When I saw the pilot, they had me fooled. I mean, obviously the writing wasn't great; but for the average quality on the big three networks, it wasn't that bad. There were weird choices sometimes in the pacing, but the music was GOOD and some of the choices actually seemed daring, especially for NBC.
They got the whole "who's it going to be" thing out of the way right then! No dangling it for several episodes or the whole season and while it was already obvious it would eventually become Karen, I really believed they were going to have her fight and struggle and evolve and grow and EARN it and that they might even impress with a means of gracefully pulling Ivy out. (Another show? An "injury," which is cliche, but less of a cop out if by then it makes Karen actually mature enough to feel conflicted about getting the part that way, etc.) It didn't seem like they were going over the top villain with her, so I figured they'd have to find a good reason to have the audience accepting of the removal of someone clearly so talented.
I already thought Ellis was bad news but that they MIGHT BE SUBTLE ABOUT IT. (Ha! Aha-ha!) I don't know how I was so wrong. It's just that NBC pilots are usually ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE, even if the show eventually becomes watchable, so with this one being so strong (for them), I thought there had to be eventual greatness. Then literally one episode later, almost all of that is getting tossed out the window.
I feel like I might never recommend a show to my coworkers before week two ever again.
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When I saw the pilot, they had me fooled. I mean, obviously the writing wasn't great; but for the average quality on the big three networks, it wasn't that bad. There were weird choices sometimes in the pacing, but the music was GOOD and some of the choices actually seemed daring, especially for NBC.
They got the whole "who's it going to be" thing out of the way right then! No dangling it for several episodes or the whole season and while it was already obvious it would eventually become Karen, I really believed they were going to have her fight and struggle and evolve and grow and EARN it and that they might even impress with a means of gracefully pulling Ivy out. (Another show? An "injury," which is cliche, but less of a cop out if by then it makes Karen actually mature enough to feel conflicted about getting the part that way, etc.) It didn't seem like they were going over the top villain with her, so I figured they'd have to find a good reason to have the audience accepting of the removal of someone clearly so talented.
I already thought Ellis was bad news but that they MIGHT BE SUBTLE ABOUT IT. (Ha! Aha-ha!) I don't know how I was so wrong. It's just that NBC pilots are usually ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE, even if the show eventually becomes watchable, so with this one being so strong (for them), I thought there had to be eventual greatness. Then literally one episode later, almost all of that is getting tossed out the window.
I feel like I might never recommend a show to my coworkers before week two ever again.