Private Practice – “What Happens Next”
Danger! This woman believes she always knows "what is right." Proceed with caution.
There are two ways to evaluate this episode, the follow up episode to the brutal depiction of Charlotte King’s rape.
First, you can consider the representation of a social issue–rape and its impact upon a survivor and everyone around her.
Second, you can consider the program as a fictional narrative from the perspective of plot, character, theme, etc.
For me to evaluate this episode, I have to do both because I’m rather torn about this episode.
On the first scale, that of the social issue, the episode is problematic, even disturbing.
On the second scale, that of the fictional series, I will focus on character. In this, the episode excels.
Quite the conundrum for the review, but here I go…
- November 15, 2010
- Karen
- Episode Review
- Private Practice, rape, social issue TV
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