February 25, 2006
[friday night lights] 2:20 PM
Battlestar Galactica | Downloaded
One of the series best. After a retrospectively great mid-season premiere, BSG has hobbled along, delivering the most uneven batch of episodes in the series history. One could remark that Starbuck's Scar was an entertaining outing, but on the heels of the Apollo-centric fanboy lunacy of Black Market it lacked gravitas, and whileDana Delany made for a powerful guest-star, the episode itself lacked the solid emotional undercurrent that so often grounds the show and makes it profound (a blame this on Dualla).
But Downloaded? Truly phenomenal. Even if you'd read a TV Guide blurb or seen a promo, there were surprises around every corner, and you know Helfer and Park are just giddy as hell at their new character tweaks/peaks.
What bothers me about BSG lately is that it's following rules it doesn't need to. It's a non-network show that doesn't play the sweeps stunt game, so why does it a tread water and wait for the final three episodes of the season to kick it into high-gear? That makes sense for Lost, since it tries to grab May by the balls, but BSG - much like HBO series - doesn't follow that schedule. If it did, it would've re-debuted in February, not January, and season premieres wouldn't be in July.
As much as I feel that hours have been wasted, it's amazing how one truely great hour can suck me back in completely and have me drooling in anticipation at the two-part 2 and a half hour finale.
The episode also contains the best teaser since season one's Kobol's Last Gleaming, and that's saying something. A
Conviction | Pilot
So, let me get this straight ... NBC canned Dick Wolf's Law & Order Trial By Jury, a series that was a better permutation of the franchise than Criminal Intent, yet it greenlit Conviction? Then saw the pilot? And aired it?
This hourlong about young DA's in Manhattan feels something more akin to a new series from a burnt-out David E. Kelly acolyte, than a new Dick Wolf enterprise. Much like Melinda Clarke, Eric Balfour has in one season made the leap from high-schooler to adult, but unlike Clarke isn't believable.
Sure, its great to see Stephanie March and J. August Richards back on TV, I just wish it were on a show that I planned to keep watching. And what the hell is up with Mike Post stealing Danny Lux's Boston Legal music cues? D-
Also: I didn't see that twist coming on House, and since when does CSI air an rerun during sweeps?
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