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Title: Disappointed, Frankly
Review: I went into this show expecting to love it. I enjoyed Sela Ward on "Sisters" ... I'm a huge fan of Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick's previous work (including "Family," "thirtysomething" and "My So-Called Life") ... plus I'm a total sucker for a well-written romance. So it pains me to report how much I ended up NOT liking "Once & Again." I'm not even really sure how to explain it, except to say that there was never a single moment, the whole time I was watching it, when I wasn't acutely aware that I was watching actors acting. The whole thing seemed very artificial and contrived. The adolescent characters didn't ring true for me, either, nor did the character of Lily's sister ... and since these characters are integral to the plot development, that left a huge believability deficit for me. I actually ended up returning the DVD set for a refund. Hopefully it will be purchased by someone who enjoys the show as much as the rest of you seem to.
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