Guilt Review: Exit Wounds (Season 1 Episode 3)
Guilt needs to calm down with the crazies. We don’t need to see how many unhinged people we can cram into one show.
Beatrice is a little too much. Having her kill her husband in a moment of passion is fine. It has the shock value to get your heart racing, and you would have been able to feel sorry for Beatrice.
That’s not what happened though. Beatrice not only shot her husband in the head, she also frames Patrick for his murder, kills her husband in his hospital room when the bullet doesn’t do the trick, and she almost kills Grace. Beatrice goes completely off the rails and has a mental breakdown. There is a thing as too much drama.
Watching Roz best Stan is highly entertaining. So far, Stan has come off as this unbeatable force. He’s always knows what to do, and how to handle things. Too bad he couldn’t take on a young woman.
This entire storyline is just a lot of fun. It lightens up the hour, and it also reveals a lot about Roz. She’s a force to be reckoned with. If she could mastermind that entire scene on the bus, what else is she capable of?
It’s exciting when you realize just how dangerous Roz might be. Out of all the characters and potential suspects, her development has been handled the best. Roz constantly keeps you on your toes, and she’s likable.
Grace, sadly, is still struggling with the likability factor. Sure, she wins over “the haters,” but she has yet to win over me.
It’s impossible to believe a word that comes out of her mouth. Oh, you were just too tired that you didn’t realize how many pills you took? Yeah right. It’s just not convincing.
Oddly enough, her live broadcast is the most likable moment in the entire hour. Her speech feels genuine. Of course after it’s all done you come to the same conclusion that Stan does — Grace does this to win over the media. She’s more interested in what Twitter thinks of her than anything else. She wants sympathy and support.
Questioning Grace’s intentions and sincerity could have been a really cool aspect of the show. You would wonder if Stan is right in thinking that Grace is playing us all, or if Grace really is being genuine.
Unfortunately, this mind game can’t happen because Grace is unlikeable, and for the majority of the time, it’s obvious that there’s something she’s hiding. She has a tendency to sound and act fake.
Patrick and Gwen are so uncomfortably sexual. It’s more unnerving than ship worthy. Am I alone in my discomfort? Do you ship Patrick and Gwen?
Plus, we really don’t need to create any more relationship drama. I mean Grace has Luc and the professor Jeffrey, and Molly’s romantic life involves Prince Theo, Luc, and the person who got her pregnant. That’s enough romantic drama for the show.
Let’s have the cops just be cops. They have a case to solve. There’s no need for a soap opera.
D.S Bruno and Natalie are obviously going to kick up the flirting a notch, but at least watching them together doesn’t make you want to cringe. If I had to pick, I’d much rather explore D.S. Bruno and Natalie’s relationship over Gwen and Patrick’s. Which would you prefer?
Also, I’m so disappointed in Natalie. She makes such a rookie mistake at the hospital. Are you not an assistant DA? Are you not aware of the media storm surrounding your sister? The reporter is not even in scrubs. Why would someone dressed in form fitting black clothes be working at a hospital? Come on, girl.
Suspect round up:
There actually is not a ton of shady activity in this hour on the #WhoKilledMolly front.
@needle_and_thread: Hello, stalker. We’ve see you and your twitter handle. Also tweeting Grace? Yeah, you’re officially on our radar. Also, what’s up with the twitter handle?
Roz: She proves that she’s not one to be messed with, but she doesn’t actually do anything super suspicious.
James: Money laundering for the Russian mob? It sounds like murder might not be too out of your wheelhouse. Also did Stan say that Molly had blackmailed James before?
Theo: His “you will not lie to me” speech to D.S. Bruno sets off major alarms.
Jeffrey: Congrats! You are officially no longer a suspect thanks to a sext. Also, you’re dead, but hey, at least we don’t think you are a murderer anymore.
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Guilt airs Monday at 9/8c on Freeform. FYI: It’s off next week for Fourth of July.
Allison Nichols
Allison is in a love affair with television that doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon. Slightly damaged fictional characters are her weakness. She loves to spend her free time curled up with a cat and a show to binge-watch. Allison is a Tomatometer-approved critic (Rotten Tomatoes).