Last night, I watched the pilot episode of the HBO series, How To Make It In America. It is a
series starring Bryan Greenberg as Ben Epstein and Cam Calderon, played by
Victor Rasuk, focused in Brooklyn. Along with their friends, the two are trying
to jumpstart their road to the American dream by fulfilling their
entrepreneurship ambition.
Within the first episode, we met the main characters and
learned a little bit about their life style and how they are all connected,
just like a typical pilot episode. But, from there, we also saw the plot greatly
develop with Cam’s cousin, Rene, returning home from jail. Cam secretly took a
loan out from Rene in order to help Ben try and start a company, but lied to
Ben and told him that he received it from an investor. As a result, they need
to find ways to pay the money back, so the plot has begun. There is also
development between Ben and Rachel, Ben’s ex-girlfriend who he has not been
able to get over. During the pilot episode, he ran into her for the first time
with her new boyfriend, causing jealousy and relationship insecurity for Ben.
Overall, I was not blown away by this pilot episode, but I
did enjoy it because it was very interesting. I am not a big fan of pilot
episodes to begin with because they normally just establish the characters and
do not have any development, but this pilot had more to it than that. I also
really enjoyed the artistic aspect of the show, which was the photography. In
order to establish a new scene, they used photographs from that scene in order
to establish what is going on. It was also used in the opening sequence, which
was one of my favorite opening sequences for any show I have ever seen. This
whole idea added a very cool aspect that really drew me in. I will definitely
continue to watch this show to see how it develops, both character wise and
plot wise.
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