United States of Tara

[EricMontreal22]

Clever, except there's next to nothing similar in tone or even story. Oh well.

[Khan]

I wasn't trying to be clever, Eric. I was just giving my initial impression of it.

[EricMontreal22]

Well, without sounding uber defensive, lol, or snarky if that's your impression just based on... umm reading the concept, you may wanna watch an episode or two.

[Khan]

No, I actually watched an episode online. :-)

[EricMontreal22]

Oh, you shoulda said so then

[Cheap21]

What I liked about this show was how tehy made DID a non issue. The only exposure Ive had to it was from the soaps, most notably OLTL and the person was always downright crazy and psychotic. It was always treated as a problem/ In season 1, Tara was a functioning DID person. She was in sync with her personalities and they worked together. That was quite a different take from the usual dramatic portrayal

[EricMontreal22]

Right and that's not so much true in Season 2, though I guess they had to go that route partly to lead to why it happened (something I am interested in but I hope this Mimi isn't just another deadend to lead to another reason in Season 3...)

[Bright Eyes]

[MichaelGL]

This show is amazing. I sort of feel that even if they get past the DID issues, I think the issues residing within the family itself would be good enough to watch play out on screen IMO.

Amello I totally forgot about Gene and him taking the picture. Kate's stories have been schizo this season, going from one plot to another. I hope this new story with her isn't short lived like the rest.

[Sylph]

Warum?

She won't. It's like revolving doors. First Junge left, now Soloway.

After that. Friends, Sex and the City, West Wing...

[JackPeyton]

IMHO, she steals the show.

[EricMontreal22]

Michael, I agree, but I can't see Showtime being happy with them continuing without the DID "gimmick". Amello, I'm glad to hear that but it makes me all the more curious about next year.

Sylph, on Showtime's Tara board the gossip is Saloway IS back--I guess she left last Fall (after writing several scripts, including the finale, for this season) but her project never went to full pilot stage. I'm glad--and it's not quite like Alexa--she was never a show runner, just one of the writers.

I don't get your Warum comment. :cry:

Agreed and this is the kinda thing I'd hope could be improved if the show became an hour... Though I know it won't--often it feels like we get the key plot points but not the stuff in between.

[Sylph]

Alexa was a showrunner.

Warum = why in German.

[EricMontreal22]

HA! I find her dialogue sometimes a bit too forced (in a Joss Whedon, someone who I generally like a lot, type way). I remember the pilot of Tara has a really obscure throwaway line referencing Small Wonder, that I doubt 80% of the audience would get (kinda sad that I did). Which is fine, but it didn't even seem in character. Still, she keeps her dialogue largely reigned in...

[JackPeyton]

Well im sure all of america wouldnt get a small wonder mention, i bet quite a bit more would than you think would.