Silas Weir Mitchell is one of those cliched "Hey, it's that guy!" faces. I've seen a number of shows in which he's been featured, and most of them seemed to play up a "weirdo" typecasting.
This episode indulges in the weirdo theme, too, but it also allows Mitchell to portray someone tortured by conscience and desperate to give pay a debt he thinks he owes. Over the course of the hour, Mitchell takes his time revealing his agony and, in the course of it, showing us a tortured man harried by his conscience while trying to be the man he wants to be.
So many great actors get hamstrung by pigeonholes they're forced into, the types they were cast for, without being allowed to stretch their acting chops. In this episode, Mitchell is allowed to show us the strangeness, sure, but also the twisted decency of a man whose life has left him stuck in one time. Ineffably sad, and heroic in an unconventional way.
I will continue to look for more of his work. This actor has a lot to give us. He deserves the chance to do so.
This episode indulges in the weirdo theme, too, but it also allows Mitchell to portray someone tortured by conscience and desperate to give pay a debt he thinks he owes. Over the course of the hour, Mitchell takes his time revealing his agony and, in the course of it, showing us a tortured man harried by his conscience while trying to be the man he wants to be.
So many great actors get hamstrung by pigeonholes they're forced into, the types they were cast for, without being allowed to stretch their acting chops. In this episode, Mitchell is allowed to show us the strangeness, sure, but also the twisted decency of a man whose life has left him stuck in one time. Ineffably sad, and heroic in an unconventional way.
I will continue to look for more of his work. This actor has a lot to give us. He deserves the chance to do so.