And while it certainly has enough of those trappings, it's also repeatedly hamstrung by its episodic nature, jerking from inciting incident to inciting incident without a clear through-line and leaving the whole thing undernourished.
Don't look for a clear through line.
She had a clear view through the windshield.
From it, I learned that there might be a clear path through the smoke.
Done fairly, pro forma numbers provide a clearer path through America's increasingly complex accounting rules.
The agency allows waivers but lacks a clear system through which applicants can seek them.
From here, it's a clear run through to the suicide.
Peter Konwitschny's production charted a clear course through Nono's labyrinthine dramatic textures.
Find a clear path through the story and build one paragraph after another in logical order.
Thus Mr. Brooks has painted a clear border through a complex landscape and then concluded that Mr. Obama is wishy-washy because he has footprints on both sides.
