Showing posts with label La Brea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label La Brea. Show all posts

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Take Three: La Brea

La Brea: Season 1, Episode 3 “The Hunt” (B-)

As if being trapped twelve thousand years in the past wasn’t enough, losing pretty much the entire food supply to an animal that could very well kill all of them is likely to push them to their limits. Eve has emerged as a de facto leader of the group, but that’s also not likely to last since tensions will be high and others are going to want to take charge when their way doesn’t get selected. The growing acceptance of the fact that they are indeed stranded in the past is a positive, and working together is going to be the only way to find a way back. Learning about all of the characters’ backstories along the way is informative, though it’s also interesting to see that this show isn’t opting for a style like “Lost” where flashbacks fill in what they used to do and how they ended up where they were. Marybeth’s relationship with her son seems to be the most complicated, and they’ll probably end up getting closer as a result of their circumstances. That’s only the case for the Harris family, with more details on the aftermath of Gavin’s return and how his apparent hallucinations affected his relationship with his family members. I know I’ve seen actor Nicholas Gonzalez many times on shows like “The O.C.” and “The Flash,” and he’s a good choice to play Levi, the pilot with a deep and fractured connection with Gavin who went right into the sinkhole and now appears to be trapped there too.

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Round Two: La Brea

La Brea: Season 1, Episode 2 “Day Two” (B-)

This show really is a successor to “Lost” in terms of the format of its characters not knowing where they are, ending up somewhere impossible, and those back at home all assuming that they’re dead. What makes this one stand out is that it spends almost equal time back in the world everyone came from and the one they were transplanted to, with the government officials and scientists trying to understand how they could be where it appears they are and those who fell into the sinkhole grappling with the apparent existence of very much extinct animals. Scott recognizing the Tar Pits was a significant moment, one that is going to begin permeating that group and convincing them that they’re stranded way back in time, not that it will give them much of a leg up on how to get back to the present. Complicated relationships are being revealed, like the one between Louisiana cop Marybeth and the man she’s been chasing, who is apparently her son. And then there’s Veronica and her very much not-mute sister Lily, who are hiding big secrets that they don’t want anyone else to know. I enjoyed Eve pushing back to the psychoanalysis of her evidently running from something when she gets up every day to run ten miles at 5am, and she’s the one holding everything together and making sure that panic doesn’t set in, which it surely will soon. Back in the present, Gavin is beginning to comprehend what he’s been seeing for a long time, and his abilities are going to have a transformative impact.

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Pilot Review: La Brea

Check out my one-minute take on every new pilot, which is embedded below and you can also watch by subscribing to movieswithabe on YouTube.