Grey's Housewives Lost

nobody@vox.com(Paul) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:44:59 -0600

Desperate Housewives is kicking all kinds of booty this season (except perhaps the Gabby/Carlos storyline and Julie's thing with shirtless annoying Abercrombie suburban stereotype... hm, maybe it's kicking some kinds of booty). It's tight, and unwrapping itself very slowly - a total contrast to last season. Remember the Applewhites? Yeah, snoozefest. Last night dropped another bomb and that was after a surprise shooting. Nice writing happening there.

Contrast that to Lost. Lost is my favorite TV show at the moment but even I will admit that the first six episodes (the "pod" - it's on hiatus till February) were a little thin. There were moments, brief moments, but too many things were picked up and then put on the shelf again. Interestingly there was a recent Slate or Salon or Something article noting that shows like Lost will have a hard time keeping viewers because the central mystery can't be revealed. (WTF is up with that island?)

The Others are boring. The season opener showed that they had potential but since then they've appeared to be Just Some Bumbling Folks - not the ones who kidnapped kids, walked barefoot on the island, and generally scared the crap out of everyone. So far there's no explanation for it, and hell, they don't even appear to be evil outside of Juliet and Ben! For crying out loud.

That all said, I'll still watch the show. I can understand the fatigue that others (heh) are experiencing.

Grey's Anatomy is also a bit better this season but, to be honest, I don't think of this show on the same level as the aforementioned. It feels fluffier and the central problem with the show for me is that I really don't care about Meredith, the title character. She might sleep with one of two guys. Who cares? I'm more interested in the new Bailey/Yang dynamic, and if Callie and George will ever mesh (I'm guessing maybe.) The Derek storyline is played out.

All right. Back to reality.

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Grey's Housewives Lost