Up until this point we have seen each episode largely devoted to one of the two leads. The first episode focused on Jeannette, the second on Kate, and so on. This is the first episode where the time appears to be split between the two girls and unfortunately it resulted in a much weaker inconsequential episode.
The storylines are already fractured due to the confining format of showing glimpses of the same date in three separate years. It's an interesting concept but it has proven to be severely limited. The recent addition of flashbacks for Kate muddles things even further and can occasionally make the chronology difficult to follow.
When the show then tries to divide its time even more by following both girls in divergent storylines you end up with almost no meaningful narrative movement. Out of a 45 minute episode, I would say that 5 minutes provided us with information that was actually new and consequential. I agree with the other reviewer that several of these episodes have felt like filler leading up to some big reveal. Let's hope the show doesn't entirely lose steam before then.
The storylines are already fractured due to the confining format of showing glimpses of the same date in three separate years. It's an interesting concept but it has proven to be severely limited. The recent addition of flashbacks for Kate muddles things even further and can occasionally make the chronology difficult to follow.
When the show then tries to divide its time even more by following both girls in divergent storylines you end up with almost no meaningful narrative movement. Out of a 45 minute episode, I would say that 5 minutes provided us with information that was actually new and consequential. I agree with the other reviewer that several of these episodes have felt like filler leading up to some big reveal. Let's hope the show doesn't entirely lose steam before then.
