WEEDS

Last season, I found myself on the edge of my seat watching this one. Little Shane Botwin sledgehammering the one woman driving a wedge between Nancy and Esteban in the head - killing her in (literally) a pool of blood. Who expected that twist of fate? It kept me waiting with baited breath for the show to return. Checking out every internet site trying to get any tiny little bone they may throw me before the new season. Sadly, I report back that the brilliant WEEDS staff has finally run out of things to write. It feels a little like when Nancy lit the house on fire and she and the kids went on the run to California. It's the exact same thing. Question is, why is anyone going with her now. Silas is grown. Andy should have stay with Alanis Morissette. And Shane doesn't care what happens to him - he's a sociopath. I waiting for something to happen. Fingers crossed it happens before I give up.


Bring back the fun tensions set up with Nancy and Esteban. Send Silas off to college and send Shane to Juvey. They are dragging down the show. I want to keep watching. I heart Nancy Botwin!

Pilot Watch - OUTSOURCED

I am still scratching my head on this one... curious to know why anyone thinks that middle America wants to see a 1/2 hour comedy about an Indian call center. Isn't that the one thing everyone complains about. No one at their call centers speaking English. The other thing I'm wondering is - where is the comedy.

This NBC comedy about an American guy who travels to India to open a call center. The script lacks funny with visuals like a pair of mounted tits jiggling to "Shack Rattle and Roll," and a toilet bowl coffee mug. It's trying too hard to get laughs. The casting is all wrong. And the one thing I didn't want to say - is it feels a little racist.

The fact that this got a series pick up, shows us why NBC is number 4.

Pilot Watch - CHASE

Fugitive recovery. Cat and mouse between the good guys and the bad guys. Sound familiar? Well that's because it is derivative of everything else the Bruckheimer camp is putting out.

If you take Jerry Bruckheimer's name off - you have something that never makes it to the page - much less to series. With thin characters, and incredibly tired premise this one is a real snoozer.

I wish I could love this one, but sadly, there just isn't much to love.

Pilot Watch - NIKITA (CW)

This fresh new take on a tired concept brings interesting characters to the small screen with a tall order - to become the greatest assassins of this generation. With a mutual goal, one hit man working against the agency. The other enforcer - a rookie inside agency. These hotties are working together to get revenge on for destroying lives by taking down division from the inside out.

What it does best - the action, the casting, underlying darkness and the set up.

What it lacks - a focus on exactly what the series is going to be.

What needs to change - the marketing campaign.