Thursday, November 04, 2004
Misha, Misha, Misha
Thursday Night TV Report:
The OC premiere left something to be desired. It accomplished one thing that every season premiere should though, which is answer the cliffhanger questions from the last episode of the previous season. But just doing that is like never going to class, showing up for the test and getting a C. It requires minimal effort, if any at all. So what did we learn?
EPISODE SPOILERS COMING (that means that if you don't want to know what happened, do not read on - you've been warned):
- We learned that Seth ended up living in Portland all summer with Luke and Carson, Luke's father, who was pretty much driven out of town when his homosexuality was discovered.
- We learned that Seth got to Portland by bus, not by sailing.
- We learned that Marissa is going to have to hit bottom before her life moves forward.
- We learned that Kirsten is the rock of her entire family.
- We learned that Sandy is the most well-written character on the show.
- We learned that Summer still has issues.
- We learned that Ryan went back to Chino with Theresa. We also learned that she lied to Ryan about having a miscarriage.
Here are my thoughts:
Theresa's baby is not Ryan's. She got pregnant intentionally with the hopes of convincing Ryan it was his so he would come back to her, when she realized that it wasn't working, she had to lie. It will come out later that the baby wasn't Ryan's and when that happens, it will be the last episode that we see her in. The writer's realized the mistake they made in the plot by her getting pregnant and are now correcting it. I'm glad they did it right away though, which have been part of the reason for the mediocre premiere.
Julie Cooper is a cancer to men's financial situations. Cal is fucked. Jimmy was fucked. Now Jimmy is getting fucked by Kirsten's sister, who we will hear a lot about but see none of.
Seth will be back to the quick-witted smart ass that we like him being, his remarks are about 65% of the reason I watch the show. (Misha Barton and Rachel Bilson and the other hot OC bitches are 25% and Peter Gallagher's character is the last 10%). You can have hot girls on a shitty show, but you need something surrounding them to make it work.
Ryan and Marissa will be up and down until the final three episodes. Seth and Summer get together after about five episodes, which gives Anna four episodes to make an appearance.
The dialogue in this show is why I watch it. Lines like when Summer said, "I use descriptive insults to give voice to my inner pain," and when she referred to Seth as a "bitch on a boat" at least twice" are what I need from this show and didn't get enough of tonight.
The line of the show belonged to Julie Cooper though, "Marissa has become the spawn of Chuckie and Kieth Moon." Perfect. It's fitting, makes us think, and then makes us laugh a little.
Although the show has a pretty good cast, not great, but more than sufficient, and it does have a little of the day time Soap vibe, it is good because of the writing. The dialogue is original, often humorous when you don't expect it, and it moves so quickly as some points that you have to get a joke right away before you can appreciate the next one. Those qualities are rare today.
One more note: I wonder how long the mediocre acting of Marissa and Ryan can carry the most dramatic plot lines in this show.
CSI had one of its greatest episodes tonight. It referred to an episode from maybe two or three seasons ago and had all the usual twists and intrigue. I was about to write that the episode "referred back" to something from before. But once you refer to something, do you really need to refer back to it? Isn't the back part implied? I hate these inefficiencies in the English language as it is most commonly used by the general public. Call me out if you catch me doing that shit and I'll get you lunch or something. CSI is easily the best show on TV, and the women on it are pretty easy on the eyes too.
False alarm on the Ray Liotta appearance on ER. That comes next week. I watched Identity for nothing last night.
Until later.
The OC premiere left something to be desired. It accomplished one thing that every season premiere should though, which is answer the cliffhanger questions from the last episode of the previous season. But just doing that is like never going to class, showing up for the test and getting a C. It requires minimal effort, if any at all. So what did we learn?
EPISODE SPOILERS COMING (that means that if you don't want to know what happened, do not read on - you've been warned):
- We learned that Seth ended up living in Portland all summer with Luke and Carson, Luke's father, who was pretty much driven out of town when his homosexuality was discovered.
- We learned that Seth got to Portland by bus, not by sailing.
- We learned that Marissa is going to have to hit bottom before her life moves forward.
- We learned that Kirsten is the rock of her entire family.
- We learned that Sandy is the most well-written character on the show.
- We learned that Summer still has issues.
- We learned that Ryan went back to Chino with Theresa. We also learned that she lied to Ryan about having a miscarriage.
Here are my thoughts:
Theresa's baby is not Ryan's. She got pregnant intentionally with the hopes of convincing Ryan it was his so he would come back to her, when she realized that it wasn't working, she had to lie. It will come out later that the baby wasn't Ryan's and when that happens, it will be the last episode that we see her in. The writer's realized the mistake they made in the plot by her getting pregnant and are now correcting it. I'm glad they did it right away though, which have been part of the reason for the mediocre premiere.
Julie Cooper is a cancer to men's financial situations. Cal is fucked. Jimmy was fucked. Now Jimmy is getting fucked by Kirsten's sister, who we will hear a lot about but see none of.
Seth will be back to the quick-witted smart ass that we like him being, his remarks are about 65% of the reason I watch the show. (Misha Barton and Rachel Bilson and the other hot OC bitches are 25% and Peter Gallagher's character is the last 10%). You can have hot girls on a shitty show, but you need something surrounding them to make it work.
Ryan and Marissa will be up and down until the final three episodes. Seth and Summer get together after about five episodes, which gives Anna four episodes to make an appearance.
The dialogue in this show is why I watch it. Lines like when Summer said, "I use descriptive insults to give voice to my inner pain," and when she referred to Seth as a "bitch on a boat" at least twice" are what I need from this show and didn't get enough of tonight.
The line of the show belonged to Julie Cooper though, "Marissa has become the spawn of Chuckie and Kieth Moon." Perfect. It's fitting, makes us think, and then makes us laugh a little.
Although the show has a pretty good cast, not great, but more than sufficient, and it does have a little of the day time Soap vibe, it is good because of the writing. The dialogue is original, often humorous when you don't expect it, and it moves so quickly as some points that you have to get a joke right away before you can appreciate the next one. Those qualities are rare today.
One more note: I wonder how long the mediocre acting of Marissa and Ryan can carry the most dramatic plot lines in this show.
CSI had one of its greatest episodes tonight. It referred to an episode from maybe two or three seasons ago and had all the usual twists and intrigue. I was about to write that the episode "referred back" to something from before. But once you refer to something, do you really need to refer back to it? Isn't the back part implied? I hate these inefficiencies in the English language as it is most commonly used by the general public. Call me out if you catch me doing that shit and I'll get you lunch or something. CSI is easily the best show on TV, and the women on it are pretty easy on the eyes too.
False alarm on the Ray Liotta appearance on ER. That comes next week. I watched Identity for nothing last night.
Until later.
