FAR OUT: the Pilot (Part 2+3) - Continued

By Ley on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 12:48

So far in the story, we’ve met most of the main characters, and have learned that Grace is rubbish at getting the ladies, Frankie still pines over Helen, and the rest of the group aren’t very happy about her latest one-night-stand with her.

So, will Grace start channelling “Shane” and finally become a hit with the ladies? Will Frankie stop obsessing with Helen and move on like her friends tell her to? And will the bar tender stop interrupting the flow of the episode with her random philosophical monologues and let us just watch the episode in peace? There’s only one way to find out.

Part 2 – “Don’t Diss My Proposal”

The second part of the pilot has much more of an information-overload feel to it, as we’ve previously met all the ladies, other than Cally and Jude. I think this works well, as their storyline is quite a big one, that having them start it right from the very start could have been too much to take in, though even doing the same with some of the other characters could also have helped.

We already know that Grace is still hung-up on Shelley, but when she meets her for the first time after they broke up… Shelley’s now 8 months pregnant! Sorry? What was that?? Shelley and Grace broke up, Shelley “went crazy”, then got knocked-up…ouch, poor Grace!

During her visit to Shelley’s, we find out that Grace proposed to Shelley while drunk, crying, and “insisting on trying everyone’s clothes on” (Sounds like a fun party!). Did I mention that she SUNG HER PROPOSAL? Now ok, maybe it wasn’t the best thing to do, but at least it’d be memorable!

We now get our first love scene of the series, preceded by a fun-fight, where you know exactly how it’s going to end…!

Maybe I’ve just been spoiled with love scenes in several other series, but the one between Kat and Jen that we see in this part just doesn’t feel right to me. However, I have decided it’s down to the fact that we’re so new to the characters and the few lines on the lead up to it is a little on the predictable side. Although I think there’s great potential for other scenes later in the series, once we get to know the characters a little better.