, but the awkward lines written for them made everything an uphill battle. How any of these actors were able to get away with muttering a single line from this script without someone flinching is beyond me. I could only pray that this is a result of the writers strike, and whoever wrote the scripts is now shoveling snow for a living.