I have watched every episode, and thus far, still haven't figured out just what type of show "Saving Grace" is supposed to be. At first blush, one might take it for another "tough lady in a man's world" type of scenario, just like Kyra Sedgewick in "The Closer", Jill Hennessey in "Crossing Jordan", or Michael Jackson in his "Thriller" video. Or, it could be a tobacco splattered variation of "Touched by an Angel", a goat roper tribute to "NYPD Blue", or even a twangy sort of "Barney Miller" without the laugh track - although I would not put it past this show's creators to include one at some point in the future.
What I do know about "Saving Grace" is that it all seems to work, and well at that. At the center of every story is Grace - brave, flawed, and conflicted. She is a loving aunt, faithful friend, adulteress, and skanky bar slut in the bottom half of a classic alcoholic tailspin. When an angel offers her entry into a divine twelve step program, Grace isn't sure that she wants to accept, even though she does realize that she is in trouble. She doesn't know what she is going to do, and neither do we. In "Touched by an Angel", all that Roma Downey had to do was deliver her lilting "God loves you." in that brogue of hers, and everyone knew that in a half hour or so, everything would be warm and fuzzy. Grace, warm and fuzzy in completely different ways, is going to be a much harder nut to crack, and that is why I intend to be watching every week.
Note: As an Oklahoma native, and Sooner fan, I can appreciate all of the local references, but think that they are a little over done. Yes, Oklahoma is the land of Resistols, Garth Brooks, and cowboy boots, but one doesn't have to look very hard to find art museums, symphony orchestras, or an odd Nieman Markus or two. I do, however, give special thanks to the show's creators for the references to the April 19 bombing and its aftermath.
What I do know about "Saving Grace" is that it all seems to work, and well at that. At the center of every story is Grace - brave, flawed, and conflicted. She is a loving aunt, faithful friend, adulteress, and skanky bar slut in the bottom half of a classic alcoholic tailspin. When an angel offers her entry into a divine twelve step program, Grace isn't sure that she wants to accept, even though she does realize that she is in trouble. She doesn't know what she is going to do, and neither do we. In "Touched by an Angel", all that Roma Downey had to do was deliver her lilting "God loves you." in that brogue of hers, and everyone knew that in a half hour or so, everything would be warm and fuzzy. Grace, warm and fuzzy in completely different ways, is going to be a much harder nut to crack, and that is why I intend to be watching every week.
Note: As an Oklahoma native, and Sooner fan, I can appreciate all of the local references, but think that they are a little over done. Yes, Oklahoma is the land of Resistols, Garth Brooks, and cowboy boots, but one doesn't have to look very hard to find art museums, symphony orchestras, or an odd Nieman Markus or two. I do, however, give special thanks to the show's creators for the references to the April 19 bombing and its aftermath.