更新时间:2011-01-02
大老鼠 • 雪山镇 第一季:平淡中见真情
这是我看过的所有美剧里面口味最清淡的一部。本来这种讲述平淡家庭生活的剧集根本不是我的菜，但是今年年初的时候不知怎么地就去下载了。然后经过大半年的雪藏，在那段让我非常郁闷的日子里，我把它从移动硬盘里挖了出来，开始慢慢品味。
故事真的是再平常不过。在纽约生活工作的著名神经外科医生Andrew Brown，由于妻子的意外车祸身亡，带着两个孩子搬到了一个叫做Everwood的西部小镇开始重新生活。在这个偏僻的小镇，一切都是崭新的。摆在Andy眼前的，有失去妻子的痛苦，处于叛逆期的一双儿女，还有形形色色的小镇居民。四年的时间，Brown一家一路慢慢走来，亲情、爱情、友情，时刻都在经受着考验，却也在这个美丽的地方留下了永恒的印记。
这部剧集人物众多，但核心人物始终是Brown和Abbott两家。我最喜欢的角色一直是Dr. Harold Abbott。虽然这个角色刚出场时显得非常尖酸刻薄，但他的善良却在之后一点一点展现出来。面对母亲的再婚，儿子的不求上进，女儿的离家出走，还有妻子的癌症，Harold经历的风风雨雨相较Andy有过之而无不及。但他硬是一步一步撑过来了，让我很是感动。他和女儿Amy冷战的那一段，特别容易让我联想到自己和老爸闹僵的时候，真是太相像了。
Abbott家的儿子Bright我也非常喜欢。这小子一出来时是个不折不扣的混球，但到后面不仅努力维护自己的家庭，对女朋友Hannah的一片痴心，任何人看了都会动容。还有他家奶奶Edna，当过兵的她表面风风火火，内心却非常细腻，一直用默默的爱在守护着她的家人。
这么看来我还是喜欢Abbott家多一点，除了Amy。美国青少年真是太难养了，动不动就搞点惊天动地的事情出来让家人操心。Amy为了吸毒男友离家出走，Bright上班跟女员工乱来被开除，Ephram没进茱莉亚音乐学院就只身飞伦敦去了。天，光想想就折腾人。
《Everwood》于2002年开播，2006年结束。这段时间美剧还没有真正在中国红起来。在四年之后，我有缘接触到了这一部充满温情的剧集。对剧集本身来说，第五季由于两家电视台的合并而成为了被砍的牺牲品，不能不说是一个遗憾。不过还好，拍了四季也算圆满了，再拍下去未必就一直能保持势头良好。当年的WB简直可以堪称“治愈系”剧集的集中营，现在的CW根本难以望其项背。
关于Everwood这个虚构的小镇，也稍稍查了一下。这个常年被雪山包围的地方，现实中位于美国Utah州。风软论坛上曾经有个帖子叫《雪山镇-我们能找到的世界上最美丽的地方》，有生之年如果能去一次的话就太好了。
片中还有很多经典的台词。喜欢Irv在每集片头的旁白，很有感觉，而老爷子最终也随剧集的结束把灵魂永远留在了这个美丽的小镇。但令我印象最深刻的是Ephram的一段《My Tragic Flaw》，讲不出到底哪里来的共鸣，听了以后就是很感同身受。可惜Youtube上不去，只能把文字贴出来了，就当作这篇的结尾吧。
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm not sure who the first person was who said that. Probably Shakespeare. Or maybe Sting. But at the moment, it's the sentence that best explains my tragic flaw, my inability to change. I don't think I'm alone in this. The more I get to know other people, the more I realize it's kind of everyone's flaw. Staying exactly the same for as long as possible, standing perfectly still... It feels safer somehow. And if you are suffering, at least the pain is familiar. Because if you took that leap of faith, went outside the box, did something unexpected... Who knows what other pain might be out there, waiting for you. Chances are it could be even worse. So you maintain the status quo. Choose the road already traveled and it doesn't seem that bad. Not as far as flaws go. You're not a drug addict. You're not killing anyone... Except maybe yourself a little. When we finally do change, I don't think it happens like an earthquake or an explosion, where all of a sudden we're like this different person. I think it's smaller than that. The kind of thing most people wouldn't even notice unless they looked at us really close. Which, thank God, they never do. But you notice it. Inside you that change feels like a world of difference. And you hope this is it. This is the person you get to be forever... that you'll never have to change again.
