Highly praised by critics and scholars as one of the best pilot episodes of all time, it was two parts provincial and one part horrifying. We begin our journey by meeting the Martells, the local bigwig owners of the Packard Mill that processes all the lumber in the logging town.
Miranda is a tall, beautiful oddball who doesn’t meet the magazine standards of physical beauty, elegance, or womanhood. This is harped on to an almost painful level throughout the show – and people who’ve always been “accepted” for their beauty probably won’t get what this is really about and why it matters so much. That’s okay.