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Schitt$ Creek (2015)
Give it a chance, no really, just do !
I have to admit that my first assumption when I read the cast list and had gotten an idea about the scenario, I was more than sceptical. I hate flat comedies with cheap gags and hollow characters that only function for delivering those. But almost in the same way, as I almost misjudged GROUND FLOOR, I was wrong about SCHITTS CREEK ! I have found that all it takes for me to like a show, is getting to know most of the important characters enough to see them more or less threedimensional in a way, and to like them at least a bit, even to the point where you could identify yourself with some of them. The setup is not really highly original, but it always offers possibilities. Fish out of water style. The question is, what can you do with it. Is the show silly at times ? Yes, but is it annoying ? Only when the mayor is given too much to do, I'll admit. But SCHITTS CREEK totally wins me over with the four main characters themselves. They are great. Stonefaced deliverances of very often brilliant sarcastic humor, believable but also funny interactions. And the best: At some point you really start to like these people, with all their faults and messy ideas. I just enjoy it. Give it a chance, no really, just do !
Homicide: Life on the Street: Crosetti (1994)
Cried my eyes out
Unbelievably moving. Best example for what a good ensemble cast can do. If you grow to like them that way, you really care when one of them goes down. Everyone did great in this episode. After the church murders, that did indeed seem to be a bit too focused on Pembleton's crisis of faith, and had a quite unsatisfying resolution in the end, this one is 10 out of 10 again. Although you could see right from the beginning where this was going, that caused no problems, cause most of the time, with HOMICIDE, it's not about the "Who did it?", but about the "How do things unfold and how does everyone cope with it ?" The little details, like e.g. the relatives at the funeral, or the quarrel about the price of the funeral cookies, are what makes everything so real and believable. You feel like you're watching real people in real life situations, and that's a terrific achievement by Levinson and his team.