As fun and whimsical as the penultimate episode was, to me it's as if the show was meandering. The whole point of the show became second banana to the
whodunit stuff and the Olive and Emerson stories. Yes, the cast is terrific, but it reminded me a bit of the demise of Northern Exposure my former Best Show
Ever. It died in sort of the same way as PD - there were three episodes in the can that CBS didn't bother to show until late in the summer (after it was
cancelled much earlier in the season). When those 3 shows finally appeared they were... okay. But like NX lost Doctor Fleischman and had absolutely no idea
what to do with the new MD and his wife - who were IMO unfairly castigated by fans of the show for being so lifeless - it's as if TPTB of PD really
didn't know what to do with the High Concept of PD. They have six wonderful characters in PC (including the mermaids) but it was as if they didn't
know how to properly mesh them.
I will miss this show after next week, but will miss it even more because of the whimsical perfection of season 1.
I will miss this show after next week, but will miss it even more because of the whimsical perfection of season 1.
