Thursday, May 16, 2013

What I’m Watching: The Big C (Penultimate Episode)


The Big C: Season 4, Episode 3 “Quality of Death” (B+)

As the end approaches, it’s clear that Cathy wants to go out on her own terms without impacting anyone else in any way. That doesn’t stop her from taking a wild joyride in the car, and she wants to make sure that she’s leaving an impression, shaming the rude orderly after he mocked one of the other hospice patients. Cathy nearly getting strangled by her new friend and realizing that she wasn’t ready to die was emotional, but nothing was more powerful than the sight of Dr. Sherman showing up and having a nice heart-to-heart with Cathy, which was predictably but still devastatingly revealed to be a hallucination since Dr. Sherman had in fact died a week earlier. Showing up to wear her own dress at the fashion show was quite a triumph, and I suspect that may be the last we’ll see of Cathy up and about and doing well. Adam firing Amber was a satisfying moment since she’s been nothing but irritating, and it did serve to shock Paul back into action after he froze following Cathy’s admission to hospice. Seeing them physically fight, with Adam unsurprisingly ending up on top, was worrisome, but it’s clear that they’re just dealing with Cathy’s condition in their own different ways. Sean having second thoughts about his kidney transplant because of the many risks was expected, and I have a feeling that he’ll go through with it because he needs to feel like he contributed somehow. Next week’s finale is sure to be memorable, and, though it may be on her own terms, Cathy isn’t likely to have a happy ending.

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