One thing about loss that makes it all the weightier and more tragic is that we are faced with the questions of how do we live on without that person in our lives and if the future is even near or just further away?
This is another one of my favorite episodes of the show. It sort of similar to the Twilight Zone episode "Long Distance Call" which was kind of about the same thing, though personally I think this episode is better. This one really deals with an uneasy issue about loss and dealing with it.
I like how the kid Michael is handled, he's not a stereotypical all smiles kid but feel like any ordinary kid, it was rare at the time having kids in tragic stories in the visual medium. But I personally like that because it really presents a reality about the element of tragedy that it can hit anyone, no matter what time of their life they're in, but also that it's never truly far away.
I'll admit the first part of it was suspenseful and almost frightening, to see someone so young enduring the loss of his father but also running low on gas on his own will to life, as we see him on the edge of a bridge. The sad truth there are cases of people this kids age that do contemplate and even commit suicide, things like that really make me think this country has a serious problem.
Even like the mom Susan is struggling to deal with loss. Unfortunately, her way of dealing isn't entirely healthy and unknowing to her has now caused great harm. From her own disbelief in her son's sightings of her late husband. However, the way she says this, I know she's saying this not with firmness but defensively; with defensive tones it's usually because it's a form of denial wanting to believe or disbelieve something despite what reality dictates; but also, because their hiding something. But also, the fact that she's become distant from her son and part of that is not wanting to talk about her husband to Mike.
That's understandable according to psychology one of the stages of grief and even part of what happens in loss is denial; when a loss is so heavily traumatic, they create certain mental blocks, so they don't have to feel traumatized or that grief all over again, but it really doesn't it just builds it up more and more. As we see her denial and distance has added more to Scott's pain and grief, making him feel he has no anchor to keep him in the land of the living.
From the next ordeal that happens to Michael along with a reveal with Susan, Susan realizes she can no longer play the denial game anymore and needs to open herself up to belief and do something now or she truly will lose everything. Can Susan stop her son from crossing that bridge to the afterlife, you'll just have to wait and find out.
Rating: 3 and a half stars.
This is another one of my favorite episodes of the show. It sort of similar to the Twilight Zone episode "Long Distance Call" which was kind of about the same thing, though personally I think this episode is better. This one really deals with an uneasy issue about loss and dealing with it.
I like how the kid Michael is handled, he's not a stereotypical all smiles kid but feel like any ordinary kid, it was rare at the time having kids in tragic stories in the visual medium. But I personally like that because it really presents a reality about the element of tragedy that it can hit anyone, no matter what time of their life they're in, but also that it's never truly far away.
I'll admit the first part of it was suspenseful and almost frightening, to see someone so young enduring the loss of his father but also running low on gas on his own will to life, as we see him on the edge of a bridge. The sad truth there are cases of people this kids age that do contemplate and even commit suicide, things like that really make me think this country has a serious problem.
Even like the mom Susan is struggling to deal with loss. Unfortunately, her way of dealing isn't entirely healthy and unknowing to her has now caused great harm. From her own disbelief in her son's sightings of her late husband. However, the way she says this, I know she's saying this not with firmness but defensively; with defensive tones it's usually because it's a form of denial wanting to believe or disbelieve something despite what reality dictates; but also, because their hiding something. But also, the fact that she's become distant from her son and part of that is not wanting to talk about her husband to Mike.
That's understandable according to psychology one of the stages of grief and even part of what happens in loss is denial; when a loss is so heavily traumatic, they create certain mental blocks, so they don't have to feel traumatized or that grief all over again, but it really doesn't it just builds it up more and more. As we see her denial and distance has added more to Scott's pain and grief, making him feel he has no anchor to keep him in the land of the living.
From the next ordeal that happens to Michael along with a reveal with Susan, Susan realizes she can no longer play the denial game anymore and needs to open herself up to belief and do something now or she truly will lose everything. Can Susan stop her son from crossing that bridge to the afterlife, you'll just have to wait and find out.
Rating: 3 and a half stars.
