Post by dedaved on Jul 10, 2012 20:42:27 GMT -5
Rating: 10
This tightly written, delightfully funny, elegant season finale brings us an all-time Moonlighting first: a case that is arguably just as engaging as the interplay between David and Maddie. This is not an easy feat given the nature of the interplay this time round. Our heroes are now faced with the “morning after” syndrome that has put many close friends with relationships infinitely less dysfunctional than D/M into a nightmare tailspin once they find themselves in each others bed. The reason To Heiress Human works so well is because it doesn’t try too hard (unlike the bombastic Season 2 finale Camille). The material is treated with restrained confidence by Kerry Ehrin who creates fireworks without exhausting us. When you sleep with a friend and have to deal with the consequences it can be a breeding ground for confusion, contempt, cowardice and in some cases complete dissolution of the friendship. The unavoidable “what now?” is a perplexing stumbling block that few can work around but if there is ONE thing that never helps it’s PACTS. Pacts do not work and watching Maddie and David pull back and forth on this issue is both heartbreakingly cathartic and hilarious for anyone who’s been through this very prickly situation.
Meanwhile David and Maddie are also seeking the truth behind the impending marriage of a shy, sheltered young woman with a sizable inheritance and a blue-collar bartender. Is the groom to be just after her money or does he love her as much as he claims? This poignant case compliments the emotional tilta-whirl D/M are caught up in so beautifully that it very nearly eclipses it. It’s simply the best-written case of the series (R.I.P. William Hickey).
Many fans like to pretend the episodes following To Heiress Human don’t exist. I am not among them. That said I DO see the preference in Moonlighting ending with D/M embracing each other into a traffic accident as opposed to the figurative car-wreck we got for an actual series finale.
This tightly written, delightfully funny, elegant season finale brings us an all-time Moonlighting first: a case that is arguably just as engaging as the interplay between David and Maddie. This is not an easy feat given the nature of the interplay this time round. Our heroes are now faced with the “morning after” syndrome that has put many close friends with relationships infinitely less dysfunctional than D/M into a nightmare tailspin once they find themselves in each others bed. The reason To Heiress Human works so well is because it doesn’t try too hard (unlike the bombastic Season 2 finale Camille). The material is treated with restrained confidence by Kerry Ehrin who creates fireworks without exhausting us. When you sleep with a friend and have to deal with the consequences it can be a breeding ground for confusion, contempt, cowardice and in some cases complete dissolution of the friendship. The unavoidable “what now?” is a perplexing stumbling block that few can work around but if there is ONE thing that never helps it’s PACTS. Pacts do not work and watching Maddie and David pull back and forth on this issue is both heartbreakingly cathartic and hilarious for anyone who’s been through this very prickly situation.
Meanwhile David and Maddie are also seeking the truth behind the impending marriage of a shy, sheltered young woman with a sizable inheritance and a blue-collar bartender. Is the groom to be just after her money or does he love her as much as he claims? This poignant case compliments the emotional tilta-whirl D/M are caught up in so beautifully that it very nearly eclipses it. It’s simply the best-written case of the series (R.I.P. William Hickey).
Many fans like to pretend the episodes following To Heiress Human don’t exist. I am not among them. That said I DO see the preference in Moonlighting ending with D/M embracing each other into a traffic accident as opposed to the figurative car-wreck we got for an actual series finale.