Plus, my own personal relationship with the spoilers is a bit divergent from the rest of the population.
I rarely mind having something spoiled and often find that it actually enhances my enjoyment of whatevers been spoiled.
Turkey seems like a beautiful place to go with picturesque cities influenced by both European and Middle Eastern culture.
Japan would really be an amazing foodie journey.
Colombia or Peru is definitely where Id most like to go in South America.
Ok, onto the review.
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
Dr. John Thackery is dead.
Or at least Dr. John Thackery looks like it’s dead.
So, Thackery could not be dead.
And Im going to operate under that assumption for the rest of this review.
ShouldThe Knickdecide to make a fool of me next season, Ill live with that.
Id like writing a review where the main character dies anyway.
*Man,Game of Thronesis pretty great.
Its becoming the dramatic pay cable equivalent of The Simpsonsdid it first.
Even right now I dont particularly care that it wasnt that good.
Still, in some strange, perverse way that kind of makes the impact of killing Thackery even better.
Thackery is the only component of This Is All We Are that truly, unreservedly works.
The rest is a disappointing mishmash of cliches or poor character development.
*Note: I went with 4.
The first is a lack of cohesiveness.
Aside from one explosive conversation, Alge and Roberston rarely shared the same room in season two.
Each disparate plotline throughout the season felt particularly disjointed.
The other aspect that this episode struggles with is broader and more destructive.
Season two ofThe Knickoften confused what was interesting dramatically with what was interesting on a character-level.
As is pairing him with the now patricidal Lucy to form a strange, over-the-top villainous couple.
Thankfully, the conclusion of Dr. Thackerys storyline and life nearly redeems them all.
Thackerys death accomplishes something that little else in season two could: it giveThe Knicksomething to say.
This show opened with a brilliant physician killing himself because he couldnt solve a mystery of the human body.
Why even bother trying to fix it?
All we are is a gross collection of squishy parts anyway.
Its a fascinating, intriguing, heartbreaking bookend of tragedies.
As with most tragedies, however, life goes on.
I have a hard time seeing that happening in season three.
Rating:
4 out of 5
