It is my personal belief that the second part/episode of a trilogy/series tends to be a let-down: I think the second Harry Potter is the worst of the seven, Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back is in my mind far inferior to the other two originals, et cetera.  I was willing to attribute my “Sophomore Slump” theory to Royal Pains last week when I was disappointed by the second episode, and so I was waiting impatiently to prove myself right because a)I thought I might be onto something thesis-worthy and b)I really wanted to like it.

But I kind of thought it was a little lame again.  To be honest, I actually kept falling asleep during the show last night (don’t worry, I’ve caught up..) Firstly the opening scene with the dog-walker… really? reeeallly? Just me or a little contrived? And the “get me a towel and something sharp”-type lines are getting slightly repetitive and even less credible (but that’s probably just me.)

But then again, parts of it were still cool.  Seeing all of the sites we’re so used to passing by all the time hasn’t really got old yet, at least not for me. And not everything is that far-fetched: the whole not-noticing-a-deer-tick-until-you’re-half-paralysed-thing is totally feasable out here.

I really, really want to like this show. I’m thinking/hoping maybe they just need a couple of episodes to get the hang of things and that they’ll come back and knock us off our feet some Thursday soon..

Anyway, if you missed last night’s episode, here it is:

(By the way, is it just me or are is these maybe the strangest opening titles ever??)