[ Saving Grace.] 1x13; Season 2
Jul. 7th, 2008 03:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
delga I never wrote about the Saving Grace finale, but suffice it to say that the show continued its trend of being touchingly funny and emotionally dramatic. Grace's secret - her childhood abuse - comes to light in a beautiful scene with Rhetta, and her relationship with her brother is strengthened when he realises the true reason for her alienation from the church. Furthermore, Grace finds out that her sister's husband is having an affair - to her sister's knowledge - and she quietly, unobtrusively keeps the knowledge to herself, knowing that Paige's pride is at stake. The series ends with Grace coming upon her childhood abuser, preparing herself to murder him for his crime.
The second season starts in a week or so, and I'm terribly excited to see where the show is going to go next. Grace is at a turning point in her life. She's gone from being at the low point of her life to a point where she has shared the greatest trauma she's ever experienced. She's still fighting Earl, but she's trying, too, and for me the joy of the show comes in the battle between her 'free' persona, the tragedy of the characters in her life (and there is much of that abound) and the need for her to be in control of her impulses. I think it's fair to say that she's not going to kill the priest (I loved seeing her brother knock the guy out, though, and the warmth Grace felt towards him for that act) but now she's there, where does she go next? Onwards, onwards, one assumes.
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I have recently started to watch The Closer which is a fairly run-of-the-mill procedure that I'm enjoying. It's the show that Saving Grace is partnered with, and deals with another strong female lead, although of a variety quite different to Grace Hanadarko. So far, so good. I'm half through the first season. It's not as compelling or as endearing as Saving Grace, or, say, Medium, but it has charm to it, as will (I suspect) Cold Case which I have collected, ready to streamline. Procedural dramas continue to be my saving grace (har, har).
The second season starts in a week or so, and I'm terribly excited to see where the show is going to go next. Grace is at a turning point in her life. She's gone from being at the low point of her life to a point where she has shared the greatest trauma she's ever experienced. She's still fighting Earl, but she's trying, too, and for me the joy of the show comes in the battle between her 'free' persona, the tragedy of the characters in her life (and there is much of that abound) and the need for her to be in control of her impulses. I think it's fair to say that she's not going to kill the priest (I loved seeing her brother knock the guy out, though, and the warmth Grace felt towards him for that act) but now she's there, where does she go next? Onwards, onwards, one assumes.
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I have recently started to watch The Closer which is a fairly run-of-the-mill procedure that I'm enjoying. It's the show that Saving Grace is partnered with, and deals with another strong female lead, although of a variety quite different to Grace Hanadarko. So far, so good. I'm half through the first season. It's not as compelling or as endearing as Saving Grace, or, say, Medium, but it has charm to it, as will (I suspect) Cold Case which I have collected, ready to streamline. Procedural dramas continue to be my saving grace (har, har).
