213.藍調人生 (The Indigo Angel)

播出時間:12/1(四).2011
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★☆
思索指數★★★★★

內容簡介
角色與譯名
Sam Brown:山姆伯朗
Zack/Isaac:柴克/艾沙克

古道熱腸,善良敦厚的山姆伯朗,年輕時在紐約初聞藍調後,愛不釋手之餘開了「靛藍夜總會」,以熱情洋溢的音樂與暖人心扉的熱情接待每位顧客,也吸引許多知名藍調音樂家紛至沓來,成為他畢生的朋友。如今山姆年老體衰,孫子柴克有意賣掉夜總會,將爺爺帶回紐約照顧。然而山姆堅持在「伯爵夫人」指示前,絕不輕言關閉一生苦心經營的夜總會。柴克卻認為袓父心智失常,「伯爵夫人」與過往名人不過是其泛泛空想。眼見袓孫相持不下,天使們會如何幫助柴克明瞭袓父一生的心血?「伯爵夫人」究竟是誰?他充滿悠揚藍調的一生,有何令人重溫再三,難以忘懷的回憶?

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Written by: Glenn Berenbeim & R.J. Colleary
Directed by: Jon Andersen
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen, and Robert J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Andrew John Dye
Sam Brown Hal Linden
Zach Brown Geoffrey Nauffts
Al Jarreau as himself
B.B. King as himself
Dr. John as himself
Al Hirt as himself

Club Indigo, once St. Louis' premier blues and jazz club, has fallen hard times. Its owner, SAM (Hal Linden), is getting on and his grandson ZACH (Geoffrey Nauffts) arrives to convince his grandfather to sell the club and move into a nursing home. Sam resists. He's always told Zach that "The Countess" told him "do nothing, 'til you hear from me" and he's sticking to those words. Zach assumes that Sam has embroidered the past greatness of the club, and that he's made up stories of all the jazz greats who played there and were friends. Especially that story about "The Countess"--the mysterious singer who arrived in the sixties and put the club back on the map.

Whether these stories are true or not, it's apparent that Sam should really be in a nursing home--he's losing his memory as well as his physical well-being. But Sam has always had an open-mic night on Mondays, and despite his grandson's protests, proceeds to hire Monica to M.C. Monday's open-mic performance. When we see that Andrew, the Angel-of-Death, is a border in Sam's basement, we sense that Monday's open-mic night might be his last. Zach tricks Sam into signing a power of attorney agreement so that he can do what he thinks is best for his grandfather. But then, to Zach's astonishment, the singer Al Jarreau shows up--Sam's stories were all true, including the one about "The Countess".

We see in a flashback that "The Countess" was actually Tess. The final open-mic night is a triumph: a packed house gets to hear music and tributes to Sam from B.B. King, Dr. John, and Al Hirt. And then "The Countess" makes a return appearance. She brings down the house, as Sam passes away. Zach reconsiders selling Club Indigo; instead he'll transform it to The Sam Brown Blues Museum.

212.愁雲慘霧 (Rock’n’Roll Dad)

播出時間:11/30(三).2011
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★
思索指數★★★★

內容簡介
劇中角色與譯名
Jon Mateos:約翰馬泰爾
Evie:依薇
Samantha:莎曼
Dylan:狄倫
Kathleen Sullivan:凱琳蘇利文

大意:
約翰馬泰爾為知名搖滾歌星,擁有令人稱羨的事業,賢淑的妻子依薇與一對乖巧的兒女莎曼與狄倫。然而約翰的歌曲經常有「神已死,希望破滅」等褻瀆上帝,滿佈黑暗的歌詞。依薇擔憂如此歌曲會對歌迷與兒女造成不良影響,甚至剝奪人們的盼望,但約翰卻絲毫不以為意,認為依薇大驚小怪。直到發生了件令他痛不欲生的劇變,使約翰借酒澆愁,一蹶不振,一切陷入愁雲慘霧,險些造成家庭與事業分崩離析,方才覺悟,樂風煥然一新。究竟發生了什麼事?至忠服事上帝的三位天使,在這當中扮演什麼角色,使約翰一家否極泰來?



Directed by: Tim Van PattenWritten by: Andrew Smith
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen, and Robert J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Andrew John Dye
Jon Mateos A Martinez
Murray Richard Roundtree
Evie Mateos Rosalind Allen
Samantha Mateos Ivey Lloyd
Dylan Mateos Spencer Klein
Kathleen Sullivan


