Wow, I'm pretty awful to this blog. I've let it sit for an entire season, ugh. In that time, at least three or four shows fell off of my MUST WATCH list, I've entertained the thought of renaming this blog: You Should Be Watching (Why? It sounded catchier in my head), and I've become obsessed...OBSESSED with a few other shows.
Here's a super quick recap; think of it as a cold open to this blog (Revamped! Just kidding).
- Glee's become a dull, 7th Heaven esque morality trip of the week, with glorified characters and less than stellar musical performances. Plus, original songs? Do not want. If season 3 is full of the type of episodes that dragged this season down, I'm out for good.
- Southland KILLED NATE. UGGHHH. I get that Kevin Alejandro jumped ship for True Blood, but I feel betrayed. It was excellent as far as character deaths go, completely out of left field and true to the series' style, but oh so gut wrenching. The ensemble dynamic's completely shifted and I hope they manage to keep it going for the next season.
- Speaking of actor's jumping ship...Being Human killed Mitchell. MITCHELL! One of the three central characters in the show! While I'm delighted that Aidan Turner is going to be in The Hobbit, I'm devastated that BH is left with a couple of werewolves, a ghost, and not much else. Oh, wait, an upcoming vampire issue that seems like it came straight out of The Vampire Diaries.
- Big Love ended. Bill died, a bunch of other people went nuts, and I was surprised that it didn't end the way I thought it would; with Bill alone and sad, and each of the wives slowly finding their independence free of the polygamous relationship. Still, it had a good run.
- Damages is dead. By route of the Bermuda Triangle I'm thinking. It got shunted over to DirecTV's cable channel and I've never seen a new episode since. What gives?
- Caprica's dead too. Who didn't see that coming, it had potential, but aimed too high.
- Merlin hit crazytown. And Uther's STILL NOT DEAD. OH MY GOSH, Arthur and Gwen will get married and Uther will still be alive. It's a level of myth mangling I haven't seen since Robin Hood.
- Legend of the Seeker got brutally canceled after two glorious seasons. What a shame, that had all the potential of following Hercules and Xena down that fantasy route.
What is wasn't was Game of Thrones, and that's probably why it was canceled. GoT will slap you upside your head with it's "in your face" gore, sex, and all around awesomeness. George R. R. Martin takes no prisoners, and thank God HBO didn't shirk from a faithful adaptation of it. Beloved characters still meet horrible ends, and fantastic storytelling is to be had. Can you tell I'm in love?
Other shows I watch have also been canceled, including J.J. Abrams' "Undercovers," which started out good but quickly became a snorefest (It's no wonder UST rules the partner dynamics in shows, who really wants to watch a happily coupled pair fight crime? Uh, not I) and Life Unexpected.
Also started watching some new stuff: Secret Diary of a Call Girl (EXCELLENT, by the way. It's over too, unfortunately, but more by virtue of it being a British production, and those sadly never last long), Episodes (Which made me adore Matt LeBlanc), The Inbetweeners (How I'd imagine my best friends and I would act if we were lads), is returning stateside and I've got my calendar marked. White Collar and Covert Affairs are returning so that plus the bevy of superhero movies coming out make summer a promising season!
Addendum: How could I forget Community? BBT's been laid by the wayside as it's deviated away from it's geeky glory and edged more towards Two and a Half Men type of jokes (read: fratboy, sexual based jokes) Meanwhile, Community has been amping it up, covering flashbacks in a series of meta flashbacks (excellent episode), slyly referencing things that happened in previous episodes (continuity win!), and finishing off with an epic two parter paintball masterpiece. Oh Community, you cover the pop culture genius in academia so much better than your professorial Cal Tech brethren in Pasadena.
