Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow...
Let me kick off this review by confessing that I wrongly assumed that this episode, "Off Ramp," would be my least favorite of the initial Season 2 episodes. We'd met the Murphys, caught up with the Garveys, and now we were going to head back into the gaping, moping maw of the Guilty Remnant to discover what happened to both Laurie and Tommy after the Season 1 finale. Not that I didn't anticipate this chapter being good, because, well, it's a great show, but Laurie and Tommy were never the brightest, shiniest parts of Season 1.
As it turns out, "Off Ramp" was my favorite of these first three. Nora may still contain a fighting inner spirit/fire, but she's "okay" right now. She's figured out how to move on and what she needs to feel safe. She's not the fascinatingly damaged gal that she was last year. Now it's time for Laurie to step forward as the show's unhinged heroine and scatter her wonderful angst all over the joint. Which, in the case of "Off Ramp," meant trying to save members of the GR while simultaneously exploiting them for her own book purposes. While - ahem - also burying and repressing her own emotions about the ruin and heartache she put her own family through. And it was amazing.
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Let me kick off this review by confessing that I wrongly assumed that this episode, "Off Ramp," would be my least favorite of the initial Season 2 episodes. We'd met the Murphys, caught up with the Garveys, and now we were going to head back into the gaping, moping maw of the Guilty Remnant to discover what happened to both Laurie and Tommy after the Season 1 finale. Not that I didn't anticipate this chapter being good, because, well, it's a great show, but Laurie and Tommy were never the brightest, shiniest parts of Season 1.
As it turns out, "Off Ramp" was my favorite of these first three. Nora may still contain a fighting inner spirit/fire, but she's "okay" right now. She's figured out how to move on and what she needs to feel safe. She's not the fascinatingly damaged gal that she was last year. Now it's time for Laurie to step forward as the show's unhinged heroine and scatter her wonderful angst all over the joint. Which, in the case of "Off Ramp," meant trying to save members of the GR while simultaneously exploiting them for her own book purposes. While - ahem - also burying and repressing her own emotions about the ruin and heartache she put her own family through. And it was amazing.
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