Thursday new and returning TV blogging

[danceswithwords]

The list of shows I'm catching on the new fall schedule is pretty small, but there are a few.

Comments

[asta77]

I didn't even attempt to watch The Event. I debated, but Monday there was a ton of stuff on and I told myself that I wasn't going to watch/DVR anything that wasn't well reviewed and/or something that really interested me. The Event met neither criteria.

And Undercovers was also a snoozefest. It was Chuck meets Alias minus any excitement. The leads had chemistry, but that's about all I can say for it.

[danceswithwords]

I had already given Undercovers a pass because of the whole JJ Abrams thing, and I'm perversely glad I didn't miss anything.

[katie_m]

Yeah, James Marsters is going on fifty now, isn't he?

[danceswithwords]

He usually wears it a lot better.

[sdwolfpup]

Wow that Roald Dahl link was FASCINATING. Thank you for sharing that!

[danceswithwords]

If I could face adversity with 1/100th of that creativity and strength, I would be very, very glad. Although I would also be possibly less of a jerk about it. People are complicated.

[scrubschick]

I didn't mind McGarrett too much. I interpreted his smugness as confidence in his abilities which, this being the pilot, would be unknown to us and the support roles. I did like his parting gift to Danno. *shrug* I was shocked at how underused Marsters was, tho. I was hoping that would be a continuing story line and that he'd be a recurring character. He had maybe three lines of dialog! WTF? I'll give it a few more eps and even then I may watch to see The Second Most Beautiful Man in the World (DDK). Grace Park was also underused but we'll see how she develops.

[danceswithwords]

It could well be that the smugness was one of those over-exaggerated character traits that sometimes come out in pilots because they're trying to establish something and shoot too far. We'll see; I'm in for at least a few more episodes.