The Fall Season has commenced and overall it is off without a bang. The only new shows that I have really gotten behind (keep in mind that I have yet to watch "Pushing Daisies") are "Reaper" and "Life." And the old shows? All pretty big disappointments with the exception of "The Office," "30 Rock" and "Beauty & The Geek."
Yes, I did just write "Beauty & The Geek." Somehow one of those sick Saturdays where I stayed in bed all day and watched mind-numbing reality TV got me hooked on last season's "Beauty & The Geek" and this season has proven to be just as addictive. I know that I am probably reading WAAAY to much into the show but I really love the way that the two spectrums of people--the beauties and the geeks--learn from one another. Plus, this season has the added bonus of the mimbo, who is always great for cheap laughs.
"Ugly Betty," "Heroes" and sadly, "America's Next Top Model?" All pretty boring...in fact, and I may just get shot for this, I've given up on watching the first two (I even took "Ugly Betty" off the TiVo). I just don't care enough about them anymore, and "Heroes" especially has gone the "Lost" route for me.
There is one show however that has me hot and bothered: Showtime's "Dexter." After my brother got hooked on this show last month (he and his wife wrote a review of the show for the October issue of P&F, which you can read here:
P&F) and bought the first season on DVD, and after my dearest Charlie Fish got so into it that he actually subscribed to Showtime just so that he could watch the new season, I knew that I should give this show a real chance. By the second episode I was hooked.
If you're a fan of "Six Feet Under" then you're familiar with Michael C. Hall (hot, hot, hot!) as David Fisher, and chances are, you were probably a fan of his (he was my favorite character on the show). Hall's Dexter Morgan is SOOO different from David Fisher that it is almost amazing to me that both were played by the same actor, which of course makes me appreciate Hall all the more. His Dexter is so endearing and sad and funny, it is really hard not to root for him, even though he is in fact a serial killer. And that's just his character. I have never seen a storyline or villain this satisfying--it makes me wonder if the show shouldn't have ended its run after one season, BBC style, as I cannot imagine that the second season could top the first. But I'm certainly hoping that it will, cause I just can't stop watching "Dexter."
While Seattle Grace is healing, the sun tickled through this past week. A warm-fuzzily structured episode with more frustrated Callie-George-Izzie action/inaction, friendly Dreamy-Steamy bonding, a new intern, Norman from UCLA (you'll recognize him!) for one of the residents, a Meredith-Lexi teamed intubation, and three great cases. When the lunch-bunch huddles bedside here, you'll just feel the love. The truth shall set you free! This and all hair ties.
