Monday, October 1, 2012

"666 Park Avenue": Should you move in?

Vanessa Williams as Olivia Doran, right, and Terry O'Quinn as Gavin Doran in a scene from the ABC series "666 Park Avenue." / ABC/AP
(CBS News) Horror hit the small screen Sunday night with "666 Park Avenue," ABC's new mystery drama series, which centers around residents of The Drake, an historic residential apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Tackling horror on prime-time TV is something even the show's executive producer Matt Miller knows is risky. "It is a challenge. It's not a genre typically done on TV," he told TV Guide.

"666 Park Avenue"

Based loosely on a series of books by Gabriella Pierce, "666 Park Avenue" begins by following a young Midwestern couple who moves to New York City and ends up with a job as co-resident managers of The Drake. Jane (Rachael Taylor), an unemployed architect, and her lawyer husband, Henry (Dave Annable), get set up in a luxury 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment complex in The Drake. Impressed by the big space, they ask why the previous tenant had left. All they found out was that he moved "somewhere warmer."
The building's owners Gavin and Olivia Doran (Terry O'Quinn and Vanessa Williams) take the lovebirds in with open arms, inviting them to a black-tie symphony gala. In an effort to win Jane over, Olivia takes Jane shopping and buys her an expensive red gown for the event.
In the mean time, Jane starts to dig around The Drake's history, even going to the library to locate old newspaper articles. Gavin plans to do redo the space, and Jane, with her architectural background, lobbies to help restore the building.
Still, throughout the episode both Jane and Henry get signs that something is off with their new bosses. At one point, someone tells Henry, "You seem like a good kid...You should keep better company." Another resident (seemingly a ghost) tells Jane, "You shouldn't have come here. They're never going to let you go."
It's too late for that, as Jane and Henry already signed a contract -- and without reading it.
Horror and tragedy seep into the episode with blood and ghosts. People get sucked into walls, and a young woman falls off a rooftop. Another resident gets caught in between elevator doors

2 comments:

  1. Very interesting in light of its being juxtaposition-ed in time with "Last Ounce of Courage" and "Unconditional" and the latest "Bourne Identity". There are theological threads of archetypical truths running through each. Couple these with the video on "Prophetic Perspectives On Current Events" of last Frid. which featured a book, "Life In The Light" by an author whose name has a dark humor relationship, or should I say 'scatological' humor...probably more aptly!
    Am reminded of the Geoff Moore song, "Scarlet Thread" and the Number 23" movie about a Black Thread, and the "22" threads I've been meditating on.

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  2. Also am reminded of the Elegant Universe with its 11 dimensional threads, also a very significant number!

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