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Summer Premieres So Far

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog:  SO MUCH FUCKING FUN.  Super cute.  Loved the music.  Nathan Fillion was hilariously over the top.  So many great little moments, it would be impossible to list them all.

Burn Notice: Kinda boring frankly. Except for the 5 minutes of Tricia Helfer at the very end (she looked so pretty! I loved her dress!), I thought it was one of the lamer episodes. Although I did learn a lot about motion detectors.  I have finally found two other people who (like me) do NOT see what the fuss is about the main dude. If they replaced him, my feelings about this show would grow exponentially more positive.

The Closer: Jason O'Mara is just sizzling hot, isn't he.  It was fun enough. Felt like a "setup" episode: leaving a lot of loose ends around random storylines to build on for the season. So that's fine. I do love Fritz myself, but sometimes you've got to wonder why it is he's sticking around.

Saving Grace: Ugh. Super hard to watch this episode. Don't think it's easy to handle incest and pedophilia anyway but both in one episode?  And in THIS MANNER?  Uh uh.  And the scene with the priest in the chair and Grace dancing around in front of/and sometimes on him?  Cringe.  Didn't enjoy it.

The Cleaner.  Hmmmm. Why do all the critics hate this show?  Maybe it goes downhill in further episodes?  But at this point, I'd have to say this premiere was BOTH more enjoyable AND more entertaining than either Burn Notice or Saving Grace.  There was a nice mix of drama and humor (all the talking to "God"? was handled really funnily).  I liked Benjamin Bratt better here than I ever did on Law & Order.  Grace Park is really fun all sassy and slinky.  And it's too bad the one dude had to die because THOSE ARE THE TATTOOS I WANT.  I enjoyed it. I'm definitely going to watch it again.

Weird Flashbacks of the Week:  Dawson's Mom (from Dawson's Creek/Pacey's Pond obviously) showing up on Saving Grace, Leo from Charmed showing up on The Closer, and the bartender from Jericho showing up on The Cleaner. 

Summer TV.

Ugh.  As someone whose ENTIRE LIFE revolves around TV (if that's all there is, then that's all there is), summer is obviously a tough time.  And hello stupid SciFi channel, THANKS SO MUCH for choosing to postpone the second half of the last season ever of BSG until next January.  Thanks for going that extra mile and helping me out here.

SO, what will you be watching?

Well, I'll definitely be watching The Closer.  I don't think it's the greatest show, certainly not to the level of its hype, and I ALWAYS think the season opener is very weak (they always go a bit too far in dumbing down the team and making Brenda the only person who can figure anything out in that episode, every season so far), but I really enjoy the different relationships among the team, the "camaraderie" (whether it be snarky and mean or sweet, depending on the participants), and I LOVE Fritz.  So there's that.  And it's definitely willing to operate on a goofier fun level than other cop shows.  (And I know Michelle would not let me get away without mentioning J.K. Simmons!) Somehow that all makes it possible for me to get past the grating Southern accent.

I'll also be watching Burn Notice, the Eggplant's favorite show. I just don't get why everyone on earth thinks the lead dude is so charming (seriously, every article you read), because ALL I can think about when I see him is the mean nasty dude he played in Hitch.  Seriously.  And the voiceover, while being somewhat self deprecating and amusing, is always said in this smarmy self satisfied voice that makes me CRAZY and contributes even further to me thinking of him as the mean nasty dude he played in Hitch.  That said, I love Sam and Fiona, and there is a lot of humor on this show, and hello this season "Smokin #6" as my Dad calls her (Tricia Helfer to the rest of us) will be in multiple episodes.  So there are certainly enough reasons to watch.

I won't watch Saving Grace on purpose, but given it comes on right after The Closer, chances are I'll wind up seeing it.  It's not the God stuff that bugs me (because frankly it's NOT about "saving grace because she's a drunken ho" although you would have to assume that from the previews), it's just that so many of the characters are one dimensional dead ends and while Bailey Chase (who you may remember from Buffy, he played one of Riley's military cohorts) is yummy, his character is kinda...dumb.  It is fun to see Angela Chase's dad again (he plays one of Grace's brothers) and Laura San Giacomo is playing so much against type here (the nerdy best friend) that it really cracks me up.

I was considering watching The Cleaner because (BSG obsession again) Boomer/ Athena/ Sharon/ #8 is on it...but it's getting BAD reviews, like rubbing your face in kitty litter bad.

And....what else is out there?  I believe Damages won't be on until 2009 (or so I've heard).  I HATED the episode or two of Mad Men I watched last year and hello that show is sooooo overhyped, I'm out hunting for reviews of other people who didn't like it and I just can't find any!!!  I may try it out again (maybe...if I'm really really desperate and lying on the floor doing nothing and staring at the ceiling is somehow not an option that night) but I doubt it.  I just have no interest in that women-repressing time period and that's ALL I could think about when I watched it.

Got any other suggestions for me?  Because it's looking very desert-like at this point....