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A Gifted Man (2011)
A Gifted Man is worth keeping
This is an excellent show, for sets, costumes, script and above all, acting. It is good entertainment for me. I look forward to it. What I like about it? I am attracted to the back and forth between a posh and a poor neighbourhood in New York. Character development is inevitable, and fascinating, as well done. I am attracted to well treated themes of survival of the soul after it leaves the body. I am wondering, however, where this story of the dead ex-wife contacting the live ex-husband is heading. Perhaps nowhere? Perhaps the husband will join his wife on the other side of the veil, which might be a bit of a downer. How can there be an American hero winner in that eventuality? The writers have landed themselves in a bit of a twilight soup here, but I don't care, as long as they keep dishing out the kind of episodes that we have enjoyed so far. I guess this delightful program is going to go the way of "Joan of Arcadia", which I enjoyed so much. Just one thing I don't get: Why does this ghostly ex-wife not have a choice about when she shows up? Doesn't quite jibe with what I have read and experienced about the afterlife. Not a big problem for me. Just a bit of a mystery. CBS doesn't seem to cater to people like me. Very disappointed at this cancellation project. Don't do it! Give this show another season. If you don't I wish all the best to cast and crew in finding new jobs.