tzikeh

-- don't kill me.

The season premiere of Boomtown aired tonight - and if you watched it because I talked up what a magnificent show it is was this summer, I offer you my sincerest apologies. Absolutely everything that made this show entertaining, engaging, unique, creative, and pimp-worthy in its first season (varying p.o.v., jigsaw storytelling, loop-stitch timelines, sharp dialog that doesn't pander) is GONE, replaced by the most monotonous, mealy-mouthed exposition, sub-par direction, and Vanessa Williams. And why? Because focus groups told the network to get rid of the "confusing" concept of seeing a crime from multiple viewpoints, cut down on the number of stories being told, and for God's sake make sure the characters over-explain things to the point that apes in comas will go "Christ, we *get* it already!"

I don't know how I'll make it up to you. I feel like I need a t-shirt - "My fandoms went in for pre-frontal lobotomies over the summer, and all I got were these lousy episodes."

ETA: at the same moment I posted this, jackiekjono posted similar sentiments.