Vincent and the Doctor

[heliopausa]

Tonight's episode was Vincent and the Doctor, and since I was so extremely cross in yesterday's entry, I've hurried online to post and say that I loved this one. It seemed like the episode when the visuals people (cameras, sets, lighting) were given their heads, and it was luscious to look at, even from the very opening shot of the field of wheat, and I loved the parts about Van Gogh's perceptions - the Starry, Starry Night fragment was beautiful. The  museum guide, too.  And the mildly serious way that depression/mental health was dealt with, especially that even one hugely amazing world-shaking cheer-up session might not be the magic cure.  (Liked that part very much, though, and how much it made the viewer want urgently for it to do that --- but it couldn't.)

So... just wanted to say that I thought this episode was really getting into the question of what makes human.  (or what breaks human, I guess.)