I watched the pilot of Open Heart with little expectations.
The series which, is produced by the people that brought you Degrassi, was much more intriguing than I thought it would be. I hate medical dramas. I find them annoying and I am scared of hospitals so they are not the show for me. The promos for the series did not help raise my expectations for the series either. They were cheesy and lacked information to what the series was even about.
The series opens with a bunch of misfit teens breaking into a fancy house (since the series is based in Toronto much like Degrassi, I'm just going to say this mansion is located on Bridle path). After successfully answering the password on a phone call from the security company, the misfits (including Dylan Everett as Teddy, a favourite amongst Degrassi fans) go on to wear sparkly clothing and dance around (apparently rich people only wear sequin clothing. I didn't know Paris Hilton lives on the Bridle Path). Then one of the girls goes through a glass table and becomes unconscious. This causes the main character troublesome and rebellious Dylan Blake (a great trendy first name for girls today) to take her friend to the hospital with the person who's house she broke into's car! This caused Dylan to be arrested by the police however, she did not get charged instead she has to do community service at the local hospital.
Three months later Dylan is a volunteer at Open Heart Hospital, which her own grandfather paid for and where her mother and sister work. On her first day Dylan meets Mikayla and Wes played by Cristine Prosperi and the very handsome Justin Kelly both of Degrassi fame, respectively Prosperi's character in OH seems dull compared to her lesbian and brightly dressed Degrassi character, Imogen.
Both Wes and Mikayla decide to help Dylan find her father who disappeared mysteriously six months back. After the police decide to drop the case Dylan then takes it on to herself to help find him. Dylan a true daddy's girl and truly believes that her father would never leave her and her family. Although Dylan seems very desperate at times and has become obsessed with her father's disappearance, this seems the only thing Dylan is truly passionate about and it has seemed to give her a purpose. Though defying her mother and sister who want to move on, which seems horribly premature since Mr. Blake only disappeared six moths ago.
Dylan is played by new comer Karis Camerson. Karis holds her own in the role as the rebellious Dylan and has proven in the first two episodes aired that she communicates the true character of the passionate Dylan. However, in the scenes with Justin Kelly and Cristine Prosperi she seems to fade into the background due to the their scene stealing and expressive faced acting of the veteran young adult actors. This in addition to Mikayla's blinding bright outfits when compared to Dylan's monochromatic wardrobe.
After Dylan takes her new found friends to grandparents house for a swim uninvited, this becomes the first of many sneaky things the three-some do, making sneaking around their new hobby.
The three-some then breaks into the security camera room in hospital after they discover that Dylan's father was at the hospital the day he vanished. After trying to sneak into the room and failing, secuitry then asks Dylan's mother whether or not to press charges against Dylan. Her mother then says yes. Dylan's mother is ruthless and cold towards Dylan. The charges are unnecessary and who would jeopardize their child's life and career with trespassing charges?
Dylan ends up visiting the detective that was on her father's case and he shows her the video of her father at the hospital and in the video her father is with a lady in a tacky leopard coat.
The pilot ends with the Blake family eating dinner and the lady in a tacky coat standing on the property of the family's house. Maybe she should be charged with trespassing instead of Dylan.
Overall, Open Heart is moderately gripping, however does not hold a candle its category reveal Pretty Little Liars. You will keep tuning in to see what clues Dylan and the gang find that lead them to her father. My prediction her father is still alive, out there and left due to a family secret. In OH the hospital of the same name seems to be simply a backdrop to the mystery of Mr. Blake and just seems to be a playground for the three-some to play and just the mother and sister to work.
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