We Are Not Who We Are Haven Syfy, Fridays, 9/10 PM “As You Were” Written by Jose Molina Directed by Rob Lieberman “Do you trust me?” —Nathan Boy, how I love a good house-party story—a bunch of folks stuck in a remote house, preferably large and creepy, with a killer among them. Agatha Christie refined the idea with And Then There Were None, about a bunch of people stuck on an island, being killed off one by one. Harper’s Island reprised that theme recently. John W. Campbell’s seminal 1938 novella, “Who Goes There?”, added a shapechanger to raise the paranoia level, and became…
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Haven: “The Hand You Were Dealt”
Hothead Haven Syfy, Fridays, 9/10 PM “The Hand You Were Dealt” Written by Jim Dunn Directed by Rick Rosenthal “…this strange little Petrie dish.” —Julia Carr What keeps me coming back to this show is the surprise quotient. It seems to be a highly—even boringly—predictable show. I keep telling myself that. Yet I keep tuning in every Friday, and despite the occasional cringe at the dialogue or clumsy plotting, I enjoy myself. If this sounds like left-handed praise, I suppose it is. I think this show has gelled, I think it is growing legs—I just don’t know it that’s enough.…