Posts Tagged‘strange luck’

Flying Under the Radar by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall “A guy like me, it’s better I fly under the radar.”  Chance Harper sums up his own wary appreciation that his life is not like other men’s in Friday night’s episode, the third in the series “Strange Luck”.  He knows that there is something special about him, and now and then he lets us see the pain it causes him.  Like the one-legged man he chases throughout the episode, he is hobbled by a major lack in his life–his elusive missing brother.  But the brother himself, if he…

Last Chance by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall I’m getting to really enjoy this show (“Strange Luck”), as much for what’s hiding in the corners as for what’s sitting out in plain view. The quirky minor characters who add depth to the show, the melancholy, stark score, the low-key but effective performances are driving forward a show rooted in absurdity and creating a universe where, for an hour anyway, I can believe in “Strange Luck”. In Friday’s episode, “Last Chance”, our hero Chance Harper drops in to his local mechanic’s to pick up his car and finds his…