Plot Summary
You never know where Jefferson Moore is going to pop up and solve all of your problems. Whether you’re looking for hope, having trouble with a professor, need some interpersonal assistance, need a boost of faith, or any other issues, Jefferson Moore is there to fix the conflict in less than thirty minutes. If you look close, you might be able to see his robed cameos. In short, this is basically a series for the sake of having a series.
Production Quality (1 point)
For the first of The Stranger, production quality is extremely poor, so much so that it barely warrants its creation. The typical soft light obsession is present and lighting is very poor throughout, especially in the indoor sets. Video quality is quite grainy, and audio quality is terrible, include a loud and clunky soundtrack. There are strange and awkward zooms throughout as well. Though the production improves in the middle of the series, it’s far too little far too late that does nothing remedy the past offenses. Finally, there is no editing as all content is included. As we will see next, that’s not saying much. But essentially, the production of this series is so bad to start with that there is no justification for its existence.
Plot and Storyline Quality (0 points)
Must like its copycat series The Encounter, The Stranger follows a formulaic and predictable model for each of its episodes. Each one is full of meandering boring conversations and is based around a shallow story concept. Not much happens as Jefferson Moore shows up to fix stuff, so you know exactly what’s going to happen just by reading the episode description. The characters are empty and stereotypical—the dialogue carries an annoying Christian message and is full of platitudes and trite sayings. As expected, there are also a lot of quick fixes to problems. It makes it all the more childish that things are fixed in less than thirty minutes apiece. In the end, there is little to no reason to write these juvenile and disconnected stories just for the sake of having a series in which everybody already knows what happens.
Acting Quality (1 point)
Much of this cast demonstrates forceful and annoying acting. They exhibit unrealistic emotions and lazy line delivery. While there is some good here, it is still overshadowed by unprofessionalism. Also, as we have mentioned before, Jefferson Moore is basically Bruce Marchiano’s predecessor, and all that that entails. Basically, this is just another lazy effort.
Continuity Quality (0 points)
When the same thing happens over and over again in a series of episodes, there is no hope for continuity. With such a long list of disjointed characters, there are no story arcs or character arcs present. This type of series may be easy to replicate, but it’s certainly forgettable.
Conclusion
After The Perfect Stranger and Another Perfect Stranger, was there really a need for a series about Jefferson Moore doing the same things that are in these movies? As if the first two films were even interesting at all, now we get bonuses. Of all the movies that could have been made into series, this was the one that broke through and got the funding. For heaven’s sake people, please demonstrate some originality.
Final Rating: 2 out of 14 points
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