Two hot messes …

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I was actually enjoying last night’s episode of Heroes — until the very end when it was revealed that yet another city (Washington, D.C. this time) is on the brink of explosive destruction.

So this makes what – three? four? – times that a city/the world at large has either been threatened with destruction or actually blown up since the show started. Any writer will tell you that you can’t keep doing the same things over and over again. There has to be some variation (or advancing of the overall story) or readers will get bored. Which brings me to this:

Dear Heroes writer dudes,

Get a new plot device.

Sincerely,

Jennifer

In other TV news, I also watched the first episode of Dollhouse. Now, I love me some Joss Whedon. Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my favorite characters of all time, and I loved Buffy. Overall, Angel was good too — until they killed off Cordy and turned Fred into that weird goddess chick. 

But Dollhouse? I thought it was just a big hot mess. And this version was supposed to be easier to understand than Whedon’s original? Okaaay. Basically, Dollhouse strikes me as a cross between The Matrix and La Femme Nikita — and not in a good way. I think I would have liked it better if Eliza (Echo) knew that she was being reprogrammed all the time. But the blank look she walks around with and that childlike innocence she projects was grating, rather than endearing.

I might give Dollhouse a few more episodes, but unless it gets a lot better, I’ll be watching Friday Night Lights instead.

What about you guys? What TV shows are you loving right now? Share in the comments.

5 Responses to “Two hot messes …”

  1. PurpleRanger says:

    As I understand it, Echo is going to start remembering bits and pieces of various previous assignments, even though her memory has supposedly been erased.

  2. Jennifer Estep says:

    Oh, yeah. I know that’s where they are going with the story. I just think it would be more interesting from the start if Echo was more of a La Femme Nikita type who *already* knows she’s working for a twisted organization.

    Then again, I’ve never been a big fan of amnesia or mind-wipe type stories. The only story where I think it’s been done well is with the first Jason Bourne book/movie. But that’s just me …

  3. Jody W. says:

    ED’s acting in Dollhouse also left a lot to be desired. She wasn’t convincing to me in the hostage negotiator role at all. Unless that was part of the point, I dunno. I haven’t seen the 2nd one yet.

  5. PurpleRanger says:

    Besides my old favorites (NCIS, all of the CSI series, and NUMB3RS), I’m enjoying ELEVENTH HOUR, THE MENTALIST, and FLASHPOINT. And I’m looking forward to the premiere of POWER RANGERS RPM in a week or two.

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