joebloggs69
Wednesday 17th October 2012 8:27am
78 posts
I'm not really sure why he was in hospital. I mean, I know he was having his appendix out, but story-wise what purpose did it serve? At first I though that maybe Addison wasn't able to appear in a few episodes much due to being on tour or something, but he seems to be in it just as much as normal - he's just in hospital. It feels like the set up to a joke that hasn't arrived.
Regarding Tucker - I always felt he was like Captain Jack in Pirates of the Caribbean (bear with me). In both cases, those characters were brilliant because they didn't have to carry the story. Will & Elizabeth/the minister and her team carried the story, Jack/Tucker were free to wander in and out of the story being funny and causing mayhem, occasionally affecting the story (especially at the end), but not actually bearing the load (with a few exceptions).
However, in both the final Pirates film and this latest series of TTOI, Jack/Tucker have had to play a more central role, and so have had to carry more of the story, thereby weighing them down and not allowing them to do what they do best. And do you know what, in both cases they have been a far cry from their previous incarnations.
I hate myself for doing this. Slagging off a succesful programme when I can't write for toffee myself. But I can't help it, I get annoyed because I admire it so much and I hate to see it being treated this way. It's like a poor cover of a song you've always loved.
By the way, if the BBC are trawling this site for script editors, 1) I didn't realise the Beeb were that desperate, 2) I am available.