You nailed all the things I love about Haven. It's just so hard to describe to people why this is so good. If you go with the show basics it sounds like so many other shows, but it's really not.
I really appreciate you pointing out that they're adults that sometimes do selfish and stupid things. Sometimes I see episode reactions where people are complaining that they think Nathan is OOC and I know they are saying that because they've typecast him as "better than that". I love how all of the internalized anger he has over his trouble and in the past, the relationship with the Chief, just bleed out in other arenas.
And Audrey -- someone has to teach me how to make the little heart things so I can put about a dozen around her name. This past season, I wanted to kick her a lot for caving to the destiny. On the other hand, her mission of helping the troubled gets solved if she caves. And I love her attitude about her relationship with Lucy and Sarah. It would be so easy for her to cave to bitterness that these entities have stolen her past in a lot of ways. But no, she embraces them as pieces of herself. Her reaction to Nathan's indiscretion with Sarah so underscored this. She didn't forgive him, but just accepted it as a natural outcome.
During those last couple of episodes, I came to the realization that Vince and Dave were the Duke and Nathan of Lucy's generation. Assuming the town isn't burned to ash, I'd like to see Audrey react to that. They've got the perspective that what they feel will (and should?) remain unrequited. But I think that she would own Lucy's relationship with them, just as much as she understands what happened between Nathan and Sarah.
Also, Nathan is the father of the Colorado Kid! <-- Do we really have to wait until the fall?
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I really appreciate you pointing out that they're adults that sometimes do selfish and stupid things. Sometimes I see episode reactions where people are complaining that they think Nathan is OOC and I know they are saying that because they've typecast him as "better than that". I love how all of the internalized anger he has over his trouble and in the past, the relationship with the Chief, just bleed out in other arenas.
And Audrey -- someone has to teach me how to make the little heart things so I can put about a dozen around her name. This past season, I wanted to kick her a lot for caving to the destiny. On the other hand, her mission of helping the troubled gets solved if she caves. And I love her attitude about her relationship with Lucy and Sarah. It would be so easy for her to cave to bitterness that these entities have stolen her past in a lot of ways. But no, she embraces them as pieces of herself. Her reaction to Nathan's indiscretion with Sarah so underscored this. She didn't forgive him, but just accepted it as a natural outcome.
During those last couple of episodes, I came to the realization that Vince and Dave were the Duke and Nathan of Lucy's generation. Assuming the town isn't burned to ash, I'd like to see Audrey react to that. They've got the perspective that what they feel will (and should?) remain unrequited. But I think that she would own Lucy's relationship with them, just as much as she understands what happened between Nathan and Sarah.
Also, Nathan is the father of the Colorado Kid! <-- Do we really have to wait until the fall?