Week 3 season report

Ok, so I skipped a week because there was nothing new on last week. But this week has a multitude of riches. I've been away from home a lot because of work, but I'll tell you how far I've gotten with my tapes.

I thought the season premiere of Heroes was awesome. I'm not one of the people who completely hated season 2, but I'd forgotten how much I loved the pace of season 1 until we returned to it. Stuff actually happened, and it wasn't all fully explained, but who cares? Heroes isn't about making sense; it's about unexpected things happening! Except for the presence of Maya and Elle, we could almost pretend that the events of season 2 never even happened, and I guess that's fine by me.

Fringe was perfectly fine this week. I agree with someone who said that the show looks great visually but isn't really as interesting as they expected. It's a solid workhorse of a show, like a CBS procedural, and I expect it will stay on the air for a long time, but it's just not as addictive as people were expecting. I do think the main character is beautiful, though, and I love that they don't glop the make-up on her. She has freckles and you can see them! But I need more cow to make my happiness complete.

I watched Knight Rider last night because somebody I admire said that it was so bad we all had to watch it to mark this moment for posterity. I didn't actually think it was that bad, but it didn't make a whole lot of sense, and not in a "who the hell cares" way like with Heroes. It was more like, "I have no idea who these people are or why they're doing these things. Did I fall asleep for a moment and miss the exposition?" The background music was wonderfully 80's cheesy, though, I have to admit. And it really did look slick and glossy and impossibly high-budget. But there's no question that next week I'll be watching Pushing Daisies instead. (And you had better do so, too, if you know what's good for you!)

I tried to tape the season premiere of Lipstick Jungle, but the president's speech screwed up the timing and I didn't get the whole thing. I might watch it on Hulu sometime, or I might not. The fact is, I'm pretty sure I'll choose to tape Dirty Sexy Money in that timeslot instead, so why bother to get reunited with the ladies of Lipstick Jungle?

Tonight is the premiere of Ugly Betty, and you guessed it, I won't be home. But I'll tape it and get to watch it this weekend with the rest of my backlog.