Rock'n'Roll star JON BORDERS (A Martinez) has it all: a loving wife, EVIE (Rosalind Allen), a devoted teenage daughter SAMANTHA, and a wiseass son, DYLAN. He relies on Evie for support and she responds by trying to be everywhere and do everything for him. Borders' comfortable world is turned upside down when Evie, rushing from her daughter's concert to a TV appearance by Jon, is killed in a car accident. Faced with actually having to raise his children, and deal with their emotional trauma, Borders rereats into work and then rapidly descends into drink and drug use.
Monica, who is Jon's driver, watches as his attempts to record a new son, "Nowhere", disappear down the bottle and up his nose. Tess is the kids' nanny; Samantha slips around her to go out with friends to a concert. But en route they stop at a motel to party. Samantha didn't plan on this and runs out. She pages her Dad, but he's too stoned to pick up her page. Eventually Sam hitches a ride with a trucker. When the driver points out they're right at the spot where Evie died, Sam insists on getting out and staying there alone. she looks down the ravine where her mother died--then slips and falls into it herself. At the bottom, Sam finds her mother 's purse, with a notation of a song Evie was writing for Jon. Andrew, the Angel-of-Death, sppears, but then Tess appears also to comfort Samantha.
Back in the recording studio, Monica reveals herself to Jon, pointing out to him that the word NOWHERE may also be read as NOW HERE. She leads him to his daughter, and the show ends with Jon and Samantha on TV, singing the song that Evie wrote.

211. 妖言惑眾 (The Feather)


播出時間:11/17(三).2011
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★☆
思索指數★★★★

本集為第一季第10集『榮光奏鳴曲』續集。平安夜經歷奇蹟後,聖誕節當日會眾議論紛紛,對於奇蹟代表的意義眾說紛紜,莫衷一是。有人認為是上帝的恩賜,有人認為神的審判將至。與哥哥韋恩共同見證奇蹟的喬伊,拾得天使身邊的白鴿掉落的羽毛,不慎被一名自稱牧師的陌生人查理拿走。看似道貌岸然,一副「牧師本色」的查理,很快贏得會眾的心,即將正式就任牧師。但查理究竟是誰?其真面目為何?黛絲與蒙妮卡要如何幫助會眾了解聖誕奇蹟真正的意義?
The sequel to the first season's Christmas episode "Fear Not", "The Feather" continues the story of a little church's congregation now that they've seen Monica reveal herself in all her glory. Awed, trying to figure out what it all means, the congregation is susceptible to CHARLES, a con artist posing as a preacher. He seizes a feather which fell from Monica's dove and holds it up to the congregation as physical proof of the miracle. He's diverting piles of donation offerings into his own pockets when he's confronted by WAYNE (Randy Travis)--who turns out to be his brother. Years ago, Charles and Wayne ran the preacher scam together; Wayne is now a reformed man and he's determined to stop Charles. The issue is brought to a head when Joey, who's been ministering to a crack baby that was left in the church, brings the infant to Charles for a healing. Charles can't do it, of course, but Monica reveals herself again and reminds the congregation that they worshipped a feather instead of a King and their need for fame deafened them to the cries of a little baby. Charles is humbled and the congregation is once again put on the right track.

210.重逢待來日 (‘Til We Meet Again)



播出時間:11/23(三).2011
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★☆
思索指數★★★★★ 

年過80的喬卡本特久病不癒,即將與世長辭。長女凱特、次子克里斯與么女晶柏莉都先後回來見父親最後一面。喬在初次發病時即透過醫師立了生前遺囑,不進行任何搶救,並希望能在自宅和家人圍繞下辭世。克里斯與晶柏莉皆接受父親將死的事實,凱特若不肯放棄希望。然而,這個家庭隱藏著一個秘密,一旦曝光,喬奉獻一生的家庭恐將分崩離析。這個秘密究竟是什麼?化身為家訪護士的蒙妮卡與室內設計師的黛絲,會如何在秘密曝光後幫助這家人,使喬平靜無憂地離世?
 The Carpenter family gathers as their father, Joe prepares to die at home. Although grown, the siblings demonstrate the roles they have become accustomed to. Kate, the eldest, takes charge like their mother, Elizabeth but is not quite as overbearing. Chris, the middle child, stuns his sisters with the news that he is estranged from his wife. And Kim, the youngest, is the creative one who never seemed to fit in with the rest of the family . Monica and Tess, as the home-care nurse and interior decorator (respectively), get caught in the crossfire as Chris and Kim resist Kate's domineering behavior. The angels' mission is to help expose a family secret before Joe dies. Andrew, the Angel of Death, informs his comrades that that time is rapidly approaching. Amidst a heated argument, Kate exposes the secret--Kim is not Joe's biological daughter. Upon returning from a brief trip, Elizabeth convenes a family meeting to discuss the matter. Years ago, she had a torrid affair with her husband's business partner. Joe forgave his wife and raised Kim as his own daughter. Though this disclosure threatens to tear the family apart, Andrew arranges for Joe to receive a special dispensation: the bed-ridden father is able to walk downstairs, play the hymn, "'Til We Meet Again," on the piano and converse lucidly with his family. Monica and Tess urge them to follow his attitude of love and forgiveness. Joe dies with his family gathered around him, singing "'Til We Meet Again" in four-part harmony.
 

