Thursday, November 16th, 2006

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12:43a	The Other Side I guess if you’re going to relive the same day over and over, it might as well be an eventful one. It should be a day that, if you can change it, you’d be making a difference that mattered. To be honest, I was hoping to like Day Break, but I wasn’t expecting to. And twenty minutes into tonight’s premiere, I was hating it and thinking of turning it off, but twenty minutes after that I was hooked. The problem with knowing the premise ahead of time is that I was looking for signs, something that would happen on each new day, Groundhog Day-style. But in this series, the character played by Taye Diggs can change the whole day around immediately, so that he’s not reliving the same day, but an alternate version of the day. So the only things that are the same are the bed, the alarm clock, and the pigeon outside the window. It’s a fascinating concept, and surprisingly well executed after all. Now my expectations are higher, but I’ll be sticking with the show, since I’ve been promised that all questions would be answered and all secrets revealed by the finale, eleven weeks from now. That’s the kind of commitment I can make to this show, that I couldn’t make to Kidnapped and Vanished and other serial dramas that I tried to like earlier this season. (2 Comments | Comment on this)
10:16p	Twisty My philosophy of Grey’s Anatomy (and I may have mentioned this before) is this: More Izzie and Cristina, less Meredith and Derek. In fact, I’d be willing to watch more of almost any character (except Sloan, who is one-dimensional and for whom I have no use) at the expense of screen time for Meredith and Derek. Now that the two of them have found some kind of equilibrium in their relationship, maybe we don’t have to look into their tortured souls week after week. If I want to look into someone’s soul, I’d really prefer it be Izzie’s. She’s a complex character with a compelling story line, some of which has only been hinted at. Hmmm. Maybe she doesn’t need more screen time, come to think of it. Maybe the mystery is what keeps her from becoming another tool of overzealous writing. Because as great as this show can be at times, at other times it goes a wee bit over the edge into preciousness. (Comment on this)

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