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I was going to make
this post be about finishing my first scarf and the projects and the spark that
that I've found since then, but instead I decided to make this about TV.
I used to be the biggest non-fan of TV; I hated almost everything
on air. Then I realized how silly that was. I stopped thinking about it was
something other people watch and more of as a really long story. This idea
pertains to most shows.
Books are longer than movies, but shows are longer than books, and
I love that. I love having a long story with good characters and a nice moving
plot, yet stability. This has changed my mindset about most TV, and I am so
glad. I've discovered so many great shows that I would have totally written off
and now I love them whole heatedly.
This post is really about the show I just finished, In Plain Sight;
it's about a US Marshal who works for witness protection in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. There's many ups and downs through the show but the strong female lead
Mary Shannon gets through them all with out being a stereotype or resorting to judgments
on other characters. Mary is written very well, she is a strong independent
female who has spent her whole life taking care of her family, especially after
her father walked out when she was seven.
Mary carries this with her throughout the whole series, she
constantly tries to protect everyone around her, and this is not done in a
mollycoddling way, but instead through witty sarcasm, banter with her partner
Marshall Mann, and a strong clear determination. The character states several
times through the series that she is not a hugger, and it was said in at least
one episode that she isn't a people person; to me this makes Mary more likable.
The fact that even though she might not be able to stand people, or even trust
them most times that she will still risk her lives to protect them, criminal or
not if it is her job she will do it. The cold hard truth will be given to the
witnesses and they have to continue on.
In one episode Mary tells her mother who is an alcoholic that
better people than her have been through worse, while this seems very mean and
at the time it was, her mother actually listens to it and later repeats it back
to Mary. Instead of seeing only the bitter in the statement she could decipher
what Mary meant and has grown from it.
All of the characters start off one way and slightly one
dimensional even though the writing is good, but very soon do we see that they
have so many more dimensions and that you will want to see them through. By the
end of the show the characters have grown and changed so much, even into beings
you wouldn't think they could be, and they do things that would be out of
character in the beginning but because of the journeys they have gone on during
the five seasons they are now in character and you are rooting for each person
to be happy, and they are. Whether or not the ending is exactly what you
wanted, everyone is happy, lives have been lost and found and given and even
through changes and worst nightmares, there is a happy ending.
I urge you to check out this show, seasons one through three are
available on Netflix. You will not regret this choice, you may even go on a
journey with them, but keep in mind that even in the darkest of hours, they do
end up happy, whatever that may be you will have to watch to find out!
XOXO Lauryn
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