Welcome to the first edition of The Great TV Lounge Blog.
Basically when I have the time I will discuss Great TV Past, Present and or Future.
Today's installment will touch on the present...The Season Finale of American Crime Season 2 which aired last night (March , 9th) on ABC.
The Present: AMERICAN CRIME The Network Show That Played Like A Cable Show
What does cable have that ABC, CBS and NBC seems to have rejected these past 10 year?
The answer is great, excellent, top shelf drama.
Normally when you watch ABC, CBS and NBC they all feel like they have to pay off each and every episode. So you end up with drama that never quite rings true because no major story wraps in a neat bow in an hour.
Enter: ABC's America Crime. Season 2 was every thing that cable dramas are (sans the cursing and nudity.) American Crime featured over the past 8 Thursday's intelligent and writing that rings of real life with the lines delivered with Emmy level expertise by vets like Regina King, Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton!
The entire cast young and old, novice and vet....shine greatly.
The season finale last night left me flat however...too much of a cable ending. (More on that later.)
For those that have not seen American Crime season two... I will say....the series is a 8 week dramatic roller coaster. In episode one we find out something possibly horrible happened at a party between two boys from two different schools. The fall out effects students, teachers, parents and administrators.
If you have not checked out American Crime. Go to ABC.com and treat yourself to some of the best drama not on Starz, HBO, Showtime or Encore. American Crime is some of the best writing and acting anywhere!
The End Grade: A-.
Each scene of American Crime invites you to check yourself for feet of clay. The problem is the ending is too Sopranos, too The Wire...it ends with as many questions as when the season started. Some things indeed come full circle and many things and just left for you to write your own ending. The problem is for people that invested 8 weeks of time to get to know these people and events...we at least would like to know some things. What "really" happened at the party is still as much in question as it was in the first episode and so one gets too little pay off for all the weeks of watching.
I give American Crime a thumbs up...you will enjoy each and every episode...however the only 5 minutes that ever disappoint are sadly the last 5 before the credits roll.
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I agree... I at least wanted to know the truth about what happened with Taylor and Eric. Tiu see Taylor make his choice on how his life would be due to taking the plea deal... Not sure if Eric was continuing down his path of destruction. Did he get in that car? Did he walk away? And then the Lecrouix family what did they end up doing? So many questions but definitely great writing throughout the series.
ReplyDeleteI loved both seasons, and seeing the actors re-cast as different characters in season two was great. I agree about the ending. The twist is that if Taylor takes the plea deal, and Eric gets in the car and is killed, Taylor's plea deal was all for naught.
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