'Breeders’ Episode 7 Review: Show's overtly realistic nature and slow plotline have reduced pace of the story
FX’s ‘Breeders’ is almost near its end with only a few more episodes left of the series. And yet, we don’t seem to have moved further than where we started. For seven episodes and counting, we have been seeing Ally and Paul Worsley struggling with their family issues, namely kids, their daily tantrums, their own relationship concerns, and even Ally’s father until he died.
In the middle of all the chaos, Paul has been trying for a while to propose to Ally and every time he puts forth the question, she either skirts the topic or dissuades Paul from the convention. It was no different this time around as well. But we had expected better, just as much Paul did. After Ally’s father’s sudden death and all the changes that came with it, Paul was hoping to stabilize their partnership and perhaps expected Ally will finally say yes.
Turns out, she does not. Whether Paul was as much disappointed or not, we definitely are.
We have been patiently waiting for a while now to see some major developments in the plot, but every episode, the story does not move beyond a few inches. So far, the most significant incident that brought about some changes within the family was Michael’s (Ally’s father) death. It was a big change of events for Paul and Ally, but it didn’t mark a turning point for the story.
It only had a momentary impact on Ally and eventually, she got her closure and moved on. We anticipated that perhaps, Episode ‘No Exit’ will bring that "big change" and Ally would say yes (or even a no would make some difference), but to no avail. The episode dragged on and on with the two of them bickering about whether to go out or not in the rain, while the children kept cribbing, It was like watching your noisy neighbors and their kids who never change their tune.
Yes, we do have to agree that the concept of ‘Breeders’ and its execution is quite realistic, and as we all know, in real life, events don’t move as fast or as dramatically as in fiction. Having said that, we also feel that being too realistic could be a major drawback of the show, and that is leading to very slow and dragged plotlines in every episode.
Now, as we wait for the last few episodes to air, we can only hope that the story takes a turn and ends far from where it started, or the idea of going through this journey will be futile, wouldn’t it?
‘Breeders’ airs every Monday night at 10 pm/9c, only on FX.
