Well, it's looked ok to me, and Callie also gets creds for asking John at the end of the episode if he really meant this line, part of the little act the detectives put on to nab the bad guy (actually, a bad woman).
We don't get to see John's answer, but we did get a fine final episode, in which the current police and the past part of John in historical New York are finally meshing pretty well. Con artists are the common thread, in the 1920s and the 2008 parts, and of course conning most of the people around him is just what John has been doing his whole 400-year life.
Not to stretch this metaphor too far, but tantalizing the television viewer with just a beginning view of a series like this, a fine derriere moving swiftly around the corner, is a con job, too. I know, we're not paying for any of this, so maybe we're getting exactly what we're paying for, but I think New Amsterdam has real potential, and I'd like to see more.
It needs more time to develop. Callie irritated me as a character when she first came into the series a few weeks ago, but now that irritation is perhaps starting to make a little sense. If John is commenting about her ass, that means he's paying at least a little attention to it, and could that mean that ... Callie's the one?
Well, I'm still betting on partner Eva, and looking at Callie as a candidate for John's true love may be a little ass-backwards ...
But we'll know never know unless there's another season in the unsetting sun of John Amsterdam...
See also New Amsterdam, 1,2,3 ... 4. Poetry and Parenthesis ... 5. Meets Mad Men ... 6. The DNA of Art ... 7. What Kept John from Dying?
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5 comments:
Love your blog,but I've got to go with Callie as a possible candidate for "the one". I watched the pilot episode again with John in the subway when he had his heart attack. The EXACT moment of his distress coincides with a the opening of subway train car DOORS and the exiting of BLOND women.........some faces we see, some are not so clear. Yea, there is a very short, natty NOT Eva dark head, but the camera plays up the blonds.
I'm with Judy. Last night convinced me that Callie was the candidate. Until last night, we were thinking Eva, but I switched allegiances to the Callie camp.
I enjoyed your posts about New Amsterdam and I truly HOPE that Fox doesn't cancel it!! It is my favorite show and I can't wait to find out if Callie is the one, too!
Judy, AmyV, and anon - you may be right, I may have been too callous towards Callie...
Boo hoo! FOX cancels NA! Typical.
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