The Girl Across the Lake

Love the storyline, and characters. Good sound quality. Which the episodes were longer. Can’t wait for more.

A spooky, recurring dream shadows this short drama about a daughter’s anger and grief about the loss of her mother while her father tries to pick up the pieces left behind. Damaged but not broken, the father and daughter pair work to repair their relationship with the help of friends, therapy, and REM sleep insight. An eerie intro and a plaintive piano outro express the strange, vaguely threatening, but ultimately healing aspects of dreams. The character of the father and the actor who plays him impresses with his authenticity and obvious caring amidst his gruff talk, cursing, and latent guilt and frustration sliding into anger. The rest of the characters are likewise written with subtlety and insight, such as the daughter character who is aware of her overblown responses even while powerless to change them.