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Did anyone besides me watch the episode tonight?
Even Lizzy Weiss tweeted that she was not watching it live. I guess everyone has pretty much given up. Switched at Birth is just not the same show that it used to be.
I didn't hate tonight's episode, so there's that.
The writing in and of itself was good. Ryan Lane's acting was good. It was a touching story. For me, it just is not the story that I wanted to see. I was not invested in tonight's story. I don't care about it. I have been jerked around too much by the writers to be able to care.
Regina and Eric? I always liked him as a character, but I don't care one iota about their relationship or about her relationship with Luca either.
A little over a year ago, I remember that a contributing editor to a political magazine tweeted Lizzy Weiss and asked why Daphne had to confess her kiss with Quinn to Mingo. He tweeted that nothing good ever comes of confessions like that. At first, his tweet seemed to go over Lizzy Weiss's head. She defended Daphne's morals for telling Mingo the truth and doing the right thing. Then, he tweeted again to explain himself, and Lizzy Weiss got it. She relented and said that Daphne told Mingo because she is young and didn't understand that sometimes the greater truth is revealed by keeping a secret.
Although it appears that Toby's fine wisdom is responsible, I get the feeling that series of tweets is how Regina truly came to decide it is okay to not tell Luca the truth. I wish that I cared.
The episode was well written as an entity unto itself, but the story arc for this season and for the series overall feels horribly off to me. I know that these are characters I have loved, and I am trying to muster some feeling for them as we approach the end, and I cannot.
Even seeing Emmett in the previews for the finale did not make me feel anything for his character, and I have always adored him. It is just that the writers are killing any feeling I have for any of the characters with the way they are allowing their story to unfold.
I thought John's scenes with Travis were nice. I like the character of Chris, but I do not know him well enough to care about him. I want to love Bay and Daphne's friendship, and instead, I cannot stand it.
Tonight, the writers had Bay's character insinuate that her relationship with Regina is strong, but we have not seen any evidence of that. The writers tell us a whole lot on this TV series, but they show us VERY LITTLE.
And of the things that the writers tell us, through their characters, they contradict themselves by having these same characters deliver lines with an opposing message in the very next episode.
I don't care what happens between Bay and Travis or to Bay and Travis. The writers have given us some sweet scenes between them in the last couple of episodes. They share a mature and healthy love. That's great, but there is nothing offered that makes them compelling to watch. I am glad that Bay could be there to help Travis through this difficult time in his life. I am glad that she has learned how to not reveal her boyfriend's secrets to his parent. I am glad that Travis's mother liked Bay's artichoke dip.
It's great to see all of the characters make strides towards growing up. But as for the story, the relationships that I care about have been neglected and abused with no chance for redemption now. I am disappointed in that.
Emmett is key to me. His relationship to Bay, Daphne, Toby, Regina, Kathryn, and John matters to me.
Bay's relationship with both Daphne and Regina feels horribly false, and I need it to feel right. Daphne has barely interacted with Toby, Kathryn, John, or Emmett this season. Why?
I want a message about family, and everything feels so false.
I want to care if Travis chooses baseball or Bay, and I don't.
At the end of Season 4, on her self-portrait, Bay put the words "forever brokenhearted over him." Well, I guess for Bay, forever lasts about all of two months, because she sure worked through her heartache over Emmett mighty quickly and moved on with Travis.
And oddly enough, I don't get the feeling if Travis moves on with his baseball career and leaves Bay that she'll be all that upset about it.
Everyone is so healthy and mature now.
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