I’m sorry I stopped reviewing state of mind regularly. I’ll give my opinion at the end of the season (which should be pretty soon afaik), but it’s just really hard to review episode by episode, given that what’s best about it is the dialogue. I’d have to quote and recap almost whole episodes. over the course of the season so far state of mind lacks character progress. you know how in storytelling formats the main character evolves – anne bellows doesn’t really do that, at least not a lot. I’m still waiting for a conclusive explanation for that. we’ll see…
I also have a another new show on my list since just about now: Journeyman
Dan Vasser occasionally (or rather quite often) travels into the past, not that he would want that or could prevent it, he’s pretty much fate’s bitch, changing lives and saving people while he’s in the past. What makes this even more interesting is that his own past is quite a piece of work and not necessarily something he wants to go back to. Plus suddenly being absent from his own present for even days at a time benefits neither the relationship with his wife and son nor with his employer. Fate’s bitch indeed. The first episode was basically just the exposition (great, now I have the exposition song in my head), and I’m quite eager to see how it will go on, but so far I’m on board and thrilled to see if Dan will change his own past and endanger his present. The show is well written, doesn’t look cheap and I really enjoyed the seamless segues from present to past and back.
Dan Vasser is played by Kevin McKidd (Trainspotting, Rome*) who is originally Scottish (weirdly accent free though) and has freakishly blue eyes. I enjoyed him quite a lot as Dan. He’s very intense, especially in that scene where he passionately rips open his patio to prove to his wife (Gretchen Egolf, she reminds me of some other actress, don’t yet know who though…) that he isn’t going nuts or doing drugs. Apparently McKidd is set to play Dylan Thomas in a biopic currently filming (Interesting…). Some will also know Reed Diamond, who’s playing Dan’s brother, as Amy’s love interest Stuart on Judging Amy.
Journeyman is written by Kevin Falls who co-exec produced both Aaron Sorkin shows The West Wing and Sports Night as well as written for both of them. Director Alex Graves has directing credits on shows like The West Wing, Sports Night, The Practice and Ally McBeal. Come to think of it…. so many Sorkin associates – this show has to be good.
What else is interesting? The journeyman, his dead ex-girlfriend, his brother, and his wife, who used to be the brother’s girlfriend. Confusing? Yes. Explosive? Indeed. But none the less interesting.
Journeyman airs Mondays on NBC, starting September 24th.
* I still haven’t watched Rome! Bad me, maybe I should.
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September 26, 2007 at 9:14 am
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