My main problem with this episode was that they changed actress for Cassie, but didn`t change approach to the character. They should have because that new actress has different type of personality. The original Cassie was gentle or softer (don`t know how to describe it) so if she went little crazy it would be expansion of character and could be interesting to watch. But the new actress is tougher type, so with her it came out as she was ungrateful brat. And I don`t buy every teenager is like that, especially not those who lived through some hardships and new what they could loose.
So I think if they for example turned that first scene with B-Day to humor and Cassie would tell with laugh that she is too old to spend her B-Day with her mom and aunt, instead of being very annoyed, it would deliver the message about character (inpending sickness and teenage behavior) without half the people disliking the character. And similar changes should have been done through a whole episode. I think if they played with and shifted a nuances a little it could turned out as great episode. As it is now, I don`t care much about this ep cos I can`t get past how they portrayed Cassie.
I liked that they allowed Janet shine though.
So I think if they for example turned that first scene with B-Day to humor and Cassie would tell with laugh that she is too old to spend her B-Day with her mom and aunt, instead of being very annoyed, it would deliver the message about character (inpending sickness and teenage behavior) without half the people disliking the character. And similar changes should have been done through a whole episode. I think if they played with and shifted a nuances a little it could turned out as great episode. As it is now, I don`t care much about this ep cos I can`t get past how they portrayed Cassie.
I liked that they allowed Janet shine though.
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