What a mixed bag here. The road trip started out pretty pointless and disconnected, though mother and daughter did end up in a much better place because of it. The creepy Danish guy though... if the intention is to create intrigue, then they're really missing the goal posts with him. His overwhelming creepiness and interjected comments are just annoying... and... creepy. Crazy stalker creepy. And in general, who leaves a complete stranger alone in their house these days without first checking credentials? Or even letting them in through the front door, especially with the recent events to do with the return of their jailbirded daughter. No matter how fawning said stranger is, nor what emotional turmoil the homeowner is in? Especially one as loud in the creepy stranger department as this guy is. Not sure if the problem here is the writing, the direction, or the casting agent who chose this actor.
And I can't decide if the weird relationship between the mother and her daughter's ex boyfriend is just there for shock value, or it's supposed to be representing a deep seated anger in the mother because of what her daughter's actions have cost her and her family, but there's such a lack of connection between the two characters that's it ends up being boring -- well at least until the cuckolded husband intercepts that text message between the two of them and takes matters into his own hands. Now that part was funny. It reminded me that it wasn't just the daughter that has been in a jail (of some sort) for the past seventeen years and now, she's not the only one that is finally chucking the shackles of the past out the back door.
I almost stopped watching after the first two episodes -- I couldn't figure out the point of the story being told, but with episode three, and now this one, I'm willing to stick with these people a bit longer and see what else floats to the surface.
And I can't decide if the weird relationship between the mother and her daughter's ex boyfriend is just there for shock value, or it's supposed to be representing a deep seated anger in the mother because of what her daughter's actions have cost her and her family, but there's such a lack of connection between the two characters that's it ends up being boring -- well at least until the cuckolded husband intercepts that text message between the two of them and takes matters into his own hands. Now that part was funny. It reminded me that it wasn't just the daughter that has been in a jail (of some sort) for the past seventeen years and now, she's not the only one that is finally chucking the shackles of the past out the back door.
I almost stopped watching after the first two episodes -- I couldn't figure out the point of the story being told, but with episode three, and now this one, I'm willing to stick with these people a bit longer and see what else floats to the surface.
