9:30 and the jernt is empty. This is what makes me TRUCULENT. I thought everyone understood that we had a new dictum. Perhaps I just need to do a little something to show that dictums are not to be ignored. We must never ignore our dictums. I do hope and trust there will be some people here between now and midnight.
I just finished last night's Alias. Miss Garner's directorial debut took the show to a new low - possibly the nadir of the entire series. Of course, not a lot of that has to do with her - the show is a well-oiled machine and it doesn't really matter who the director is. The DP probably called most of the shots except the amateur attempts to be "with it", which were embarrassing. The writing was horrible (shockingly, the script was by Jon Robin Baitz, who should know better, except he was paid lots of moolah - I gather he has some "connection" to Ron Rifkin, if you get my meaning, since Mr. Baitz wrote the play The Substance of Fire which brought Mr. Rifkin the kind of acclaim he'd never had before), and the bathos that went on made me nauseus. Of all the people to bring back, did we need Amy Irving? Joel Grey is always fun to watch. I've stuck it out this long, so I will watch until the end of the season, which is just a handful of shows, but that will be it for Alias, which has simply worn out its welcome and run out of steam. The first seasons, while wacky, had such craziness and spirit and wildness, that it was compulsive viewing. Now it's just relentlessly stupid. If the creators can't keep up with the demands that they themselves created, then it is time for the network to pull the plug or the creators to walk away or bring in new blood.
