Post by n***@indiana.eduPost by Mark NoblesAt the end of every wedding I've ever been to, the preacher always says
something like "ladies and gentlemen, I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Kovac."
But what would the rabbi say at the end of the Lockhart-Kovac wedding?
"Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce Dr. Abigail Lockhart (Abby, dammit!)
and Dr. Luka Kovac"?
Given that it's very common these days for both spouses to keep their
names, I'm sure it's not a big deal to introduce them by their names,
or as 'the new couple,' or whatever. (When I was married we weren't
introduced' at all. Presumably everyone in the room (or rather, under
the shelter ... it was an outdoor wedding) knew us already.)
The episode was actually better than I expected. Not great, not even
good, but not as bad as it might have been. I found Abby's reactions
to be entirely believable and reasonable. Luka 'sprung' a surprise
wedding on her and of course she's going to be pissed and need some
time to decide if it's what she wants.
For once, I thought she was justified in being pissed, however, she was
still taking out her feelings on innocent people including a little kid, and
the substitute rabbi which is never acceptable, IMO. Also, once Abs decided
not to kill Luka but to marry him: she needed to shut her whiny yap, slap on
a happy face and do it rather than continue to drag her feet, whine and
snark at everyone about it.
(And if she does back out, SHE
Post by n***@indiana.edulooks bad in front of all her friends. If Luka just wanted to get it
over with, why didn't he approach her at home and suggest that they
run down to city hall?)
Yep, the whole thing was just ridiculous, and out of character, IMO, for
Luka who isn't allowed to cough without asking Abby's permission first.
Also, there was no mention of a marriage license and I doubt it would've
been even possible for him to obtain one without her, so what was the reason
for the wedding in the first place? We learned that Luka had wanted a
purely civil ceremony and had hired a justice of the peace to conduct it.
I'm not even sure a JP would agree to marry a couple who didn't have a
license. I guess it will make it easier to pair Abby up with someone else
next season if the marriage is a sham.
Post by n***@indiana.eduOne little nitpick I had was that the rabbi shouldn't have been
wearing a tallit. (The prayer shawl.) While many rabbis do wear
kippot (the head covering) all the time, they don't normally walk
around in a tallit.(Orthodox rabbis often wear a small fringed garment
under their clothes, but this guy was clearly not Orthodox, and it's
still a different thing.) Since the wedding was not, in any sense, a
Jewish wedding, and he was simply officiating at a civil ceremony
because his legal position as 'clergy' allows him to do so, there was
no reason for him to wear a tallit.
Naomi
Well, there wasn't any reason for Luka to stomp a wine glass either, and he
did that, too. I found the portrayal of the rabbi to be borderline
offensive in its stereotyping. Between the Yiddish and the Shecky Greene
impersonation, my eyes were rolling nearly as much as Abby's. TPTB's sense
of humor is broken, methinks.
Sharon