That said, it tied into Jack’s (Matthew Fox, who wears the nominal leading man mantel exceptionally well) character development beautifully: Atlas, who must bear the weight of all on his very soul. I realized this week too that Jack’s last name, Shepard, suits him perfectly. All turn to him when the chips are down, even the slowly mellowing Sawyer.
Boone will certainly be missed. But on Lost, it’s hard to tell what is real and what is possible, so perhaps it’s possible that we'll see more of Boone in time.
The West Wing - NBC
Temple Stark waxes Temple-rific on the nomination of Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits) as Democratic nominee for President.
I haven’t watched this fine show regularly in a while (though I get a goodly dose of it via repeats on Bravo), and I’m happy they’re moving forward with a new administration (if it doesn’t get cancelled, of course), but a non-House of Bartlett is going to be really weird.
Eyes - ABC
NancyGail looks upon Eyes here.
Saw the promo, didn’t see much worth watching, myself.
Thursday
Project Greenlight - Bravo
Jason Mewes (Jay of Jay and Silent Bob and oh ye comedy God Kevin Smith fame) and Henry Rollins are going to be in Feast? Wow, that’s pretty fucking cool. Okay, now back to the weekly report.
This week, yet more insight revealed into the knife in the front with a smile and a kiss culture that Hollywood lives and breathes on. The casting director screwed over not just first-time director John Gulager, but the producers as well in squeezing young hottie Navi Rawat (of The OC fame) in the role of Heroine. The best moment of the show was when Miss Casting Director got haughty about Gulager’s restrained remarks in her direction.
“I thought we were all adults here,” she said.
Yes, that’s right, if you mean the ice-hearted manipulative self-serving kind.
It was nice to see something of a compromise, however, in that Clu Gulager, John’s father, and Diane Goldner, John Gulager’s longtime girlfriend, were cast in smaller roles in the film.
Promo scenes for next week’s episode are looking rather dire as shooting begins. This could end up being a textbook study on how to make a piece of crap B horror flick.
Now, you see kids: take a dozen rewrites, a low budget, seven decision-makers, add flour, and then soak in the straight-to-video section of Blockbuster for seven-to-nine lifetimes…
Article comments
1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
excellent stuff yet again, Eric. I really must get me some of this Arrested Development malarkey. Every time i hear the name i jsut get Mr Wendall playing in my head. Anything bringing back those kinda vibes can't be all bad.
And you reminded me of something i meant to ask a while back - do you know how many episodes of this first series have been made of The Office, or how many are intended? Presumably it'll get more interesting as they start to focus less on the BBC plots.
2 - Eric Berlin
Thanks Duke. The quick answer to your question is that I don't know how many eps of The Office we'll see. But save some quick/bizarre cancellation (it's doing pretty well with audience and critics thus far) we'll see at least 13 eps in the first season, and likely the normal run of 22 or 24 for the next full season.
And because it's Friday, I give you:
Take me to another place, take me to another land, let me understand...
3 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
ha! brilliant!
"tennessee...."
4 - Tom Johnson
I have seen 6 eps of the Office listed, which would make sense - long enough to fill the gap between sweeps seasons but not too long that it takes up precious space on the schedule during sweeps, when it's likely to take a nose-dive in ratings when people flock to the really stellar programming sweeps is known for (that's sarcasm, by the way.)
And, by the way (part two,) Eric, I also really like this rundown of shows every week.
5 - Tom Johnson
Forgot to mention: I was a tad disappointed with this week's Lost. It didn't really progress the story at all, but did tie up at least one critical plot point revolving around Claire's baby. I don't think Boone was all that important to the story, but I'm pretty sure he'll be back in Shannon's flashbacks in later episodes (next season, presumably.) I'm also disappointed that there's not another new episode until May 4. Another month without new shows? This, and the really irritating amount of commercial breaks, are two things that drive me crazy about this show, or maybe ABC is to blame. Either way, knock it off!
6 - Eric Berlin
Tom -- thanks very much. I was about to mention this on last week's post, but I'll mention here: I talked about your assertions regarding Arrested Development (subversive beneath-the-radar shots taken at Fox on last week's show) on my podcast, Dumpster Bust Radio, last week.
Have you seen/heard anything more about them? I'm curious to get more info there -- very interesting stuff.
If you didn't see above, Cathode Ray Fray is now a regular segment on the radio show, so you might like to check it out. Any feedback, of course, would be much appreciated.
7 - Eric Berlin
I had no idea we were in for another month of reruns on Lost: Blast!
Luckily, I usually watch everything via DVR, so I get to steamroll through the commercials: car, soda, Burger King, car, McDonalds... ah, Lost.
Except reruns: Blast!
Oh: and I'm with you regarding this week's Lost to a certain extent, which is why I bumped it down from Best Show on Television to a new just-about-best category. It's fun to see how my feelings change week-to-week on these things.