After Lucifer was demoted for stealing campaign funds, he quickly clawed his way back up the political ladder becoming the Vice President of the Free World. Remarkably, all the bastards he’s sired have had no effect on his career in politics whatsoever. In fact, Lucifer has seven little half demons running around town. (more…)
Wow. That was AWESOME. After NBC’s particularly aggressive promo campaign, (this show’s only rival for over exposure was Glee), I was afraid all the best jokes and bits had been replayed a thousand times in teasers and trailers. And yes, I had seen a good third of the pilot, whether I wanted to or not, in various commercial breaks, but it didn’t matter. Alan Sepinwall does a great job of gushing over the pilot in his column, and I fear my own praise would deteriorate into simply quoting all the great lines, scenes, and speeches in this awesome, awesome pilot.
In high school, I was a notorious song repeater, driving passengers in my car to either go insane or dive roll into a ditch. With my DVR only a few feet away, I’m on the verge of falling back into old habits. Having just watched the pilot, I could easily watch it again right now. It’s got it all, the characters, the one liners, the snark, and the heart to keep anyone enthralled. Watch this show, and cross your fingers it stays this hilarious.
Last week’s second episode of Glee felt like it should be taking place closer to mid-season. It was as if the show’s creators took for granted that we knew, loved, and understood all the main characters so it was all well and good to pile on the external pressures even though the internal ones, those inside the group between our main characters, had yet to be explored. After last night, I feel like I’m watching a show in the middle of its fourth season instead of a new series on its third episode.
Instead of Acafellas and show choir choreographers who charge eight grand, I wish the episode had focused on Mercedes and her crush on the cleary gay Kurt. This story line could have driven the entire episode and instead of originating with the conniving cheerleading coach and her minions, it could have come from within the original glee club members whom we have had so little time to get to know. (more…)
Sep
11
2009
GLEE
I love that this show is on television right now. It’s so different from pilots produced the last two years whether they were slightly new takes on the same old procedurals or Sex and The City dopplegangers only without the graphic sex. Although the first two episodes were a lot of fun, I worry about how long I will be able to root for these Gleeks. (more…)
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While cleaning up the DVR in preparation for all the new fall shows soon to hit airwaves, I finished watching all of The Philanthropist. After two seasons of Rome, I would watch an hour of James Purefoy lasciviously read the phone book, and here he was staring in a show created by Tom Fontana, a man who worked on Oz and Homicide: Life on the Street. My expectations were perhaps higher than they should have been for a show with a short summer run. But this show had so much great material to work with. A hedonistic do-gooder playboy with a death wish, episodes filmed on location in Nigeria and Kashmir, and an incredible cast. If only the millionaire’s dead son and the overbearing framing devices hadn’t weighed down an otherwise entertaining and compelling hour of television. (more…)
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