Last night’s TV: saving the world one commercial break at a time
Heroes — The last minute and a half of Heroes was so awesome it was infuriating. Infuriating, because it made me wait through 45-minutes of ho-hum setup and seemingly unanswerable questions. Infuriating, because it also will make me wait through 45 more minutes of ho-hum seemingly never-ending setup and, of course, more questions.
AND WOW, was it violent! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a woman nailed to the side of a stairwell with ice picks before. THANKS NBC!!
See, what all of these new super-secret-serials have failed to learn from Lost is that people want to see a story mixed in with their supernatural intrigue. Sure, any give Lost ep will boggle the mind and dazzle the senses, but it will also tell a story about a character, and when the hour is over you feel like you’ve learned something about why someone behaves the way they do, even if you’re left asking a million more questions regarding the madness that is the Lost universe.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — A note for Aaron Sorkin: quit preaching to me! If I wanted political opinions I’d watch cable news. Or better yet, I’d watch The Wire. See, The Wire is one of the few shows that can say everything about everything without actually saying anything. Studio 60… has started to irk me simply for its lack of subtlty. Sorkin, I suppose, is an acquired taste. Maybe I have yet to acquire that taste. I’m curious if I will before I quit watching. However (as usual), Matthew Perry is still good enough to carry me over to the next week.
Weeds –Â Have you noticed that once a season hits episode six or seven, it suddenly becomes void of discussion material? I did enjoy the scene with Andy and Silas laying the pool talking about how their lives suck. That was funny (if obvious).
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:30 pm
I don’t have a DVR thing, so feel free, anyone, to confirm or deny: I’m pretty sure “Dawn” from the BBC’s “The Office” was on last night’s “Studio 60″ for two or three seconds. She was the blond sitting with the clipboard next to Danny during the rehearsal for the “Science, Schmience!” sketch. He would glance at her now and then and bark orders.
October 4th, 2006 at 12:40 am
YES! I knew I was forgetting something. She absolutely was present– and lovely as usual.