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I'm fascinated that so many people feel the show was unfair to these patients. In my view the show was extremely kind and uncritical to them, if anything showing them in the best possible light. The fact that, despite that, they all come across as either fakers or Munchausens sufferers pretty much tells you how hard it is to believe they have the multiple mysterious illnesses they're quite sure (despite contradictory diagnoses) they have. Can't say for sure, of course - science discovers new things about medicine all the time - but these folks come across as in it for the attention and pity, despite the gentle, forgiving slant of the program creators.

This isn't badly done, overall. But the contrivances - especially the hysterical lead actress, constantly one breath from a nervous breakdown, but never actually asking for the help she needs - and she's in CPS! It's a perfect example of poor writing, where character is pretzeled in order to accommodate contrived delays in the plot.

The actors do a good job, the kid especially. But there are a lot of cliches, and lot of contrived plot points, and it's REALLY slow paced. If you're prepared for that, enjoy. I find myself fast forwarding a LOT through really tedious slow shots, muttering "Will you get to the point?"

Tedious. None of the characters says to the other characters what needs to be said. It's like all of them feel this incomprehensible need to be secretive. And of course, the main female character is written so that she is stupid and illogical because she's thinking with her emotions. Why is this never the male character? Also why the heck do these movies have to be so dang dark? Has it occurred to anybody that it's completely unrealistic to show a working ship of any sort that is cast into shadows and pitch darkness all the time? There would be lights because people have to work. Just lazy cheap filmmaking.