Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow...
As much as I enjoy Ann Dowd (in general) and her work as Patti back in Season 1, I'll admit to having had more than a few reservations about her returning to play a ghost in Season 2. Or - you know - a figment. Or whatever it is that Kevin's now secretly seeing and trying desperately to ignore. There've just been so many TV shows and movies that have done the ol' imaginary "not there" character that I couldn't get excited for this new bend in the story. Plus, some of this also felt like a type of "We liked this actress a lot and didn't want her to leave the show" rejiggering.
But, man, this was all handled really well. I mean, this issue - this "Patti" problem - wasn't treated lightly or flippantly. Nor was it given the cliched "guilty conscience" treatment (not that Kevin isn't haunted by the ordeal). And so "A Matter of Geography" wound up being an amazing episode, filled with heart and some truly genuine shocks.
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As much as I enjoy Ann Dowd (in general) and her work as Patti back in Season 1, I'll admit to having had more than a few reservations about her returning to play a ghost in Season 2. Or - you know - a figment. Or whatever it is that Kevin's now secretly seeing and trying desperately to ignore. There've just been so many TV shows and movies that have done the ol' imaginary "not there" character that I couldn't get excited for this new bend in the story. Plus, some of this also felt like a type of "We liked this actress a lot and didn't want her to leave the show" rejiggering.
But, man, this was all handled really well. I mean, this issue - this "Patti" problem - wasn't treated lightly or flippantly. Nor was it given the cliched "guilty conscience" treatment (not that Kevin isn't haunted by the ordeal). And so "A Matter of Geography" wound up being an amazing episode, filled with heart and some truly genuine shocks.
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