However, as these last few episodes have been hinting at, things aren’t exactly as they appear. One of the scouts even notices it and the two go on a tour that’s incredibly animated and looks awesome.

While I do find the song choice of “Make ‘Em Laugh” from Singin’ in the Rain to be a little cliché, the acrobatics and vibrant singing of the boy show that he’s got some skills. It’s easy to see this boy has some charisma and confidence and when he eventually does a performance for some talent scouts it’s easy to see that he has some talent as well. Not to mention, the meeting the “puts together” with his parents is pretty funny. Even for the black and white colors, there’s something very lively about this opening as we see him trying everything, from ballet to choir, to hone his skills and his dreams of simply doing it all feel very real. I think just like most kids, this boy becomes inspired by the likes of The Muppets and Jimmy Stewart to become an actor and yearn for the spotlight. However, in the last episode it suddenly seemed like he became the most important character and that’s made even clearer with the opening completely focusing on him, well, being a kid.

On the season finale of Dispatches from Elsewhere, The Boy, viewers are offered one final surprise that’s legitimately mind-blowing and self-effacing in all the right ways.Īfter the mind-bending and mysterious cliff-hanger we were left on in the last episode, we finally meet the Clown-faced Boy (Travis Burnett) – a character that we’ve seen throughout the series, but never really understood his importance. Leave a Comment *This Review Contains Spoilers for the Season Finale*

Dispatches from elsewhere season 2