I alluded to this show in today's blog about National Alzheimer's month. Has anyone seen it? It is about a policewoman who has a condition that allows her to remember every single detail of every day of her life. There was a 60 minutes show recently about these people. They identified 6 in the US. After the show, more people came forward, and they have certified 20 of them. The actress, Marilu Henner, is one of them.
Anyway, the woman in the show can't forget anything, and her mother has Alzheimer's Disease. Just my opinion, but I think this show does the best portrayal of AD I have seen on TV so far. The mother doesn't know her daughter some days; some days she knows her and the day and time and everything else. Other times, she thinks her daughters are still children. She forgets that one of them was murdered. She lives in the present; she lives in the past. Back and forth. Very realistic.
This look like a real good show too, saw the first episode and when it came to the end at the nursing home I knew it was off our list. Hubby knows what he's got but doesn't need to see it .....heck doesn't want to see it :( It's a shame looked like a good show.
The show itself isn't that great. It's okay - another police drama with the twist of the cop with the perfect memory. It's the Alzheimer mother that caught my attention, especially since I think that part is very well done.
I really like this show, the actress, Poppy Montgomery, is a favorite of mine. DH reminds me each week to watch it and he enjoys the sceens where "Carrie" re-visits something with her mind. He tries to remember the first time she was there and tries ick up what she missed. DH has commented on her mother and acts excited when Carrie's mother remembers her. He tears up when the mother calls Carrie "Carrie" and is so excited for her. We have a lot of fun with the show. The show doesn't bother him and it is one show in which he can track the story line.
No way in the world can Sid follow that show. There are flashbacks to Carrie's sister's murder, flashbacks to when Carrie and Al were a couple, flashbacks to Carrie revisiting the crime scene in her mind. He just watches it, but has no idea what is happening when. It is amazing that your dh can follow it.
Mary I like the actress as well but agree with Joan no way my husband was able to follow the first show and when I saw the last scene in the NH turned it off quick. Don't mind explaining plots but not Alz ones that would hit to close to home for Hubby. I will DVR the Harry's Law for my own viewing.
Someone associated with this show knows Alzheimer's Disease to the core. Last night's show (Tuesday, November 15, 2011) dealt with Carrie's aunt -the sister of Carrie's mother who has AD. The aunt was confused, surprised, and full of excuses about her busy life, when Carrie showed up at her door wanting to know why she did not keep their lunch date.
Later on in the show, she confessed to Carrie that she was scared to death that it was starting for her. She was watching her sister slip away, and she couldn't face it if it happened to her. She refused to go to a doctor, and she refused to visit her sister with AD.
In the end, she did go to visit her sister (Carrie's mother).
I have not watched "Boss", because we don't get Starz, but Unforgettable is the absolute most realistic TV portrayal of AD that I have ever seen.
Interestingly, Marilu Henner, the actress who played Carrie's aunt, is an advisor for the show. She is one of the 20 known people in the world who have the "unforgettable" memory that is the show's main premise. But as I said above, someone associated with that show is intimately acquainted with Alzheimer's Disease.
I watched it last night also. I didn't know about Marilu Henner's memory. I really like her. The only thing that I wish the show would do differently with Carrie's mother is show her doing something other than playing cards. May be show her wandering or having a rage. But, I'm sure that will come in other shows.
While we were watching the show, DH asked me what the plot was about with Carrie's Aunt. I explained that she was having early memory problems and she was afraid to visit her sister with AD. He then asked me what I was going to do when he got really bad. I told him that I would keep him at home and get paid help in when necessary. He then pouted the rest of the night and told me that he didn't want anyone looking at him other than me. He told me that I was being mean and that I would probably "send him away" if he got really bad. Then, his mind changed my words to mean that I would send him away when he got bad. He still thinks this morning that that is what I told him last night.