Tales of the Strolling Lifeless “Blair/Gina” was written by Kari Drake and was directed by Michael E Satrazemis (Concern the Strolling Lifeless, The Strolling Lifeless). Drake additionally wrote for Defiance, which I beloved, Misplaced in House and Severance. Nevertheless, this Groundhog Day episode was one of many worst episodes of the franchise – and I’m embrace World Past. Don’t get me fallacious, I actually like Parker Posey (Blair) and loved Jillian Bell (Gina), however the story itself was lame.
Blair is a stereotypical egocentric, bitchy boss, and Gina is the equally stereotypical blue collar, downtrodden receptionist. The 2 should relive the identical hour time and again, presumably in order that they’ll “study” one thing about themselves after which transfer on. Did we have to add the layer of a zombie apocalypse to this story? I suppose we’re additionally ripping off Glad Loss of life Day – and that is speculated to be a “black” comedy. However I had no need to see that film…
Posey, particularly, delivers a stable efficiency that believably transforms her character. It was exhausting to not discover her garments fairly humorous – was that high made out of Astro-turf? And will Gina’s garments conflict any extra with one another? Nevertheless, that was about it for the humor for me.
I used to be principally rolling my eyes and checking my watch, however in direction of the top of the episode, the characters lastly began opening up to one another and having a number of good soul-baring moments collectively. I believed, okay, this isn’t dangerous if they’re really going to study one thing about themselves. There’s no manner this ever suits into the precise Strolling Lifeless universe, however okay. After which… the tanker blows up, and so they aren’t killed, and Gina insists that Blair has a persona dysfunction and none of this has actually simply occurred… so let’s simply negate any emotional development.
What I’ve at all times appreciated about The Strolling Lifeless is what it is ready to say about humanity and society via the characters. This episode virtually received there solely to throw all of it away in the previous few moments, leaving us solely with a sight gag of the 2 girls’s scorched off hair that appears like dangerous do’s from the 1980’s… What did you consider the episode? Let me know your ideas within the feedback beneath!
