Saturday, August 6, 2011

"Drop Dead Diva"

I started watching this on free to air T.V. but never
saw the first episode. Well Austar starting showing
it on T.V.1 and I watched the first episode last night.

I must say that I was disappointed in how Deb died. No
dramatic crash over a cliff top, just a slight fender
bender with a truck carrying grapefruit which "SOMEHOW"
escaped the truck and fell into Deb's car, as she had
the top down. I have seen shows were cars have flipped
umpteen times and the drivers walk away witout a mark
(I have aways thought that impossible! I mean there
should be SOMETHING!.) But the mild crash resulting
in death, really not believeable. Then Jane is shot
in the office and though the nurse and doctor say it
is only a 'flesh wound' she flat lines, perhaps a blood
clot? we are not told but once again a 'mild' "accident"
results in death!

I also noted on the computer screen, that Fred pulls up
of her life, that Deb has a younger sister. But in a
later episode where Deb's parents get divorced. Bobby
(Deb's mother) tells Jane (who we know has Deb's soul)
that she and her husband only kept the marriage together
because Deb had some picture in her head that she had
the perfect family with the perfect parents who had the
perfect marriage.

We see Deb's parents house and there are pageant pictures
and ribbons and photos of Deb all over the place but
nothing of any other girl or young woaman. Deb died at
24 so a younger sister should be in the range 18-22!

I did love the way that Deb came back to earth for
another chance at life. She pushed the RETURN (ENTER
on my computer, though on typewriters it is the return
button) BUTTON on Fred's computer. So she has no-one
else to blame but herself that she is in Jane's 'body.'

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