Season 1, Episode 2
Date of airing: December 2, 2016 (DR1)
Written by: Klaus Rasmussen
Directed by: Lars Kaalund
”Is Sara in love?”
“Yes.”
“In a person?”
“Definitely not in a dress.”
“I'm sorry for her.”
The main premise of the show still hasn't hit, but parts of the fairytale story that will enrich the majority of the season have been introduced here, with the Queen from <i>Snow White</i> already asking her mirror who is the fairest of them all. All I know about this show is that it is going through several different fairytales, and it seems like <i>Snow White</i> is going to be the first of the tales, with Sara assuming the role of Snow White when she and the story are ready to do so. In the meantime, Sara is already living in her own fairytale, seeing herself as the lady who is going to be kissed by the prince (Janus), and who is jealous of Emma (Janus's girlfriend) because she gets to have what Sara can't (a boy who is in love with her). This fits quite well with what Sara will go through when she inhabits the fairytales later, where she can live out her dreams of being the girl who is destined to become the princess. And now I understand why the prologue of the show's premise is already two episodes long, and the main premise hasn't begun yet, as it does take some time for Sara's own world to be established, for her real-life fairytale to get built up before she is thrown into the fictional fairytales.
While the show takes its sweet time to begin its main plot, it gets busy with another story that I found more interesting here than in the first episode: putting together a stage play. This episode had a bit of local theater politics going on, with Rikke having to ask Søren, the rich guy of the town, for some money, so that the set design can look its best. And in return, Søren just wants his daughter to play more than just a toad in the play. There is a bit of quid pro quo going on behind the scenes, which I hope gets more attention in later episodes.
One more thing of note: I'm watching the German dubbing of the show, and when Anna slipped and fell while ice skating, she actually dropped the F-bomb. The thing is, this show aired on the children's channel of the public broadcasting service in Germany, and I'm surprised they would allow F-bombs to be dropped on their channel.
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| The town's millionaire and only producer of the play wants certain scenes and actors to be included. |
