A few weeks ago everything ended… by everything I mean everything television wise; all the shows I watch ended their current runs in the US - Alias (*sniffle* final season), Smallville, Verionica Mars, 24, Lost (am I missing anything? ... hmm). It was quite a strange change, suddely I had nothing to download fly to the states every week to watch.
The World Cup and Big Brother were both brief distractions but the lack of TV Drama caused me to catch up with a few things via ScreenSelect:
The West Wing
Now finished in the US but not something I’ve ever watched before. US political drama doesn’t really sound like it’s my thing but after a recommend from a friend (*wave Lucy*) I decided to stick it on my screenselect list and gave it a go… and it’s bloody brilliant. It’s a ‘typical’ US drama in that it’s got a great ensemble cast with each episode dealing with a specific thing as well as the real lives of the characters and little story arcs. What I really like about it is the humour; it’s not played for laughs but sometimes it seems as though it’s the funniest shows on TV.
Made a slight error with my screenselect list though. Each disk I got had four episodes on until I got to disk 3 which had three episodes and some extra features. I assumed it meant the first season was just a half season much like season one of Buffy. So I stuck season two on screenselect instantly. Some texts from Lucy said the last episode of season one was fantastic, so I watched and waited ... and then it ended. It wasn’t that great, just seemed like a normal episode ... and then I checked and found out season one had 22 episodes not the 11 I presumed. I guess the DVDs are 4 4 3 4 4 3. Screenselect does a nice thing where it sends series in episode order but unfortunately there doesn’t seem a check in place to make sure you get them season order so I’ve been getting some of season two before I’ve had all the disks for season one all because I’m a bit of a numpty.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Saw the interview between Ricky Gervais and Larry David a few months ago and because of that I decided to stick CYE on my list. Each episode is essentially about situations snowballing due to something Larry says or does. Very funny and contains swearing which is always funny.
Arrested Development
No idea where I first heard about his but heard it wasa very underrated comedy which was due to be cancelled after 3 seasons. “Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable”. Very funny show!
It is the Summer and there are still some shows on the air so my ... erm ... trips to the US still go ahead so I can catch Monk and Psych both similar shows, light hearted detective shows. Monk’s in its fifth season now and Psych has just started.
Huzzah, TV is great!