The most wonderful time of the year

Reasons number seventy-eight you should not have two margaritas on an empty stomach while surrounded by coworkers:

"Isn't is marvelous," I swooned.  To my boss.  She'd just asked what we all thought of Fall TV. 

But I'm not ashamed!  I'm in love, I'm in love and I don't care who knows it.  Last night Joel asked what my favorite new fall show was, and WELL, SINCE YOU ASKED.

There's The Event.  I'm digging it so far, even though it is treading a little too close to Lost's territory, what with the disappearing magic plane in the very first episode. They've got some aliens in there to change things up -- at least I'm pretty sure that chick from ER is an alien -- and a little government conspiracy to boot.  I'll give it a try, even though I was extremely disappointed by the casting of Luke Danes as a terrorist.  It turns out he wasn't a terrorist after all, he was acting under duress!  And now he's dead, so he can go back to being Luke Danes. 

Besides, Luke Danes being made to wear an awful pilot outfit instead of his eternal flannel shirt is the least of my problems as far as character defamation (har, get it?) goes this TV season. Let's talk about Hawaii 5-0, shall we?

Now, I am too young to have ever seen the original show, so I don't care at all if they ruin its "legacy" or whatever.  But again with the ripping off of the Lost -- here's Jin! And he's speaking English!  I realize that he was just pretending not to speak English in Lost -- that's what actors do, after all, they act -- but hearing someone who will always be Jin to me speak perfect English is extremely disconcerting.  It's too soon. Take a vacation for a year or twenty, Jin.  Or just never work again.  The latter is my preference.  That also goes for Mohinder, and I don't care if he was actually faking the British accent in Heroes and the new American accent in Covert Affairs is real.  No. Just... no.

However, this is my biggest issue: Boomer.  When you've been immortalized as Cylon Number Eight, you should just retire from acting. I don't want to see you playing some police academy newbie.  I am actually enjoying Hawaii 5-0 enough, but are there no other actors in the world?  Besides Jin and Boomer, we've got Mick St. John from the short-lived and admittedly terrible vamp series, Moonlight, playing the lead.  I'm actually OK with that, because his acting was so godawful in Moonlight that I never fully identified him as his character.

What else, what else... I'm OK with that Dark Blue show, as long as we're assuming that there is room in this world for yet another law enforcement drama.  NCIS LA continues to make me angry with its ridiculous plot lines and complete refusal to put LL Cool J in anything other than a solid-colored, tight-fitting long sleeved shirt.  The Vampire Diaries makes my life complete, but why do all the good shows have to be on Thursday night?  I mean, we've got Vamp Diaries, Nikita (LOVE), Jersey Shore and Project Runway on the same night?  And then on Wednesdays I'm forced to watch yet another drama-filled season of Ultimate Fighter because there is nothing else on?  Is this really necessary, TV schedulers of the world?

Supernatural continues to kick ass, proving that beloved characters CAN continue their careers when they are written off a long-running show like Gilmore Girls, provided that 1) there is a suitable gap between roles, and 2) they can actually, you know, ACT.  

Smallville is finally, FINALLY, coming to an end -- but not before introducing an army of Lex Luthor clones.  Yawn. This show, it kills me. WHEN IS HE GOING TO FLY, GODDAMNIT?  We've been waiting ten years.  It is time.

Am I missing anything wonderful this fall TV season?  It truly is marvelous, isn't it?

 

Comments

[nancypearlwannabe]

We are so not watching the same TV, which, how is that possible? I haven't seen any of those shows! At least we still have PR.

[Anna]

I love fall tv season - it's like a new school year!

Totally loving Vampire Diaries this season - so good with Caroline being a vampire now and all. Loving that development.

Also, I'm ok with Jin in Hawaii 5-0 and it took me a little while to even figure out that Boomer was whats her name. I think why I'm ok with is is that I look at that show as just a brainless action show so I don't really care who's staring in it because I'm not too invested in any of them.

Finally, I'm into The Event but I hope there is something more to this thing than just "aliens" because if there isn't, I feel like they revealed that way too soon.

[Liz]

I have Hawaii 5-0 on the DVR but haven't watched yet.

I'm more into the sitcoms - How I Met Your Mother, Two and Half Men (which is actually good again, after being horrible last season), Big Bang Theory, Modern Family (which I've only seen once but it was HILARIOUS!), Rules of Engagement, and a few others. Oh, and I like Tosh.0 on comedy central. That's the only show on Wednesdays that I like. And if I had Showtime, I'd totally be on board with Dexter. Instead, I have to wait for the season DVDs.

[Lisa]

When Superman started 10 years ago, the creator gave an interview saying that Clark would never wear tights or fly on the show. (I know this only because my husband was obsessed with the show when it first started.) So...maybe he won't fly.

[NGS]

This here: When you've been immortalized as Cylon Number Eight, you should just retire from acting. Word. Word. I don't know her real name, but Boomer should just walk away, retire her SAG card, and live the life on the convention circuit. I want nothing to do wit her on my screen in any other form.

[Aly]

Ooh! I want to see this 'Event' show. I msut have missed it!

[-R-]

Modern Family on Wednesday night! It's on an hour before Ultimate Fighter, so don't worry, you can watch both.

The Good Wife is really good, though I didn't watch the season premiere this week.

[Life of a Doctor's Wife]

Yes, fall TV is AWESOME. So many old favorites returning to delight you with new episodes... So many new shows to tempt you with their delights.

I too was deeply disappointed in Luke Danes on that plane. No way would he choose the life of one over the lives of many. Well, unless it was Lorelai Gilmore, in which case I'd agree.

(Speaking of which, do you watch Parenthood? Because it is AWESOME even though it's got Lorelai Gilmore acting all un-Lorelai-ish.)

[Karen]

I have actually seen a few episodes of the original Hawaii 5-0 (though obviously not when it first aired - I was born in 83), but I don't remember it well enough to care either. And the girl was on BSG! THAT's why I thought she looked familiar. Ummm, duh!
I watch way too much TV. I recently started watching The Good Wife and White Collar on top of all the other shows I watch. I think my favorite would have to be Vampire Diaries and Dexter. But I watch a bunch more.

[janet]

I have been finding myself going back to old reliables, not new shows. However Big Bang Theory seems funnier to me than ever (or I think I just took awhile to warm up to it).

[beth]

This is really weird. How are you not watching 1) modern family 2) 30 rock 3) always sunny (although admittedly, not as good this season) 4) the league 5) mad men

For some reason I am also entertained by Outlaw on friday nights. It is a bad show, but I like Jimmy Smits.