Review of A Gifted Man

A Gifted Man (2011–2012)
Deceptive.
25 September 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Deceptively good as in looked good without really being it.

The cast especially the women steal the show and distract from the fact that there is nothing really new or enduring here.

The usual tendency to prettily wrap every episode and slap a bow on it was very much in evidence here. So even though the lead starts out being a jerk by the end the good guy is very much in attendance.

Why can't TV characters struggle long and hard like the rest of us. Isn't it enough that they are "Network TV Good Looking" (thanks abed). Does everything else have to be effortless as well ?

Am curious to see what happens next but my interest is academic. Only one do gooder ghost with unfinished business. They already know and love each other. He takes about 2 minutes to accept her existence and about a second more to start following her instructions. Tries to get rid of her but chickens out. Where do they possibly go from here that translates into a series worth of episodes that one can actually look forward to with any sense of suspense.

If this turns into another medical drama with a token ghost then doubt it will last long.

Hope they prove me wrong and wish them luck in doing so.

Thank you.

Cancelled.
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