My new favorite TV show is the Medium. Yes, it is a little corny and, unless you believe in those things, a little out of this world, with the main character solving crimes by going to sleep and dreaming about what happened. But, there is a real-life dose of reality now in the show, with the husband of the main character a long time unemployed engineer.
In addition to the all important dreaming and crime solving, which is of course the basis for the show, we now see, if only briefly, the day to day problems of an unemployed professional as he struggles to cope with his situation, his family and trying to find another job. He is, by the way, an aeronautical engineer, which makes his situation even more difficult.
Granted, it is not the main plot focus, and if it was, it would probably be too depressing for anyone to watch. It does, however, give a picture of what it is like in today’s world and economy to have your life turned up-side-down. Last week’s episode even featured a plot line and guest character, also unemployed, who said that his family was falling apart and that he was “out of work so long that he almost forgot what it was like to work.”
Fortunately, I haven’t reached that point yet, or maybe I just have a long memory, but it is kind of refreshing to show a little bit of reality on something other than one of those “Reality” shows, which really aren’t so real anyway. I can’t wait to see how the show and the plot lines develop during the season.
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