Saw that this won some Emmy's so I decided to check it out and I watched the pilot.
This show is terrible. Aside from the DEADLY hot chick from Firefly, and Captain Winters who is cool...the writing is awful and predictable.
It's writing like this that pisses me off. Taking me for an idiot.
- The OBVIOUS discomfort between the wife and the best friend...the camera makes no mistake to show you this in full disclosure. Cmon, I'm not a fucking child. Let's try it more subtle.
-Who the fuck opens a medicine cabinet in a stranger's home and helps themselves to an aspirin without asking?
-How did this crazy woman ever get into the CIA without anyone knowing this?
-She comes on to her "friend" of 35 years, the bearded dude? Come on. How fucking strung out is she? Who behaves like that in real life?
-Hot young mom from Firefly, to daughter: "Look, I know things have been tough between us, but let's get through this ok?" WOW. I'm SO GLAD this awkward teen/mom relationship has so clearly been revealed for me. I get it now. The weird "not really caring that I just found my daughter with a boy and a bong" scene at the beginning didn't establish this at all...
- Claire Danes' character is one tone the whole time: Whiny angry bitch on the verge of tears. Except when she's whoring herself out in the bar, then she's "sexy and spontaneous" Her character is like a female House; crazy but really smart. Been done before.
Upside: It's on Showcase, so there's swearing, violence and boobies. But GODDAMMIT, it pains me that people can't write or direct this kind of thing better.
Don't get sucked into the idiocy of this show.