A BIRD OUT OF WATER
But maybe, in their hearts, everybody involved knew something was wrong, something that just couldn’t be fixed. It showed in the way the actors stood awkwardly onstage wondering what to do while another character talked. It was even more evident when they spoke, forcing emotions out of a script that asks for high drama but does nothing to support it.
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In the meantime it’s Buck’s birthday, and he’s having a little party with his sister Robin (Margo Seltzer), his friend Colin (Frank Kentra), and Colin’s girlfriend BB (Kerri Randles). BB just so happens to be Jean’s long-lost sister (Jean’s the one who fell off the horse). Jean had been wondering for years what happened to her sister, then one day BB just walks into a restaurant in their home town. Fancy that. Then there’s Joe Levett (Gian-Lorenzo Forliano), the bad cop who’s Roy’s boss. He’s a nasty, dirty-minded guy who insults women and doesn’t care about the union. Somehow, all these people converge at the restaurant on the evening of Buck’s birthday.
