I love this show but this wasn't anywhere near up to the standard I have come to expect from TIU
Aside from being slow, I just can't get behind the Beth dancing story arc.
Beth was a dancer up to the age of 17. The writers introduced her undying "passion" for dancing quite far into the series and it hasn't washed ever since, on top of that Beth was a failed dancer who never came close to dancing at a high level. So why are we now expected to suspend our belief that she holds any credibility assessing and training & coaching world class ballet dancers. It's silly. Almost as silly as her having a full blown conversation with a dancer on stage in front of hundreds of people about how she feels her pain and some. Come on writers, you are so much better than that!
The episode was slow and I'm starting to feel frustrated that the pace isn't moving us to the final destination in a way that feels satisfying. We know where the show is heading and that this is the final series, with that it feels like these kind of storylines feel meaningless. I would prefer to see more flash forwards and present day scenes to understand how each of the beloved characters ends up in the final scene and how their relationships with eachother evolve/ fall apart. I know this is happening more subtly than that but to me it feels to slow right now.
Hoping the writer have stepped up their game for the rest of the series because this was the worst written episode yet in an otherwise flawless show.
Aside from being slow, I just can't get behind the Beth dancing story arc.
Beth was a dancer up to the age of 17. The writers introduced her undying "passion" for dancing quite far into the series and it hasn't washed ever since, on top of that Beth was a failed dancer who never came close to dancing at a high level. So why are we now expected to suspend our belief that she holds any credibility assessing and training & coaching world class ballet dancers. It's silly. Almost as silly as her having a full blown conversation with a dancer on stage in front of hundreds of people about how she feels her pain and some. Come on writers, you are so much better than that!
The episode was slow and I'm starting to feel frustrated that the pace isn't moving us to the final destination in a way that feels satisfying. We know where the show is heading and that this is the final series, with that it feels like these kind of storylines feel meaningless. I would prefer to see more flash forwards and present day scenes to understand how each of the beloved characters ends up in the final scene and how their relationships with eachother evolve/ fall apart. I know this is happening more subtly than that but to me it feels to slow right now.
Hoping the writer have stepped up their game for the rest of the series because this was the worst written episode yet in an otherwise flawless show.