Before we talk aboutBrainDead, lets talk aboutLost, because why not.
One of them was an action/adventure/mystery procedural about a crime-fighting stripper (catchphrase: Razzle dazzle!)
This larky concept tickled them so much it became something of obsession.
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And if the whole season is like the pilot, it might actually be fun.
You know, the way government is supposed to work.
You know, the way government actually works.
Shes the change we desperately need and she will save us all… from insect invasion!
(Is there any other kind?)
I st you not, it looks like hes sting out his brain.
Sen. Wheatus becomes clean and sober as a result of his otherworldly enlightenment and/or dimming.
But is his mental adjustment a good thing?
Its certainly a metaphor.
As the ants go marching into his ear, we hearblah blah blahpolitical rabble on TV.
Has bad, brainless government made us vulnerable to a bizarre authoritarian takeover?
Sounds like a certain presidential campaign I know…
The satire is as thin as Donald Trumps skin.
And the pilot commits the sin of a wimpy climax.
It ends on a major reversal of fortune and an ominous development, but neither land with much force.
I wasnt left super-confident that the Kings have enough imagination to sustain this enterprise.
But I liked it enough to find out.
The episode moves with the same lively pace and a similar jaunty score asThe Good Wife.
Even if its a bust, its good for them.
Now keep earning it.
