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Watched Castle. Switched at birth.
Oct. 22nd, 2009 02:48 am
Seriously, did anybody NOT see that coming? You'll notice I didn't even bother with a spoiler warning.
Here's a hint. If the big reveal is going to revolve around somebody's baby not being their biological kid, stop doing that "light-haired parents, dark-haired kid" thing. Everybody does that when doing adoption or switched at birth or whatever, and it's cool, except that it ruins the twist ending. So if we're not intended to figure out the plot of the episode 10 minutes in, sacrifice convention and have everybody running around with the same color hair for a change!
Also? Everybody and their dog knows that two blond parents don't have brunet kids. Of course, everybody knows a lot of things that don't turn out to be true, granted*, but all the same - with that bit of knowledge firmly implanted in the cultural consciousness, how can these people be so! shocked! to find out that their kid isn't genetically their kid?
Why isn't this up on TVTropes on their entry on "Switched at birth"?
*I don't even know if it's true or not anymore. Sorry.
Here's a hint. If the big reveal is going to revolve around somebody's baby not being their biological kid, stop doing that "light-haired parents, dark-haired kid" thing. Everybody does that when doing adoption or switched at birth or whatever, and it's cool, except that it ruins the twist ending. So if we're not intended to figure out the plot of the episode 10 minutes in, sacrifice convention and have everybody running around with the same color hair for a change!
Also? Everybody and their dog knows that two blond parents don't have brunet kids. Of course, everybody knows a lot of things that don't turn out to be true, granted*, but all the same - with that bit of knowledge firmly implanted in the cultural consciousness, how can these people be so! shocked! to find out that their kid isn't genetically their kid?
Why isn't this up on TVTropes on their entry on "Switched at birth"?
*I don't even know if it's true or not anymore. Sorry.
