S01.E02: A Hundred Bucks Says You Won't

[AnimeMania]

Caitlin meets with Yancy to discuss her suspicions about her stepmother Eve. Yancy learns of Eve’s secret boyfriend.

Premiere Date: Aug. 14, 2024        Apple TV+   

[Snazzy Daisy]

[Snazzy Daisy]

The narrator has asked us to be patient with the 2 storylines because everything will eventually make sense. It doesn’t take a genius to know this since we see vapid Eve appears in both stories. Duh. 

Rosa borrowing a “super cute top” from a corpse she’s autopsying is twisted and disturbing. 😳

I wonder what kind of curse the vaguely mystical Dragon Queen will put on that property developer, Christopher.

 

[SeanBug]

I am a fan of Carl Hiaasen but hadn't read this book. 

The narration was bugging me in the first episode, but fortunately they didn't seem to be using it as much in the second.  I'm still not sure why they felt it necessary. Books are adapted all the time without the need of an audiobook accompaniment. 

I guess sometimes it takes sticking with an episode or two to get into a show. By the end of second episode I was really enjoying this.

Well of course the two stories are going to come together. Do they think no one has ever read a crime thriller?  Why would anyone tell two stories at the same time that had nothing in common. 

So the kid who was shot was the one who took the arm out and dumped it, I'm guessing. 

The only thing I can say is they better leave the little Pomeranian alone. Unless he's going to go outside the wife's house and dig up a body part. 

[aghst]

So they really like Tom Petty, both of the first two episodes features different Petty tracks.

It’s set in the present but features music which is 30-40 years old.  Is it trying to set a retro vibe or did they get a deal on the music clearance.

Yancy didn’t know if Rosa was old enough to have seen The Real World.

Shawoman’s magic is bringing Yancy and. Neville together?  Otherwise wondering if she will appear in any more eps.

Rob Delaney’s character is a radical departure if you’ve only seen him on Catastrophe.  Guess he couldn’t get a gig on Bad Sisters.

[Anela]

Did the hand on the arm, have its middle finger extended? 
I wish they’d put all of the episodes up at once. 

[iMonrey]

On 8/16/2024 at 9:52 AM, SeanBug said:

The narration was bugging me in the first episode, but fortunately they didn't seem to be using it as much in the second.  I'm still not sure why they felt it necessary.

Because they are going for a 1940s classic noir detective type story. Which almost always featured this type of narration.

[SoMuchTV]

On 8/14/2024 at 10:07 PM, Snazzy Daisy said:

Rosa borrowing a “super cute top” from a corpse she’s autopsying is twisted and disturbing. 😳

That’s one thing I wish they would have left as a more low key sight gag rather than expositioning it into the ground. But overall I’m enjoying it. I’m a fan of Hiaasen but I’ve forgotten enough details so it’s basically new to me. 

[sjankis630]

I don't know but I felt this episode was a little bit worse than the first one. It just didn't gel for me for some reason. And they are doing 10 episodes? If this goes 1 per week for the future I am not sure this will hold my interest.

 

[Milburn Stone]

On 8/14/2024 at 9:07 PM, Snazzy Daisy said:

Rosa borrowing a “super cute top” from a corpse she’s autopsying is twisted and disturbing. 😳

I wonder whether the creators intend us to feel we should hold Rosa at arm's length for the time being, since she's capable of being immoral/unethical/twisted.

That would make sense, except how the scene played made me think we're supposed to consider her playful/quirky/madcap.

Which would mean the creators are not as aware as they should be about how their characters are landing.