I've been catching bits and pieces on One-Life-to-Live now that it's on the DVR, and I have to say I'm intensely frustrated. I'll be in the office and hear the scene play out on the TV downstairs. The biggest gripe is that words never lead to actions - it's like the mantra of this shows writers is "how can we get the characters to talk about this more, and not actually progress the plot?". It's like Lost but not nearly as fun. Example...
"Jimmy is being held hostage by Jennifer's split personality!"
"What, how? And why? And let's talk about this more"
"Should we go over there and free him?"
"We should? Wait, what?"
"Should we call the cops?"
"Huh?"
"What?"
"Wait, what happened?"
--Commercial Break---
And then we pick up the same conversation for another 10 minutes....someone will be in imminent danger, but no constructive action is taken until the 45 min mark.
As an antidote, take one episode of Friday Night Lights (full episodes on NBC.com) and comment on this post in the morning.
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