1899

[Drunk Monk]

1899



THE WIDOW!!!

I must watch. Team Widow forever.

The widow has top billing for this new series. She plays a doctor of ‘the brain,’ but has her own mental issues. She’s dressed in deep red gowns to offset her radiant gingerness. There’s a lot of her in this so far so that’s okay. She’s good so far in this. Still have so many fond memories of her in person. I will always be team widow.

I’m 2.5 eps deep - hour long eps, 8 or 10 of them. It’s a ship crossing the Atlantic from Europe to the US, and each character seems to have secrets. There’s a lost ship from the fleet, and they find it abandoned, except for … well I won’t spoil it but the mystery begins. I hope it’s not just a mystery for mystery’s sake like Lost. I hope there is a point to all of this. I think it’s about the Bermuda Triangle.

The ominous electronic soundtrack is overdone and seems a tad anachronistic but the theme song is a version of Slick’s White Rabbit (a personal anthem) so I’ll give the music a pass.

I’m not fully engaged in the mystery, only mildly interested. I only tune in for the widow scenes and the Cantonese speaking geisha. 

The characters feel a bit forced but maybe that’s just their establishment is clunky. Everyone is speaking different languages - French, Cantonese, some Dutch language, German, Spanish, so subtitles are a must. 

There’s that hierarchical division of wealth like in Titanic - the rich elite, the poor stowed below deck, the ship’s crew, and this adds the coal shovelers.

The jury is still out about a D00M recommendation. I must get further in before ruling on a verdict. I’ll keep watching to remember all those good times I had with the widow.