Hart of Dixie - Episode 1.05 - Faith and Infidelity - Review

Last nights Hart of Dixie was appropriately named 'Faith and Infidelity', or was it? The title of the episode, as the viewer finds out, is incredible miss leading. They got the Faith right, Zoe wakes up annoyed at the swarm of flies in her house that kept her up all night. As she trudges through Bluebell, in god knows what, she discovers that the whole town seems to be deserted, it's Sunday and everyone is in church. Also does anyone else notice that Bluebell looks an awful like Star's Hallow? Anybody? Nobody? Well that Gazebo brings me all kinds of warm and fuzzy.

After an awkward moment of disrupting the service, she leaves embarrassed. Brick, we find out is out of town for the week, leaving the practice all to Zoe. Unfortunately no one really cares. She does get one patient a drunk man that Wade runs over with his boat trailer, turns out the man is his father, and the town drunk. Here's hoping to the furthering of that story.

Her other patient is the minister and his wife, turns out the minister has syphilis. Zoe's first instinct is that the minister cheated, but she is repeatedly told by her assistant (have we met before?), and Levon Hayes that there is no way either of them cheated because they are 'the real deal' in couple-dome.

Unfortunately Zoe doesn't by it, 99% of people cheat, the other 1% is a sliver of hope that cynicism becomes hope. This is where Zoe's problem as a doctor lies, she is unwilling to believe in anything other then the science, which isn't a bad thing, but not everybody lies, sorry House. And in this instant it was true, the syphilis was contracted from a young girl who got it from her cheating Marine boyfriend, and then transmitted when she gave the ministers wife a belly button ring, and then so on.

Admittedly it was an interesting turn for the show to take, instead of the expected and scandalous root that a minister would have an affair.

This week on Lemon's 101 Ways to take over Bluebell, she is instant on getting an old, barely standing bridge, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina re-built with the Mayors budget. And before you think what a wonderful idea, she is only doing it to get into some Bluebell Red Lipstick Wearing club, honestly I am unimpressed by her character, I find her incredible boring.

There was not much progress made with either Levon and Lemon or Zoe and Wade, but just enough to keep you interested.

As it turns out, if you're not following creator Josh Schwartz on Twitter, this weeks episode was out of sequence, which is why we were re introduced to Zoe's nurse at the practice. Studio's, when pitching a new show, like to show the 'strongest' episodes first, in hopes of keeping the audience interested. This is something to think about when watching the next episodes.

Question: Does knowing that certain episodes were selected to air before others change the way you watch the show? Does it effect the essence of the show? Let me know.

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