On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. The only interesting character was the badass female P.I. he's got > on his staff. Unless there's nothing else on, I doubt I'll be watching too > many more episodes of ex-Justice Garcia's show. I see the regular slot > will > be late night Fridays. I think it's already doomed. >
My dissent here is that I did not even find the badass PI interesting - she was trying WAY too hard to be bad, and an ass, and interesting, to be anything other than tiresome and boring. The PI on The Good Wife has a similar role, but much more understated, nuanced and - well - interesting. There is nothing about this show's politics that I don't strongly endorse, and nothing about it that was even remotely entertaining. Jimmy Smits absolutely rules on Dexter two years ago - he was brilliant. Smits has arguably had the most successful dramatic career of any actor in the history of television (LA LAW, NYPD Blue, Dexter). He does not even begin to come close to saving this stinker. On his worst day David Kelly could not write a show this bad (and I agree with Kevin, that is really saying something). This show was not written by Kelly, it was written by an earnest sophomore at Oberlin. I have a rather big tent when it comes to this season, at least in terms of what I am making my TiVo watch for me (more slots available now that I don't have to record 5 nights of Leno). In rough order of my anticipation: Lone Star, Boardwalk Empire, The Event, Five-0, L&O: LA, The Undercovers (I know), and The Whole Truth (I know). I will also probably record that show about family superheroes, and the comedy about outsourcing. I already have the unwatched episodes of Nikita and Terriers piling up, and some returning shows which are about to start getting recorded again (welcome back Chuck!). Even I do not have time to watch all of this TV, and my TiVo hard drive is not big enough to deal with it. Natural selection, bloody in tooth and claw, will soon have its way, and some of these shows will get auto deleted without ever having been watched by human eyes in my home. The circle of life. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
