Momentum Review: Vindication Season 1

 

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, to vindicate is "to free from allegation or blame." 

Pureflix has just released the second season of their popular crime drama, Vindication, and my son and I binged the first season to get ready!  The ten episodes of the first season did not disappoint.  At the beginning, it looked like each episode was going to be a separate case, and while that was true, later in the season, you started to see background story that was weaving through them all with Detective Travis and his family.  The plot was integrated well and the characters and their issues were believable.

While the show is produced with a Christian worldview and is marketed as teen-friendly, I would interject that it is more for older teens.  The subject matter is dealt with appropriately, but the show does deal with adult themes such as affairs, drugs, human trafficking, and prostitution.  It also deals with teenage relationships and sexting, and if your teen is ready to discuss these topics, it is a good breaking ground for discussion.  I watched Season 1 with my 15-year-old son, and while the plot kept him somewhat interested in watching all the episodes to see what would happen, the show was a bit intense for him; he prefers lighter subjects and a bit of humor.  He hasn't really watched other police dramas.

As crime dramas go, this one is top-notch, and the actors are stellar.  I am excited to see T.C. Stallings join the cast in Season 2!

Next week I will be reviewing an episode of Season 2, and of course there will be a giveaway, so stay tuned!

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Flyby Review: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

I am running very late with this review, as I was supposed to post it last week so that you could see the first episode this past Sunday night!  Well, if you found Signed, Sealed, Delivered on the Hallmark Channel Sunday night - created by Martha Williamson, executive producer of Touched By an Angel - then you know what a great treasure it is.  If you didn't, let me get you tuned in this week!

Whatever does happen to all that mail that can't be delivered?  Well, I've had it returned to me because I got one digit wrong and the post office refused to deliver it until I corrected the digit and applied another stamp.  In the original Miracle on 34th Street movie, the postal workers delivered all the letters addressed to "Santa Claus" to the old man who claimed to be Kris Kringle who was on trial at the courthouse.  According to this show, however, there is a department assigned just to track down the recipients of undeliverable mail.  The mysteries they uncover and their extreme seriousness and dedication to their task, which is amusing at times, make for a great television mystery show.

I watched one episode of this new gem, and I am hooked.  So is my 8-year-old son, who begged to start it over because he missed the beginning.  The characters are immediately endearing, and the show appeals to all ages.  What I really love is that the show has Christian content but does not seem like an hour of preaching.  It is good, wholesome, family entertainment from a Christian worldview.  Bits of Scripture are sprinkled into the conversation along with quotes from Shakespeare.  As C.S. Lewis said (not sure that I have the exact quote), we don't need more Christian writers; we just need more writers who are Christian.

Tune in to the Hallmark Channel Sunday nights at 8/7c to see Signed, Sealed, Delivered for yourself.  It is the perfect combination of comedy, romance, drama, and mystery that the whole family will love!

The new original series Signed, Sealed, Delivered is a wonderful combination of romance, comedy and drama that follows the lives of four postal detectives who transform themselves into a team of detectives to track down intended recipients of undeliverable mail. Their missions take them out of the office where redirected letters and packages can save lives, solve crimes, reunite old loves and change futures by arriving late but somehow always on time. The team includes charming Oliver O’Toole (Eric Mabius), the group's leader is a man of faith who prayerfully approaches his work with the goal of making a difference in people's lives; new team member, Shane McInerney (Kristin Booth), a technophile who brings 21st century sensibility to the group; free-spirited, “girl next door” Rita Haywith (Crystal Lowe) who has a photographic memory; and lovable Norman Dorman (Geoff Gustafson), a master in conventional research methods.
The show aires SUNDAYS, 8/7c on Hallmark

Website: http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/signedsealeddelivered

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/signedsealeddeliveredtv?ref=br_tf

Facebook for creator Martha Williamson: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Martha-Williamson/609169295802010

Disclaimer:  I received a link to preview this show for the purpose of review.