{"id":482,"date":"2022-05-18T19:21:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T19:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.orgosco.com\/theprofessionalpen\/?p=482"},"modified":"2022-07-24T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T07:00:00","slug":"review-stay-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.orgosco.com\/theprofessionalpen\/2022\/05\/18\/review-stay-close\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Review: STAY CLOSE"},"content":{"rendered":"

STAY CLOSE: Now streaming on Netflix. There’s brilliant dialogue in this series.\u00a0#SpoilerAlert<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s an example of dialogue that gives exposition without being on the nose.<\/p>\n

Two Detectives sit across from a set of parents, concern on their faces.<\/p>\n

INT. HOME – DAY
\nFather: A parent’s worst nightmare. Do you have kids?
\nFemale Detective: Yes, 2 years old.
\nMale Detective: No. My ex-wife didn’t want them.
\nThe female Detective looks at the male Detective knowing he’s lying but not giving him away.<\/p>\n

EXT. HOME – DAY
\nAs the Detectives walk to their car.<\/p>\n

Female Detective: I did want kids. I just didn’t…
\nMale Detective: … want them with me.<\/p>\n

She doesn’t negate it.
\n…
\nWe learn here for the first time that these two were married. We’ve been with them for several minutes at this point with no other evidence of anything but a working relationship. They even talk about the last woman he dated.<\/p>\n

In just those brief, subtle bits of dialogue, we learn that not only were they married but they have a decent relationship. There’s no tension. No hard feelings. It didn’t have to be spelled out for us. We’re smart. We get it.<\/p>\n

P.S. I learned so much British dialect. \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n

James Nesbitt acted his a$$ off.
\n…
\nCritique:<\/p>\n

– The main title sequence feels way out of tone for this show. It pulls me out every time.
\n– Really disappointed that our protagonist had absolutely nothing to do with the A-story – Who killed Carlton Flynn\/Who is the serial killer – and it was all just coincidental that things began happening to her family. I knew her hands were clean the whole time and I kept wishing that she was involved.<\/p>\n

Written By: Shannan E. Johnson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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