故事真的是再平常不过。在纽约生活工作的著名神经外科医生Andrew Brown，由于妻子的意外车祸身亡，带着两个孩子搬到了一个叫做Everwood的西部小镇开始重新生活。在这个偏僻的小镇，一切都是崭新的。摆在Andy眼前的，有失去妻子的痛苦，处于叛逆期的一双儿女，还有形形色色的小镇居民。四年的时间，Brown一家一路慢慢走来，亲情、爱情、友情，时刻都在经受着考验，却也在这个美丽的地方留下了永恒的印记。
这部剧集人物众多，但核心人物始终是Brown和Abbott两家。我最喜欢的角色一直是Dr. Harold Abbott。虽然这个角色刚出场时显得非常尖酸刻薄，但他的善良却在之后一点一点展现出来。面对母亲的再婚，儿子的不求上进，女儿的离家出走，还有妻子的癌症，Harold经历的风风雨雨相较Andy有过之而无不及。但他硬是一步一步撑过来了，让我很是感动。他和女儿Amy冷战的那一段，特别容易让我联想到自己和老爸闹僵的时候，真是太相像了。
Abbott家的儿子Bright我也非常喜欢。这小子一出来时是个不折不扣的混球，但到后面不仅努力维护自己的家庭，对女朋友Hannah的一片痴心，任何人看了都会动容。还有他家奶奶Edna，当过兵的她表面风风火火，内心却非常细腻，一直用默默的爱在守护着她的家人。
这么看来我还是喜欢Abbott家多一点，除了Amy。美国青少年真是太难养了，动不动就搞点惊天动地的事情出来让家人操心。Amy为了吸毒男友离家出走，Bright上班跟女员工乱来被开除，Ephram没进茱莉亚音乐学院就只身飞伦敦去了。天，光想想就折腾人。
《Everwood》于2002年开播，2006年结束。这段时间美剧还没有真正在中国红起来。在四年之后，我有缘接触到了这一部充满温情的剧集。对剧集本身来说，第五季由于两家电视台的合并而成为了被砍的牺牲品，不能不说是一个遗憾。不过还好，拍了四季也算圆满了，再拍下去未必就一直能保持势头良好。当年的WB简直可以堪称“治愈系”剧集的集中营，现在的CW根本难以望其项背。
关于Everwood这个虚构的小镇，也稍稍查了一下。这个常年被雪山包围的地方，现实中位于美国Utah州。风软论坛上曾经有个帖子叫《雪山镇-我们能找到的世界上最美丽的地方》，有生之年如果能去一次的话就太好了。
片中还有很多经典的台词。喜欢Irv在每集片头的旁白，很有感觉，而老爷子最终也随剧集的结束把灵魂永远留在了这个美丽的小镇。但令我印象最深刻的是Ephram的一段《My Tragic Flaw》，讲不出到底哪里来的共鸣，听了以后就是很感同身受。可惜Youtube上不去，只能把文字贴出来了，就当作这篇的结尾吧。
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm not sure who the first person was who said that. Probably Shakespeare. Or maybe Sting. But at the moment, it's the sentence that best explains my tragic flaw, my inability to change. I don't think I'm alone in this. The more I get to know other people, the more I realize it's kind of everyone's flaw. Staying exactly the same for as long as possible, standing perfectly still... It feels safer somehow. And if you are suffering, at least the pain is familiar. Because if you took that leap of faith, went outside the box, did something unexpected... Who knows what other pain might be out there, waiting for you. Chances are it could be even worse. So you maintain the status quo. Choose the road already traveled and it doesn't seem that bad. Not as far as flaws go. You're not a drug addict. You're not killing anyone... Except maybe yourself a little. When we finally do change, I don't think it happens like an earthquake or an explosion, where all of a sudden we're like this different person. I think it's smaller than that. The kind of thing most people wouldn't even notice unless they looked at us really close. Which, thank God, they never do. But you notice it. Inside you that change feels like a world of difference. And you hope this is it. This is the person you get to be forever... that you'll never have to change again.
雪山镇 第一季Everwood(2002)
又名：不老木 第一季
主演：Treat Williams / Gregory Smith / Emily VanCamp / Debra Mooney / John Beasley / Vivien Cardone / Chris Pratt / Tom Amandes /
导演：Martha Mitchell /
