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Thursday, February 24, 2005

"Jack and Bobby" using up all the good ideas?

Anyone else get the impression that the writer's of the WB's "Jack and Bobby" honestly never imagined getting picke dup for a second season? I think they're really blowing their load the first time around.

Let's see. In the first season:

Jack has been flirting with the new girl, got back with hi old girlfriend, lost his virginity, broken up with said girlfriend, hooked up with a class geek, had a gay friend kill himself, been beaten up/robbed, been busted for pot, been kicked off of and invited back onto a track team...etc.

Bobby has taken pot to school, made friends with a bad crowd (twice), become psuedo-Jewish, had a clandestine relationship with a bad, older woman, been dumped by said girl, had numerous I-hate-you-forever fights with his brother, had a daddy crush on his mom's boss, caught his mom in a sexual situation, etc...

Mom Grace has had a pot problem and tried to kick it, flirted with the university president, flirted with the university's benefactor, hooked up with her grad student, been caught for said action and prosecuted, gotten her students high (twice), tried to help her crackhead brother and been a general pain int he ass on numerous occasions.

Courtney has fallen for Jack, dated Jack's best friend, gone crazy, become popular, hooked up with a college guy, lost her virginity, gotten birth control, hidden a relationship, gotten recockulously drunk, etc.


In other words, there's been enough activity crammed into this season to last for three seasons' worth of "Dawson's Creek." What will they do when people besides me realize this is the best new show on TV?

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