"Day 7"

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Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show

I have three- "The Night of the Raven" and "The Night of the Simian Terror" and "The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo."  I wouldn't say that any of them are unenjoyably bad- I'm actually too fond of "The Night of the Raven" to actively bad mouth it, I'll just say that someone obviously had a little more drugs in his system than usual when he decided that shrinking Jim was a cool idea.

My objection to "The Night of the Simian Terror" is primarily the fact that it just doesn't feel like a WWW episode.  The plot- a scientist who theorizes that an ape, given the same upbringing as a human, is naturally intelligent enough to behave like a human raises a human boy as his control group and the boy grows up crazy and ultimately tries to kill the family who gave him away rather than have an imperfect child- seems sort of like a rejected story idea for The Twilight Zone or maybe- on a stretch- Star Trek.  There's a sort of "Don't people suck?  This father (incidentally a senator, which is how Jim and Artie get involved) cared more about appearances than his son and the only creature who ever really gave a damn about this kid was an ape" takeaway message to the episode that really belongs in a thought-provoking, moral-oriented sci-fi series, but it had Jim and Artie strong-armed into it instead.  And it's like they realized, while making it, that this stuff is not what people watch WWW to see, and the episode just sort of peters out before it seems properly over.

"The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo" bothers me on a character level.  It's a relatively fun episode in general- Artie has his shirt off for most of it and looks very fine, there's a bit with mud-wrestling, and the "I have like a dozen wives but am clearly gayer than Christmas" South Sea prince cracks me up.  But as much as I like Jim there's a side to him that makes me want to write screw-you episode tags all day long, and 95% of them would be for this episode.  He can be pretty careless- though this aspect of his personality seems to go by the wayside once you get out of season one- and "The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo" is a classic example.  In it, he almost gets Artie killed by withholding really important information from him- and then when Artie demands an explanation he takes the always crap "I thought you were better off not knowing" defense.  How often has not knowing actually kept someone safe?  Never that I can think of.  (Even when I find the plotline interesting- like Ichabod concluding that Katrina never told him she was a witch to protect him on Sleepy Hollow- it's still ridiculous.  I mean- look what happened to Katrina's family.  Note to writers all over: the superhero's girlfriend/boyfriend/BFF still gets kidnapped by the bad guys even when she/he doesn't know he's a superhero; the only thing not knowing does for her/him is make it so she/he doesn't know why this keeps happening.  I went on a bit of tangent there, but you get the idea.)  Also, and I know this going to sound trite, but it upsets me that he never seems sorry.  It makes me want to write an A.U. scenario where Jim thinks Artie did die and sit back and survey the mayhem.  I'll do it one day.  I really will.

Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that needs more viewers
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired THIS TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

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