Frequency Review: Seven Three (Season 1 Episode 5)
On Frequency Season 1 Episode 5 “Seven Three,” we alternate between four timelines – the present day for Raimy, the present day for Frank in 1996, Raimy’s first day on the job in 2008 where Frank died, and Raimy’s first day on the job in 2008 where Frank lived. Yeah, it’s a bit much.
While, at first, it is fun to switch between two different timelines in 2008, it all just kind of snowballs to where you get tired of the constant jumping from one time to another.
The case is ridiculously boring. It’s hard to really get invested because Raimy does not do any actual detective work. We only catch snippets of what happened on the case when Frank was alive and what happened on the case when Frank died.
All of the police work involving the present day murder is Raimy putting together all the clues that she remembers from both timelines. We do not see her do any police work in the present. Sure, she’s at a crime scene, but then we quickly jump to the 2008 scenes.
It’s nearly impossible to be entertained by a case when you do not fully get to experience it. Instead, you jump around to various times, and then Raimy somehow tells you what the answer is after consulting her memories.
Raimy still has not proven herself to me. I mean she goes around badmouthing LIEUTENANT Stan Moreno with absolutely no proof whatsoever. It’s like she has no concept of what she sounds like or what evidence is.
Raimy needs to show some awareness of her situation, and she needs to realize that she cannot just use her magical ham radio and two different timelines as evidence.
Frank, thankfully, is playing things smart and understands the importance of evidence. He can’t save Raimy though.
It would be one thing if Raimy was a civilian investigating her mom’s death. If she was a journalist or a PI or literally any other profession, her lack of awareness would not be such a big issue, but she is a cop.
She assumedly went through some kind of training and proved how good she was at her job. Hell, she even made Detective, but she acts like she does not understand how being an officer of the law works.
I’m sorry, is the Jules and Frank break up suppose to make me cry? I could not conjure up any kind of emotion. The music swells and gets all dramatic and emotional, but no emotions happen, at least not on my end.
If I shipped Jules and Frank, then it would be an entirely different story, but I don’t. They are okay. Let’s just focus on saving her from the Nightingale, okay? I cannot even pretend to care about their relationship.
Granted, the break up scene is not as painful as the awkward jealous Frank scene. Why did we have to endure that? It is so cringe worthy, and Frank needs to calm the hell down.
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Frequency airs Wednesday at 9/8c on the CW.
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).