Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
Mabel, played by Selena Gomez, and Theo, played by James Caverly, bond and open up about their pasts.
Many people are hailing this as Gomez’s finest moment on the show, her big emotional back story. Whilst I think Gomez did give a good performance, I thought her delivery left a little to be desired and thought that her facial acting was woefully lacking. Though she is reciting what is supposed to be a painful story from her past her face stays mostly the same throughout, this is not how to act for any one looking to start out.
However, I did find Mabel and Theo to be a good pairing and hopefully we will see more of the two of them together later in the season. Gomez and Caverly have good on-screen chemistry together and are a believable duo. In addition, I thought this episode was actually better for featuring Steve Martin and Martin Short less, the two of them are becoming very one note this season and by focusing this episode mainly around Mabel it helps it to stay fresh.
I think the idea of the blackout leaves the episode off on an interesting place, I would much prefer if we knew that this show was heading into its final episode this season but as there are still two more episodes after the next one we know they are just going to keep dragging this out.
Overall, better for giving Mabel a bigger focus
Pros.
Mabel and Theo make a good pair
Mabel’s backstory
The ending tease
Cons.
They are still stretching out a paper thin mystery
Gomez’s performance leaves something to be desired
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