Eternity - Episode 1x04 - Patients

So far this season, I’ve enjoyed each episode of Eternity. That opinion didn’t change at all in this episode. I was a little frightened coming into this episode, as it’s the first (and only) of any Angelo Shrine series to not be written by him. I was afraid things would fall apart, but this episode definitely proved me wrong. It was great.

At the start of the episode, I thought it was huge that Phil was reliving the same day. This could have changed everything from this point forward. To my surprise, it turns out that Phil wasn’t reliving the same day, just a tad bit crazy after hearing Groundhog Day all night. While I was disappointed that Phil wasn’t actually reliving the same day, I wasn’t angry at the trickery. I know that they’ll be something up your sleeve, Angelo, that’ll make up for it.

We didn’t see much of anybody in this episode besides Charley, Lana, and Phil (plus Wanda). This partly backs up my claim on how it seems that Simo and Lana serve little purpose. While Lana’s character is growing and is getting more face time, Simo is still in the background. I hope that we’ll see the same type of growth with Simo soon, or else I’ll be a little disappointed.

Charley continues to handle situations very strangely. The way he goes about things just seem very irrational to me. This is the third time that he has repeated a day, and yet he still slightly freaked out about it. I want him to start taking it in stride. He (slightly) understands what he has to do, so why can’t he just take it in stride and do it and get it over with? Why dwell on it? But, I must say at the same time, there is no way for me to truly tell how stressful it can get, considering the fact that I’ve never repeated a day.

Overall, this episode was great and definitely proved me wrong with my initial worries. I was definitely concerned that the writing would be much different, but if I didn’t see who wrote it, I would’ve sworn that you did, Angelo. Only 3 episodes and a movie left before my questions are (hopefully) answered. I can’t wait!

Jimbo’s Next Theory
Charley will begin not cooperating with the Gentleman until he gets more answers. Although, I get the feeling that the Gentleman wouldn’t give any more answers to him one way or the other… without putting a little fight.