The Good Witch – Podcast

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Are You a Fan of Hallmark Channel’s The Good Witch?

Instead of talking about a Hallmark movie, I thought I’d speak a little bit about The Good Witch. The Good Witch is a series on the Hallmark Channel. I’d never really watched it until recently. I saw that it was on Netflix. I’m not a huge fan of witches and witchcraft. However, the few times I’d stumbled upon an episode on Hallmark, I was intrigued enough to watch.

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So, when I saw that the entire first few seasons was on Netflix, I thought I’d watch. I like the small-town feeling of Middleton. I also like how the townsfolk know one another and want to help one another out and show their support. The one thing about the town that somewhat bothered me was that everybody was White. No Black people at all. Wait, I do recall them showing an African-American couple exiting a restaurant once. I think the series needs more diversity – however, this may have changed in later seasons. I’m currently on season four.

I also like Grey House. A bed and breakfast with beautiful scenery is a nice backdrop for a story. Cassie is a witch and her cop husband has died. Someone on Twitter mentioned that there were movies made before the series. I was surprised to see that some of the characters in the series were children in the movies. Meaning, the same actors that played the character as a child, had now grown up and they played the same character (from the movie) who’d grown into adulthood. I’m speaking of Cassie’s step-children. I saw the same 2 actors in one of the Good Witch movies – except they were much younger in the movies.

The romance between Sam and Cassie was refreshing. They’ve got good chemistry and I can see them moving forward and getting married – which I know they do in future episodes. Sam is a doctor and Cassie is a holistic healer. They have clashing views about healing and it makes for some good chemistry and conflict between them. I thought that the problems that Sam had with his ex-wife, and his son Nick, were realistic.

I also enjoyed seeing Nick’s interaction with Cassie’s daughter, Grace. Grace is such cute, nice teen and both her and Nick deal with their share of teenage angst, like dating, falling in love, friendships, relationships, school issues, etc.

I was surprised that I enjoyed watching this series more than watching Hallmark romance movies. The scenery was nice and I liked seeing the different shops in town.

Cassie’s Bell Book and Candle Shop was…strange. I thought that the concept of her shop was totally unrealistic, yet, the concept worked for this series, if you know what I mean? She didn’t really have much of a theme for her shop. Like, most shops will sell a certain…something. Like a clothing shop sells mostly clothes. A candy shop sells mostly candies. But Bell Book and Candle? Cassie sells some herbs and spices, but, she also had a host of other theme-less things that didn’t necessarily go well together. She uses her powers to just know what her customers are seeking. It can be anything from paint brushes to books to ginger candies or maps!

Cassie’s cousin, Abigail, is an intriguing combination of good and well…naughty. At first I thought she was more or less a villain, but, later, it just turns out that she’s, well….complicated. She can be nice when she wants to be.

If I were a writer for this series, and I had to change something – the only thing (outside of the diversity issue) that I would change would be the mayor. Mayor Tisdale…well…I must be honest. She adds absolutely nothing to the series, at all. She’s flighty and nonsensical and I just don’t quite understand her role. Whenever she steps onto the scene, the background music changes. If you haven’t noticed this then pay attention the next time you watch it. The music switches to this nonsensical tune, as if you’re about to watch some kind of comedy or something? Is Mayor Tisdale supposed to be comic relief?

Also, I feel like I’m watching someone play the role of a mayor. What I mean to say is – when you are watching a movie or TV show that you enjoy and like, you can really get into it. You don’t feel like you’re watching actors playing a role. You feel like you’re actually watching a true, real scene, that’s really happening right in front of you. When I watch Mayor Tisdale, I feel like I’m watching someone trying to play the role of mayor. Almost like watching a high-school play or something from a local amateur actor’s guild.

I think the story would’ve been much stronger if they’d had a “real mayor”. What I mean is, someone who acts as if they are truly a mayor. Like, somebody campaigning for a cause or….I don’t know. Mayor Tisdale talks about such silly things and her tone of voice is so totally unrealistic that it’s nerve-wracking! I think if she were in the role of something else, like, maybe a clothing shop owner, or maybe a restaurant owner, I may like her a bit more? I also didn’t like that person who was added as her sidekick later, her male assistant, to whom she continuously dictates. Makes me cringe.

I also didn’t like how Mayor Tisdale was stripped of her mayoral title because the town’s boundary line had changed? The plot point where Abigail (who is in some kind of temporary role) suddenly has the power to strip Mayor Tisdale of her mayoral role, and then she (Abigail) becomes mayor?? Abigail is mayor for several episodes. I found it hard to watch her in that role, and to see Tisdale stripped of her role. The reason I found it hard to watch is because I felt the entire plot point was so unrealistic and implausible.

After Tisdale lost her mayoral role – well – think about it. If you were to lose your job, yes it would affect you, you’d be worried about finding another job. Especially if you need the money to survive. But, she wants her mayoral title back, but, her suffering was…was not the way a regular person would suffer in the real world after losing their bread-and-butter job! She just kind of went to different businesses and “helped out”. I felt that this plot point would have had a lot more meaning if it’d been written more realistically.

I highly recommend this series for those who want to watch something light and somewhat serious – at times serious. I tend to occasionally fast forward past the mayoral parts. But, other than the mayor, a very enjoyable series.

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So, are you a fan of The Good Witch? If so, what do you like about it?

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