I once had a writing teacher say that your protagonist should be like a cat stuck in a tree and your story is the means to get the cat down. Each time a ladder is propped near the trunk of the metaphorical tree in which the Riches reside, those crafty grifters just edge farther out onto ancient, shaky limbs.In the latest episode, they were finally faced with someone lucid who knew the real Riches. After a wonderful series of twist and turns, it appeared that the danger had blown over and our travelers were safe. And then the limb cracked beneath them and the Riches were left grasping for branches.
If you're not watching this show, you should be.
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What turned out on first viewing to be a fairly awful pilot on second viewing somehow became astoundingly better, and the show just kept going up from there. And your props to "Nine-a" in an earlier blog was spot on - she steals every scene she's in, and she's working with Eddie frakkin Izzard, so that's hard to do. Do you find that you love the kids? Well, except for Cael. I don't really care either way about him, but Shannon Woodward and Aidan Mitchell kill me.
Cael's actually my favorite. His reactions are so perfect and I love his constant casual smoking. While everyone else is struggling for a better life, he's just waiting for the illusion to implode.
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