In which Dorrit washes all that stuff off her pretty face, two out of three Bradshaws have sex, the most interesting character (Walt) gets sidelined with only one episode to go (sigh), and Larissa gets about three lines before all the requisite jokes behind her back about what a coke fiend she is.
I can’t believe there are only three of these left. It feels like we just met. Maybe The CW will agree and hand them a bunch more next season.
The ratings have not been kind to this show, which is too bad, because despite its issues — which this week include some unappealingly glib treatment of women’s sexual liberation –I’d love to see it come back next season and really ramp things up. This week: LOTS of stripes, and the umpteeth plot where Dorrit Is A Pain In The Ass But Everything Is Fine After 41 Minutes.
What I’ve wanted to happen with this show is finally happening: The Carrie Bradshaw hook, despite winking references here and there, has stopped mattering because the characters are starting to work in their own rights. (And, I can’t say it enough, AnnaSophia Robb is REALLY likable and natural and wonderful.) Oh, and I have to give them this: I dinged them once for having Carrie run away from a problem crying instead of standing up to it, because it didn’t seem very Carrie Bradshaw. Then at the gym watched the Sex and the City episode where Aiden yells at SJP’s Carrie, “YOU BROKE MY HEART,” and her response is… to run away crying. Yes, Carrie Diaries trying to have its cake and eat it too by sourcing itself on the YA books AND the HBO show despite their divergences. But, it was interesting to see. The end. Carry on.
Remember how nice George seemed? Well, don’t get too attached.
@onewilliamsj one of them is YIKES. - J
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Fug the Show: Carrie Diaries, season finale
By now I’m a broken record about this show: Cast chemistry good, AnnaSophia Robb delightful, overall teeming with potential, but plots inconsistent and strangely paced. The season finale had great moments, but I don’t understand a) taking your best character, Walt, and rushing through a MASSIVE, meaty reveal about him as if suddenly it’s no big thing; and b) deciding mid-stream who Maggie is, forgetting to keep that thread going, and then having that bite you in the ass because you NEED that thread to be emotionally involved in her part of a massive friend betrayal.
But, I bang my head because I care. The CW is rerunning Carrie Diaries on Fridays now so it may stand a chance at coming back (and if you’ve been considering picking it up, that would be a good time to give it a try). Obviously my first priority is SAVE HART OF DIXIE EVERYBODY PLEASE WATCH YAY, but I hope BlueBell living another day does not exclude Carrie Diaries from returning, because I’d love to see what it could do with twenty-two episodes. Thirteen felt like they had to speed through the year, and therefore did a lot of telling and not showing (Maggie), took too much time figuring out who the best characters were (Walt), struggled to balance high school and Manhattan, and ultimately had so far to go in a short time — and without being able to get everyone in every episode — that it blew straight past a lot of plots that needed more nuanced treatment (hi again, Walt). Also, it’s like they totally gave up figuring out what to do with Donna LaDonna, which is a shame, because Chloe Bridges had the best facial expressions and comic timing of the bunch, and her with Walt should’ve been an awesome friendship. Maybe next season?
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