“How’d you get past the doorman?” “Apparently your Christmas tips weren’t all they should’ve been.” Love the changing ferry wake patterns. Love that Jones’ call was obscured from view by a large monitor. “Want to come to my office?” “I don’t do well under fluorescence.” Bill saying, “The world revolves around meetings” gave me PTSD flashbacks to corporate meetings that last two hours but accomplish little. Foot baths are “wonder of the world.” Something tells me Burton doesn’t need more suits. Love the reveal of Tess’ child’s face reflecting off the puddles.
“There’s Chinese in the refrigerator if you get hungry waiting for the police” was a slick prelude to Jones shooting himself in the head. Way to lull me into false security with Taka discovering the blue drawing.
“I didn’t know show tunes were so exciting.” The bomb exploding in Ann-Marie’s house made me jump. “I’m not some widget you drag around from client to client.” Burton + the Woman In Red calling each other out for their specific rituals showed great chemistry. Damn, that pretzel Taka was eating looks good. The many sketches of Tess’ child on the wall were creepy. Love the water seeping under the door in Tess’ delivery room dream, the overflowing sink in Burton’s bathroom dream, the fountain trickling in Taka’s nostalgia dream. Production Company(s)/ Studio(s): Universal Cable Productions, Valhalla Entertainmentġst Episode: “ Don’t Tell Bill” ( October 13, 2016) - ***
#FALLING WATER TV PILOT SERIES#
Series Regulars: Lizzie Brocheré as Tess, David Ajala as Burton, Will Yun Lee as Taka, Kai Lennox as Woody Hammond, Zak Orth as Bill Boerg, Anna Wood as The Woman In Red Team: Marisol Adler (writer), Henry Bromell (creator, executive producer), Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (director, ep), Gale Anne Hurd (ep), Blake Masters (creator, ep, writer) However, just like the preceding three episodes, the visuals are intriguing, but the plot feels dragged out or unnecessarily teased. This one is a wary carry given that one might be able to draw similar conclusions watching without the audio because the visuals can be stunning. The fourth episode finally answered some questions (while opening a host of new ones) and brought the three leads together.
The supporting characters, particularly Melanie Nicholls-King’s cult leader Ann-Marie Bowen + Francesa Faridany’s headstrong manager Helena Swift, are less fleshed out, but make more compelling additions to the storylines. Lizzie Brocheré, David Ajala, and Will Yun Lee all inhabit these conflicted characters’ messy personal lives with verve, with capable assists from Zak Orth + Anna Wood. With its stylish Inception dreamscapes, the show certainly looks the part, but the glacier-slow unfurling mystery + occasional sluggishness keep the show from even approaching its older cousin’s substance level. Hopes were placed on the late great TV writer Henry Bromell (he penned my favorite Homeland episode ever, “Q&A”). New dramas Colony + Queen of the South are underwhelming, and Complications, Dig, Donny!, Graceland, Satisfaction, and Sirens have gone bye bye in just the last two years. Unfortunately, nothing has been able to live up to that high bar. Robot, a hacker drama with near unrelenting ominous vibes. Since the end of Royal Pains over this summer, USA Network’s breezy “blue sky” approach is slowly being replaced by dramas more suited to its new flagship masterpiece: Mr.