Arctic Air ended its first season on Tuesday. It starred Adam Beach as a kind of wayward son type; Bobby Martin, who left home for school, and never looked back until he took a business trip to The Yukon from Vancouver on a business trip, and ends up staying to run the airline. The series tells the story of his bid to readjust to life in the North, and as a co-owner of Arctic Air.
At first I wanted to give up on the show. But I kept saying to myself "it's Adam Beach, I've got to give it one more week." And before I knew it, I really got into it; loving the characters, stories and humour. And the Northwest Territories plays just as much of a character was a plus too exposing many viewers to a place of beauty few know about.
Even though I loved the stories, they could be the show's weak point as well. The writers would hint at one development; and then not deliver for weeks, and we would barely see the characters as well. I'm thinking specifically of the storyline about Bobby discovering his kid. They'd hint about them finding out about each other, and then nothing would happen. I suppose it's meant to build the tension, and draw the viewers in, and it's worked for me. But the only way the anticipation works if you see the characters on a regular basis and a few episodes would go by before we'd see either.
The season finale had a great payoff at the end. It ends with a kiss, and cliffhanger. It was an emotional kiss between Bobby (Beach and Krista (Pascale Hutton) as her father lay dying on the operating table. And the cliffhanger was just as the doctor came and talk to her. Would her father live? Would she finally get it together with Bobby, a childhood sweetheart of sorts? These questions await the announcement of another season.
I hope there is one, because I'd love to know the answers.
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