Terriers Cancelled
In a bit of sad news that really isn’t that big a shocker FX has officially cancelled Terriers. The show has garnered considerable critical acclaim but never founds its audience. It’s always sad to see good shows go.
In a bit of sad news that really isn’t that big a shocker FX has officially cancelled Terriers. The show has garnered considerable critical acclaim but never founds its audience. It’s always sad to see good shows go.
As The Walking Dead’s brief first season came to an end with the sound of a Bob Dylan song playing in the background, I reflected briefly on what they’ve done over these six episodes. It’s certainly been an up and down ride, though not everyone agrees on what the strong or weak parts were. Personally, I thought the premiere was fantastic, exactly what a show about zombies bringing the end of the world should be like. Then the second episode deviated from the plot of the comics, and screwed things up in grand fashion. The next few episodes and their moments and their pitfalls, but I thought they were of generally improving quality and I was hopeful that we would be up for a slam-bang finale before the year long wait for more episodes. Unfortunately, this episode simply wasn’t very good, not as bad as the show’s nadir in part two, but still the worst it’s been since then.
As soon as you think you have this show figured out it takes another turn. What seemed to be the season’s overall story arc has already crumbled into pieces. Sadly, this major turn came at the cost of the show’s best demon/monster character so far, Crowley. It seems as if weeks have passed between episodes and the brothers have regularly captured monsters to give to Crowley in his quest for purgatory.
The episode most fans have been dying to see is finally here and it was worth the buildup. With both Olivias exposed for who they really are, they’re both trying to escape from their current universe. Alternate Olivia’s journey feels like a cat and mouse game, while our Olivia’s experience actually reminded me of ET.
After a week off the gang comes back and we get one of the rare road episodes. At least once a season it seems like we get an episode that drops the familiar bar setting and puts our characters in an unknown surrounding. Frank donates money to an animal relief fund and the gang attempts to drive to Atlantic City for the banquet. We know that our characters are idiots, so needless to say, they don’t all get there. Frank gets them all lost in the woods and our characters split up.
This week on 30 Rock we got an episode with lots of great one-liners and a story that holds together well. We also got to see the return of two small characters introduced seasons ago. Remember Tracy’s fake illegitimate son, Donald from the season three episode about how white people can’t tell how old black people are? What about Jenna’s transvestite boyfriend who likes to dress up as Jenna? Well, he’s back too, and we get to watch Jenna making out with a male version of herself in several scenes, which is either hysterical, or erotic depending on your tastes.
First things first, last night’s cold open was the first weak one in a while. Dwight is attempting to gain the “pedo-dexterity of a monkey” by using his feet instead of his hands for 20 minutes every day, and Jim thinks this is silly. The problem is Dwight never explains why he wants this skill, which is an issue since it seems like the kind of thing he would usually scoff at, and the comedy fails to make up for it. It just wasn’t very good. Luckily, the rest of the episode basically made up for it.
