06:30 Veronica Mars
07:30 Privileged
09:00 Sons Of Anarchy
11:00 90210
12:00 The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Veronica Mars. Episode 7. "The Girl Next Door" is one of my least favourite episodes. I don't know, I just don't like the idea of Veronica stumbling into a case right next door. I've never liked it when private eyes (like Magnum) spend time helping friends and not actually taking cases. Plus, it's a fairly ordinary story and it doesn't really give much scope for Veronica to be clever and impress us.
Jason Dohring is the best thing about the episode. Logan is funny and interesting in every scene. He and Eli spend the episode in detention sparring with Mr. Daniels and becoming a little closer in the process. All of this is good. The rest of the episode... not so much.
Privileged. Episode 1. "Pilot" Not funny enough or interesting enough. A female writer (who is from the Ally McBeal school of TV females) becomes a tutor to a couple of spoiled heiresses. There were many bits here and there that were obviously supposed to be funny, but did nothing for me.
Sons Of Anarchy. Episode 1. "Pilot" A biker club gets the Sopranos/Shield treatment. Watching them ride around, towards the end of the show, being all 'cool' and 'menacing' I could not help but think that The A-Team would easily defeat them if they were to, for instance, threaten a small town. No small-towns for this gang, though. Mostly they are concerned with selling guns and - in this first story - getting back some guns that have been stolen from them. Series-star Charlie Hunnam has an alarming habit of swaying from side to side when the script calls for him to walk away from/towards the camera in dramatic fashion. It's quite distracting. I kept expecting him to fall over. But he didn't.
Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman and Ryan Hurst were the best elements about this pilot. I liked all of their characters. Everyone else left me cold. I'm not that concerned about any of them, and won't lose any sleep if I never see them again.
90210. Episode 3. "Lucky Strike" Three episodes and I'm still watching. I watched this as part of a group and everyone in the room was interested in the Ryan Eggold/Jennie Garth storyline and totally rooting for Mr. Matthews to win her heart. The only teenage girl in the room (19) felt that the show as too depressing for her to watch it every week. Easy to understand with Erin Silver being afraid to go home because of her drunken mother (how cool to see Ann Gillespie again!) and Naomi discovering that her 'family' is a sham. Sad. I really like Naomi now. And Ethan. The Wilson kids impress me less and less every episode. I don't dislike them (gosh, who could dislike those smiles, huh?) but they get pushed further and further down the list of interesting characters, that's all.
The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Season 2, Episode 1. "Samson & Delilah" It took a while to get going (and I'm not sure, yet, about Shirley Manson) but this was a great episode. Largely because of the final scenes where Cameron started to plead for her 'life' and the part where John stood up to his mother and opted to trust the terminator with a second chance at life. That was a cool scene. It felt like John Connor manning up. I really love that guy. And all of these characters. And this journey that they are on.
Highlight? Sarah Connor (...is back. Yay!)
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Wed, Sep 10, 08 - Veronica Mars, Privileged, Sons Of Anarchy, 90210, The Sarah Connor Chronicles
