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| But Mum, I've been spooning sand for 32 days... You sure I should keep going? |
I feel like I'm in one of those 'filler' episodes. You know the ones when the pace slows down
and nothing much seems to happen. The sort written by exhausted script writers
who finish up their plotting session with a half-hearted 'whatever, that'll
do.'
We watched one last night. It was episode 5 of season 3 of Westworld. It's
the only show we're following and released once a week so we can't even binge
watch it which, in these circumstances, is probably for the best.
One of the characters is given a pill called 'genre' and spends
the whole episode looking around him in slow-mo, thinking, what's going on?
Nothing,
that's what.
There was clever lighting
and lots of music, but no progression of the story.
What
we needed was an old or new character appearing to inject some excitement. A
change of pace. Some fresh and engaging scenery. SOME PARK SWINGS. A sheep to
feed. The seaside. A walk around the bloody block.
Oh, pause it a second...
I just received a message from a mother of 2 under
two's. She reports that her 'Easter Present
Campaign' had been a surprising success. It had involved all the neighbours in her apartment block
coming up with homemade gifts for each other and leaving them on each other's
doorstep.
Her little toddler had been thrilled to receive a drawing from
another toddler. A couple of teenagers had also joined in, unearthing some of
their old favourite children's books for her. All her neighbours had also
encouraged her to leave the flat and spend some time in the communal area with
her kids in the fresh air, something not previously condoned.
After reading her positive message I realise I'm not STUCK in
episode 5, after all.
This dull feeling will pass. Tomorrow episode 6 will begin and
though the new characters may be a woodlice and a spider rather than a human friend, and the change of scenery might be a tent in the living room
decorated with scarf; there's no reason it can't be a good episode.
In fact, I'm going to make sure it's a good one.
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