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I was going to give this show a 9 rating for the reasons written below, but the final scene, after Elsbeth just tells us she feels sorry for the villain because of his skill as a director and her appreciation for what all is involved with good theater and acting, and sad for his demise, yet at the same time happy that she "gets the job", and the fountain spraying and the lights in the background, like a Broadway show, make me realize the producers and writers and actors are trying to do something really great here.

I only watched this pilot because I saw a recent article about Carrie Preston, the main character, who I liked because of her role with "Person of Interest" as Finch's fiance, a small, but significant role, in a series that touched on big picture issues like AI or government corruption, and personal issues of love and trust and sacrifice, with great guest actors, and even humor, and great shots of The Big Apple So, too, Elsbeth has great shots of the Big Apple, and this time, the references to acting and fun, interesting details about stage plays, though this is not my world, I appreciate how it can teach us about ourselves, so I see this series going in that direction, not only a fun, Columbo 2.0, but interesting details for us to learn from. Maybe even Carrie's real life husband Michael Emerson can be a guest character, or even others from Person of Interest, and probably various talented stage actors. With great location shots of NYC, maybe even The Big Apple will get its shine back!

Sarah Silverman here is one of many great guest actors, comedians and artists who have been on the show over the years. In this episode it is almost all comedy, but with a point, often referring to other themes of the show.

She is really great, and not to compare with other great actors who have been on the show, but it makes me think of John Turturro playing Monk's brother, Ambrose. With Sarah it is almost all comedy, but with some good points about fan obsession, and reflectively, the fallacy of an "idol" being self-deceived by flattery, edging to the serious, but teaching through humor.

With Ambrose, it can be very deep, his own phobias can be humurous, but like Adrian, are also serious, so too their sibling relationship, and any long term family friendship relationship, the humor and the pathos leading to a deeper appreciation and wisdom about the value of people in our lives, even with their shortcomings.

I was just flipping channels the other evening and saw this show "Tracker" with Kevin Hartley in great location scene of an episode called "Missoula", so I was intrigued, first, seeing Kevin Hartley, who was part of one of the all time great shows "This Is Us", each of those characters having had so many great scenes, the great writing and production of that show, and then, to see this show, seeming like some kind of investigative, psychological crime drama, with great location shots....and then finding out that part of the show is to go to different places around the country, like Klamath Falls, and Kevin has to help someone out of a bad situation. Great storyline, and great potential, and great chance for Kevin to use his star power to give an opportunity for quality writers, producers and actors to make a thoughtful show.

Just seeing actors from This Is Us branch out and try to make good television and films, and to cheer them on with great memories of This Is Us is part of the fun.