Third episode of Anna Pigeon and we are really starting to learn who she is at the core, not the Anna in grief and not the Anna who is running but truly Anna.
Honestly I couldn’t praise these first three episodes of this show enough, there is not one part of it that I am not liking. I love that we are continuing with starting and ending the episode with a quote, I think it can definitely be classed as a trade mark for this show now.
This was the first episode where we have truly seen Anna start to build her life in the park, her relationships with everyone have developed and it’s great to see. I’m very much enjoying her and Jessie being together, she is yet to really start showing more parts of herself to him but she is showing that she wants to get to know him and be with him.
The moment at the end where she said she wants to see his talent because it’s him. It also paired perfectly with the last scene where her wearing his cowboy hat was great, as everyone knows hat rules say she was showing that she is with him and that happening publicly at an event shows just how much he is enjoying getting to know him.
I really enjoyed the fact that Anna was showing skepticism with the pastor about being able to move on with your past and by the end of the episode she was reassuring him that she does believe that you can. I think that was also some words for her own journey, it was sort of a double entendre for her life and for the pastor's life. The dynamic between Rodger Cross (Pastor Nelson) and Tracy Spiridakos (Anna Pigeon) was amazing, I hope we could possibly get to see more of those two together.
This was the episode that finally confirmed that Stanton has feeling for Anna, I’ve been questioning it since the start but it was nice to see how squirmy he got when he was pressed about it. Honestly as much as I love Jessie and Anna, I feel like they are a good fling but Stanton and Anna would be a good long term thing.
I obviously highly doubt that this will be a relationship that blossoms quickly but I can’t wait to see how things play out for them.
Especially now that he is fully looking into Zach’s murder without Anna’s permission. I also hope at some point we get to see how they actually met because that is currently unknown, we just know that in the first episode she had an old card of his in her car.
There are two absolutes about Anna’s personality; she is a heavy drinker and has a huge problem with authority. I’m sure eventually the drinking will die down but I think that defiance towards authority will continue and I really hope it does.
Personally it’s one of the things that make me like her character so much, she just wants to do what she feels is right at the time. She is so earnest and deadpan when she does things she knows she shouldn't. It’s the little comments like “I didn’t go inside” after tackling Ken and then walking off saying “ ahh my back” that make her so likeable. You truly can’t help but laugh out loud when she makes her quips.
Bring on the rest of the season!
