Especially if you're a fan of the book. However, my son who has not read the book thought that this was simply a boring episode that wasted x minutes of his life.
There are filler episodes in most series, i.e. episodes that you can safely skip since they: A) Do not add anything important to the storyline B) Reset the show. I.e. anything that happens in that particular episode has no effect on the rest of the series. Some parts of it may be in contradiction of events of previous episodes or storyline itself.
This is a pretty nice example of such filler episodes. There is little - if any - stuff that is of any importance. Dialogue and events are in contradiction of the storyline - and quite frankly, this proves why some authors write best-seller books and some have to be content to write dialogue for a television series. I wish these screenwriters had read the book - or even the scripts of the three previous episodes with some thought put into it.
At the beginning of the show, Shadow is in prison for assault. He is not a master of magic tricks to start with, but has learned coin tricks in prison because he had to spend time there and wanted to do something with the time at hand. Robbie is his best mate from years back who has got him a job. Now it felt as if he was nearly a complete stranger.
There are some beautifully directed scenes and some decent acting. However, the scenes are quite long cuts. There was this juvenile joke that was classic Adam Sandler - funny, i.e. some children in kindergarten might laugh at the joke: a woman farting loudly at the toilet seat. The rest of the world - not. Poor dialogue at the same time? Yay.
There are two main characters in the show: Shadow and Wednesday. I can see the screenwriters going "Hey, lets make an entire episode about a completely different character for fun. We'll cut significant pieces of storyline from the book to make room for this".
I wish someone had warned me about this episode. At least now you have been warned...
There are filler episodes in most series, i.e. episodes that you can safely skip since they: A) Do not add anything important to the storyline B) Reset the show. I.e. anything that happens in that particular episode has no effect on the rest of the series. Some parts of it may be in contradiction of events of previous episodes or storyline itself.
This is a pretty nice example of such filler episodes. There is little - if any - stuff that is of any importance. Dialogue and events are in contradiction of the storyline - and quite frankly, this proves why some authors write best-seller books and some have to be content to write dialogue for a television series. I wish these screenwriters had read the book - or even the scripts of the three previous episodes with some thought put into it.
At the beginning of the show, Shadow is in prison for assault. He is not a master of magic tricks to start with, but has learned coin tricks in prison because he had to spend time there and wanted to do something with the time at hand. Robbie is his best mate from years back who has got him a job. Now it felt as if he was nearly a complete stranger.
There are some beautifully directed scenes and some decent acting. However, the scenes are quite long cuts. There was this juvenile joke that was classic Adam Sandler - funny, i.e. some children in kindergarten might laugh at the joke: a woman farting loudly at the toilet seat. The rest of the world - not. Poor dialogue at the same time? Yay.
There are two main characters in the show: Shadow and Wednesday. I can see the screenwriters going "Hey, lets make an entire episode about a completely different character for fun. We'll cut significant pieces of storyline from the book to make room for this".
I wish someone had warned me about this episode. At least now you have been warned...