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Well if you were expecting a picnic on a sunny day within a meadow of pretty wildflowers after the first episode of "Sharp Objects", think again. Further darkness and despair in this episode, "Dirt" reveals Camille uses a sowing pin on her flesh as a coping mechanism, a funeral where Adora (Clarkson) tries to keep Camille from taking notes about what she sees from those in attendance, Adora constantly asking Camille where she's been then with guile retracting with how she doesn't want to know, a small town so in terror kids aren't allowed on playgrounds or even away from their porches without strict parental presence, an eyewitness to a woman in white kidnapping the second victim not taken seriously by Chief Vickery (Craven) because his mom is a meth addict with cancer who allows him to keep a gun nearby, former high school cheerleader friends of Camille all gossipy and "mean girl" when congregated together during a gathering after the funeral at the victim's house, reported gossip regarding the brother of the second victim being "too close" to his sister, and memories of a cold mother neglecting love to Camille. Reporting to her editor occasionally, Camille lays out what she has to Frank (Sandoval), not knowing that a reason behind her being sent home is to rehabilitate her mental well-being. Doesn't seem to be working all that well. Amma (Scanlen) continues to present a well-behaved, obedient, precious doll to Adora while outside the home, when she can get away, Camille sees her shoplifting liquor while out with teen friends in a service station. The Adora hugging her grieving Amma farce is read right though by Camille who realizes her sister is quite the clever actress. To further document how hands-off and cool-off the marriage is between Adora and Alan (Czerny) a mere attempt to romantically slow dance to a little soft music is thwarted because Adora isn't interested. Camille does indeed meet the requirements of what was mockingly mentioned in a conversation as "intrepid journalist"; in this episode, she noses about, following leads where they come, confronting the chief and Detective Willis (Messina) with the woman in white spotting while attending the funeral and after party with complete focus in trying to determine who might want her dead, soon realizing this second victim was very similar to Camille when she was young. Adora never fails to cold fish Camille, her disapproval in her daughter's work and general behavior always mentioned, the comments quite pointed and targeted. It is not surprising Camille is a wreck trying to keep herself together, hoping to maintain her resolve while the pain of an unloving mother wears on her entire being. The second victim had teeth pulled from her mouth and Willis reenacts this with a pig, realizing that it isn't so easy to do that with one tooth much less many. It is revealed here that the Krellin wealth comes from their hog-slaughtering business. The mother with cancer worked for Adora.

I understand that this show has strong actors and has a good story in novel form it is based on.

But you can't tell me that a single thing happened here. We need more from TV than asking whether a certain look should be interpreted some way.

It is like a rejected True Detective season so far, and that is saying something given how Season 2 of that show panned out.

Objetos Cortantes (2018)

Series

1st Season

Episode Two - Dirt

Amy Adams' boss, in some camera angles, looks like Brazilian actor Lima Duarte.

I loved the gossipy friend.

Continuing my suspicion of Amy Adams' half-sister, I can't trust people who have a dollhouse replica of their own house.

How nervous Amy Adams is, needling herself all the time, the damage her mother did to her was gigantic.

I loved the gossipy friend.

Amy Adams' boss, in some camera angles, looks like Brazilian actor Lima Duarte.

Episode two of the first season of the Objetos Cortantes Miniseries watched on May 21, 2024.

Rating: 8/10.

Still no hook, despite the wonderful Amy Adams at their disposal. Dirt's a slight improvement on the first episode, but that's not saying much. The family dynamic's terrible and Clarkson's character completely unrealistic. An example of how good this type of show can be, 2011's "The Killing."

Her mother doesn't like her job. She doesn't like Camille. The third girl murdered was a tom-girl find of spiders and the forest. Her teeth were taken out and the detective tried it on a giant pig head to see if it requires too much effort. Nobody likes the father of the other victim, the man who thinks it's better that his daughter got killed instead of being raped. The boy whose mother has cancer claims he saw her when she was abducted by the woman in white in the woods. That's a local horror folklore and the kid isn't reliable because he lies a lot and they're poor.

The actors and the atmosphere are great. I think this is even a bit better than the pilot.