'Annika' is Her Own Worst Enemy as the Series Introduces a Love Interest
Episode 2 of Annika ended with Morgan agreeing therapy wasn't the worst notion her mother's ever had. Episode 3 opens at the doctor's office, and instead of Annika talking about myths or novels, she's talking about psychotherapy and explaining how it works, as if viewers have never heard of the concept. At least until Morgan's new shrink, Dr. Jake Strathearn, played by Paul McGann (Doctor Who). Annika becomes utterly flustered and so awkward it hurts, even if his guest star turns are always appreciated.
Annika: Do you ever think we'll get to a point where we'll talk normally?
The therapy session delayed the inevitable; as the week's mystery starts, Annika starts rambling about Ibsen's The Enemy of the People on her way to a body found in Loch Katrine. There's nothing but a business card reading "Natural Water, a hard-to-hear call-in report by the person who found the body, who has a New Zealand accent, and claims of a boat, now missing. Tyrone finds the boat at the other end of the loch, but it's a rental. Looking up Natural Water employees, Blair believes the victim to be Murdo Stirling, a chemical analyst.
