I really like this series. I didn't follow it on TV, I only began watching it since I got Netflix. I have mentioned before that Nathan the detective/Chief/detective is wimpy and weak and he demonstrates it again in this episode. I don't know why they chose to write his character this way but it is a little irritating to watch. In fact I hate watching just about any character who makes really stupid decisions and is emotionally labile.
When Duke/Nathan and Nathan/Duke trap Mara in a room at the psych ward in order to unleash a reincarnation trouble on her out of Duke's body (which Nathan is in since they switched bodies due to the switching trouble) Nathan/Duke cuts Duke's body's hand to drip blood on the floor and release the trouble on Mara. But Nathan wimps out again, looking up at Duke/Nathan through the door window saying "I can't, I can't. I can't concentrate." Thus the trouble is not released and Mara, dressed like a deputy, is able to escape in the commotion by convincing orderlies that she was attacked by a couple of mentally disturbed people.
To me, it really ruins a show when writers stoop to making characters weak, wimpy, or stupid to develop the plot. It would be just as easy to have someone else act in a very clever manner to achieve the same ends. They really overdue the wimpy stupid weak character device and it is disturbing to watch.
When Duke/Nathan and Nathan/Duke trap Mara in a room at the psych ward in order to unleash a reincarnation trouble on her out of Duke's body (which Nathan is in since they switched bodies due to the switching trouble) Nathan/Duke cuts Duke's body's hand to drip blood on the floor and release the trouble on Mara. But Nathan wimps out again, looking up at Duke/Nathan through the door window saying "I can't, I can't. I can't concentrate." Thus the trouble is not released and Mara, dressed like a deputy, is able to escape in the commotion by convincing orderlies that she was attacked by a couple of mentally disturbed people.
To me, it really ruins a show when writers stoop to making characters weak, wimpy, or stupid to develop the plot. It would be just as easy to have someone else act in a very clever manner to achieve the same ends. They really overdue the wimpy stupid weak character device and it is disturbing to watch.
