Terra Nova: Season 1, Episode 7 “Proof” (C+)
I’m not sure what it is exactly that’s holding this show back, but after a decent episode last week, we’re back to the same subpar silliness that we saw before that. What’s most specifically problematic about this episode is the focus on the Shannon family. I understand that Jim is the head cop and Elisabeth is the head doctor, so to speak, but to highlight their children so extensively, especially sans romantic interests in this hour, makes it seem like everyone and everything else in Terra Nova is insignificant. Josh and Maddy are about the two least subtle human beings on the planet, irrespective of time, and they don’t seem to care about listening to anyone else, sounding out their thoughts and then accepting them despite the contradicting observations of others. When Skye tells you that what you’re doing is crazy, it’s time to listen up, especially if you’re planning on confessing and blowing the whistle on the whole operation just to help save one poor patient. I’m not sure we quite needed Zoe’s constant vampire musings, and there was an incredible lack of stakes when it came to the fake Dr. Horton trying to kill Maddy with a deadly spider moments after letting Zoe run off with an obvious distress message to give to Jim. Now that Taylor is aware that Mira can communicate with the future, one would hope that they’d use Boylan or Josh to their advantage, but I have a feeling that nothing’s going to come of it just yet, given that we’re just past the halfway point of the season.
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