Season 1 – Saving Grace

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Tomorrow I SPOILERS ABOUND BELOW ON ALL 3 SEASONS. Watched all three seasons of this show on Hulu. I'm a huge holly Hunter fan and think that she is almost infinitely talented and, as an added bonus, gorgeous. Grace is a fascinating character, with her "last chance angel" Earl (played amazingly by Leon Rippy) playing off of each other with humor tinged with sadness. Grace, a gifted detective (I've yet to see a detective as hot as most of the ones on TV, lol) is objectively a mess in her personal life. And by "mess," I'm being gender neutral, because a guy living her lifestyle (HARD drinking, sex out the wazoo, affairs with married coworkers) would be labelled the same. The show is meh. When it focuses on the premise, it's interesting, but the cases that Grace goes on are formulaic and predictable. Every once in awhile a supernatural event occurs (aside from when Earl appears, as only Grace can see him except in rare occasions he allows others to), but the terrestrial cases Grace works on arent head scratchers: it's the usual "Walker: Texas Ranger" villain of the week, with a perfectly timed confession in the final 6-10 minutes. I give the show 2.5 stars because the part that WAS interesting (Grace and her purpose and how it connects with the supernatural) just didn't pay off after 3 seasons of waiting for it to do so. Leon can intervene, but the rules on when he can/can't, will/won't seem to be arbitrary. He doesn't know why God has chosen her to receive his support any more than she does. There's a running sight gag about God being a dog with a giant lolling tongue... Don't know why that was or where it came from. Hunter kills it as Grace, showing a character with nuance, depth, and flaws. It's when she's playing Grace when GRACE is undercover that sometimes elicits groans, like when Hunter played a hassidic Jewish wife, or a junkie. Not the best scenes. There's also a character NAMED "Leon" who grace hits with her car in a drunk driving accident early on, but Earl intervenes and somehow he's in death row for another murder and somehow he and Grace are linked. Why? No idea. Doesn't pay off at all. Around Season 3, they introduce an evil character, alleged Satan or Satan-adjacent. This character comes out of nowhere and they retcon events from Grace's life to attach to him as the source of some consistent negative force... Every meaningfully bad thing that's happened in her life, it's this characters fault. Except he only shows up in the last few episodes of the final season so you don't really have time to build up a dislike for him before he's the embodiment of everything Grace is not. I spoiled a lot here but I'm not going to spoil the very end. That said, it's undercooked, abrupt, and anticlimactic. Great premise, done "meh." Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/09/23 Full Review Lee H I loved every episode. I loved each character. There is something very loveable about this cast. Almost as endearing as the FIREFLY cast. I love Holly Hunter and she's fabulous as Grace. But the rest of this ensemble was a nice surprise. Everyone carries their own and helps to execute a master class on how to entertain. When an episode airs on TV, I still watch the whole thing. I know what's going to happen but it's like slipping on an old fuzzy robe. Saving Grace is my comfort level. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/22 Full Review Read all reviews

Saving Grace — Season 1

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