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This is part 2 in the two parter and once again another follows up that does what it should follows though.
I'll admit the only drawback in the two parter is the fact Cherie she's not facing any consequences herself as she was the one that gave out the incomplete information that she perfectly knew is confidential.
Maybe it's because of her age despite the fact she's old enough to know the difference between right and wrong or Cherie being Connie's sister is covering for her I don't know. Though I also wonder if this was part of a set up for her character in the next season where we explore and expose more of Cherie's dark psyche. Cherie I honestly never felt was totally innocent as she's an egotist, too smart for her own good.
Sad we never saw an episode where she hatches a scheme which makes her ego inflated so much and someone (most likely JR) sticks the needle into that balloon; only in the realm of fan fic can this happen.
Things unfortunately go deeper and deeper into hell for the Lubuck's and Connie's ego trip comes to a dead stop. We see most of the parents and faculty turn against Graham, Hargis and maybe even each other. Connie's relations with her father and everyone else are slowly disintegrating. And of course, the worst news of all is their house is being sold to this creepy couple with all too smiley smiles, yeah there's something not right about them; this just increases the weight of the situation showing their home is about to go straight into the wrong hands.
Connie, we see throughout the episode is in a desperate search for salvation. She at first tries to fix things writing another article but it of course doesn't work as she just made things even worse. There are some genuine sad moments with Connie from seeing the last talk down with her dad and then once she hears the house is going to have buyers, you just see a look on her face and it's a look of a person that is just lost everything.
There is even a moment with her mom, the mom gives her no comfort which is fine as Connie really doesn't deserve any and even Connie knows it despite how much it hurts; Elizabeth just simply tells her how it is and she's right this just leads to Connie saying one quote, "This can't be real!" after hearing that I thought "I wish it wasn't Connie, but the tragedy is it is." Those two moments in the episode really go with the old saying of "not knowing what you have until it's gone", Connie realizes despite the fame she lost more than she gained.
There are of course funny moments, from seeing Graham do something that is physically impossible near the end, but it works for dramatic reasons. But just the scenes with Janitor Bob from part one and two which are dryly funny and of course for horror fans this character is played by the late Sid Haig whom you know as "Captain Spalding" from "The Devil's Rejects". But he was good as I really like how he did help Connie out a little near the end for her to give out a final speech. Those moments just show how much Connie underestimated the people that don't get the spotlight nor are even seeking it, how sometimes they can actually be diamonds in the rough. Also, seeing those scenes also makes me once again sad we didn't have a third season and beyond, as Janitor Bob could have been another solid supporting character for the series.
But of course, we have some of the dramatic moments, are good from seeing Connie interacting with Father Hargis in a confession booth and then when Father gives her her penance, it leads to another memorable quote when Connie says, "But I don't want to think about it." Father Hargis says, "Exactly." And Hargis really hits it on the noise because it's true when it comes to sensationalist and fame seekers, not thinking about anybody else or just anything in general except their own ego inflation, is what lead them to do what they've done and why they can be the most despised.
One of the other things Connie also forgotten from the beginning is that most of those reporters that have the fame we know them to have like Woodward and Bernstein, Edward Murrow, and Charles Kuralt, they never seek fame or even hoped or thought they'd ever be famous, they only seeked to do their jobs well and right which is what a good journalist does.
And it all comes near the end as there is a meeting in the church, and we see Connie give a soulful final speech as she's not being the reporter but herself. It was a beautiful moment that really shows the best of her character which was exactly what she was striving to be throughout the two partner; but also shows it takes a lot of guts to admit when your wrong which is part of finding salvation.
Rating: 4 stars.
This is part 2 in the two parter and once again another follows up that does what it should follows though.
I'll admit the only drawback in the two parter is the fact Cherie she's not facing any consequences herself as she was the one that gave out the incomplete information that she perfectly knew is confidential.
Maybe it's because of her age despite the fact she's old enough to know the difference between right and wrong or Cherie being Connie's sister is covering for her I don't know. Though I also wonder if this was part of a set up for her character in the next season where we explore and expose more of Cherie's dark psyche. Cherie I honestly never felt was totally innocent as she's an egotist, too smart for her own good.
Sad we never saw an episode where she hatches a scheme which makes her ego inflated so much and someone (most likely JR) sticks the needle into that balloon; only in the realm of fan fic can this happen.
Things unfortunately go deeper and deeper into hell for the Lubuck's and Connie's ego trip comes to a dead stop. We see most of the parents and faculty turn against Graham, Hargis and maybe even each other. Connie's relations with her father and everyone else are slowly disintegrating. And of course, the worst news of all is their house is being sold to this creepy couple with all too smiley smiles, yeah there's something not right about them; this just increases the weight of the situation showing their home is about to go straight into the wrong hands.
Connie, we see throughout the episode is in a desperate search for salvation. She at first tries to fix things writing another article but it of course doesn't work as she just made things even worse. There are some genuine sad moments with Connie from seeing the last talk down with her dad and then once she hears the house is going to have buyers, you just see a look on her face and it's a look of a person that is just lost everything.
There is even a moment with her mom, the mom gives her no comfort which is fine as Connie really doesn't deserve any and even Connie knows it despite how much it hurts; Elizabeth just simply tells her how it is and she's right this just leads to Connie saying one quote, "This can't be real!" after hearing that I thought "I wish it wasn't Connie, but the tragedy is it is." Those two moments in the episode really go with the old saying of "not knowing what you have until it's gone", Connie realizes despite the fame she lost more than she gained.
There are of course funny moments, from seeing Graham do something that is physically impossible near the end, but it works for dramatic reasons. But just the scenes with Janitor Bob from part one and two which are dryly funny and of course for horror fans this character is played by the late Sid Haig whom you know as "Captain Spalding" from "The Devil's Rejects". But he was good as I really like how he did help Connie out a little near the end for her to give out a final speech. Those moments just show how much Connie underestimated the people that don't get the spotlight nor are even seeking it, how sometimes they can actually be diamonds in the rough. Also, seeing those scenes also makes me once again sad we didn't have a third season and beyond, as Janitor Bob could have been another solid supporting character for the series.
But of course, we have some of the dramatic moments, are good from seeing Connie interacting with Father Hargis in a confession booth and then when Father gives her her penance, it leads to another memorable quote when Connie says, "But I don't want to think about it." Father Hargis says, "Exactly." And Hargis really hits it on the noise because it's true when it comes to sensationalist and fame seekers, not thinking about anybody else or just anything in general except their own ego inflation, is what lead them to do what they've done and why they can be the most despised.
One of the other things Connie also forgotten from the beginning is that most of those reporters that have the fame we know them to have like Woodward and Bernstein, Edward Murrow, and Charles Kuralt, they never seek fame or even hoped or thought they'd ever be famous, they only seeked to do their jobs well and right which is what a good journalist does.
And it all comes near the end as there is a meeting in the church, and we see Connie give a soulful final speech as she's not being the reporter but herself. It was a beautiful moment that really shows the best of her character which was exactly what she was striving to be throughout the two partner; but also shows it takes a lot of guts to admit when your wrong which is part of finding salvation.
Rating: 4 stars.