Weeds
I have been making a concerted effort over the last year or so to catch up on every show I ever should have watched ever. I am not doing badly. Finished up Battlestar Galactica in time for Caprica to be awesome (hope they bring it back!). Got caught up with Friday Night Lights in time for the start of this season. Lots of people had been telling me that Weeds should be next on my list, so I decided to give it a go. I was tempted to give up after I watched the first couple of episodes, but I thought I would give it a totally fair chance, so I watched all 10 episodes that Netflix sent me.
I still don't like it.
My problem here is that I'm going to end up being a hypocrite. I know, I know. Not AGAIN! But see, the reason I don't like Weeds is that I just find all of the characters to be BAD people. And it doesn't really have much to do with the drugs, although I have some issues with the feasibility of some parts of THAT. Okay, so, given that, my problem is that I ADORE, nay, worship Dexter. And not to spoil anything but uh...he's a serial killer. A BRUTAL serial killer.
In fact, there are a lot of shows I really really like where there are characters that generally are not nice people. Nate on Six Feet Under was about as selfish and up his own butt as you could be. Lee Adama on BSG was pretty darned whiny and annoying, a fact that did not escape me, though his hotness was distracting. Lost, of course, had more than its share of questionable characters.
So what is Weeds lacking?
I think maybe it's trying to walk in the footsteps of the holy Six Feet Under in that it's trying to show really messed up family dynamics, really messed up people who go through really messed up things, and yet do that all with a sense of humor. But it just misses the mark for me for some reason. Sounds weird when talking about a show, but it seems very "put on" to me.
I don't know. Weeds fans, what am I missing?
I still don't like it.
My problem here is that I'm going to end up being a hypocrite. I know, I know. Not AGAIN! But see, the reason I don't like Weeds is that I just find all of the characters to be BAD people. And it doesn't really have much to do with the drugs, although I have some issues with the feasibility of some parts of THAT. Okay, so, given that, my problem is that I ADORE, nay, worship Dexter. And not to spoil anything but uh...he's a serial killer. A BRUTAL serial killer.
In fact, there are a lot of shows I really really like where there are characters that generally are not nice people. Nate on Six Feet Under was about as selfish and up his own butt as you could be. Lee Adama on BSG was pretty darned whiny and annoying, a fact that did not escape me, though his hotness was distracting. Lost, of course, had more than its share of questionable characters.
So what is Weeds lacking?
I think maybe it's trying to walk in the footsteps of the holy Six Feet Under in that it's trying to show really messed up family dynamics, really messed up people who go through really messed up things, and yet do that all with a sense of humor. But it just misses the mark for me for some reason. Sounds weird when talking about a show, but it seems very "put on" to me.
I don't know. Weeds fans, what am I missing?