209. 美人心機 (The One That Got Away)























播出時間:11/17(四).2011 
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15) 
感動指數★★★ 
情節指數★★★★☆ 
思索指數★★★★★

曾是法學院同學的葛亞、馬可、蘇珊與莉莎,因受邀出席另一名同學溫蒂的婚禮而久別重逢。馬可在學時曾與蘇珊短暫交往,畢業後數年間在歐洲旅行、工作。與老友見面時才驚聞同學德克自殺,留下未婚妻莉莎。德克在校成績優異,前程似錦,原可望一路升至最高法院,成為法官。他究竟為何走上絕路?這其中有何不為人知的隱情?真相一旦揭露,將令人無比錯愕…
En route to a wedding in a picturesque mountain meadow, Monica meets an uninvited guest--Andrew, an Angel of Death whom Tess is well acquainted with. The angels' new assignment focuses on former law school classmates traveling via train to the nuptials. Mark Monfort and Susan Duplain rekindle their passion, having ended their relationship just before graduation. However, their friend, Lisa Magdaleno is still reeling from the suicide of her fiancé, Doug who was expelled from law school for cheating on an exam. Mark had been unaware of his best friend's death and more importantly of his own involvement. Jealous that Doug received a clerkship she wanted, Susan tricked Mark into helping her change Doug's exam to make it look like he plagiarized. With Andrew's assistance, Monica shows Mark that Susan's quest for power and prestige is out of control. After an intense confrontation with her, he turns to Lisa for comfort and support.


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208. 撲朔迷離 (Unidentified Female)

播出時間:11/16(三).2011
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★
情節指數★★★★
思索指數★★★★★



珍妮涉入了一個離奇的槍殺案。在密室中她接受警方盤問,她努力的拼湊記憶,心中充滿不安與不確定...
她是一個時尚雜誌的記者,在一個偶然的機會下他遇見了亞歷。為了尋找生父,亞歷違背了母親的期許,四處旅行只為了能找到他。但內心其實一直想帶著黃玫瑰向自己的母親表達歉意。然而,就在一個突如其來的意外中,亞歷克斯不但無法完成自己的心願,且就這樣毫無準備地隕命。

兇手是貞妮嗎?她有為何會牽扯進這個事件?為什麼會是她?....她即使已經事過境遷,內心仍不斷問著為什麼自己會遇上這樣的問題?

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207. 大難當前 (The Big Bang)



















 一間即將關閉的銀行,一名婚姻觸礁、極其勢利的總經理,與手下一群即將失業的員工。其中一名身懷六甲,生產在即的孕婦。一名無法存支票,與她相持不下的客戶。眾人如往常般工作,進行每日事務,渾然不知危機迫近,大難當前…


全球股市今天都因義大利債務問題狂跌,正巧今晚《與天始有約》播出主題《大難當前》,講的就是一個銀行崩坍的故事。

這一集的開場相當精彩,搶匪在銀行挾持人質那一整段,十分緊張、扣人心絃,演員眼神的交會、搶匪與人質間的互動...,和電影院的動作片相比都毫不遜色。

先來看看這段導演的長鏡頭,長達40秒的段落(1’01”~1’41”)

先是Monica走進銀行,在銀行家的父親照片前停留,這張照片預告了對隨後劇情的重要性,包括銀行家的作風、保險箱等都與他有關。之後Monica經過一位孕婦職員的櫃台,鏡頭稍停留,我們看到一位顧客臨櫃,這兩人都是之後的重點人物;鏡頭再移動到排隊的Monica,剛好帶過排在她前面、全劇的關鍵人物,搶匪Max,這時他並未顯露身份。然後是一段Monica和Tess的對話,說明她們進入銀行的原意。

單論導演的場面調度就很有可看性,本集內容關於「信心」的探討也十分精彩,
首先,弱者才倚靠虛幻的信心嗎?你等待事情發生?還是使事情發生?

影片後段,再度有這樣的對話,主角雖口說什麼都不信,卻是寧可選擇相信財富權勢,甚至將死。





和搶匪也有一段信心的對話:

信心的獎賞,就是看見所信的事。最後黛絲和搶匪關於誰是宗教狂的對話真是太有趣了!

最後要特別推薦這一段最動人的演出:Monica和銀行家的對手戲,銀行家從聽到她是天使呵呵的笑著,到回想起父親睡前對他誦讀的詩句,不禁眼框泛淚到潰堤,極為感人!令人動容,喜愛戲劇的朋友,這段絕對是表演課的最佳教材。

看到全片最後一段時,我心中不禁暗叫:「沒看到這集《與天使有約》真的是一種損失!」
比較可惜的是影片最後並沒有交代搶匪部份,想必是被繩之以法,但片中天崩地裂的崩塌場面、以及全片主題「信心」的探討,都非常發人深省,提醒我們到底人內心的安全感是來自銀行的存摺多寡?是踩在別人之上成就自己?還是應該有更超越的信心帶我們走過每一天。

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