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Okay, so- Smash was always sort of a hit or miss show, but there was a lot to love about it. There were numbers from the show's musical "Bombshell"- which if it was real I would go see any of the day of the week- in almost every episode, there were gay characters whose love lives got as much screen time as the straight ones, and it had Jack Davenport as a horrible- but hot- director. It was crazy, and most of the people in it were caricatures, but it was entertaining. In the first season.
In S2, Smash threw out basically everything that I liked about it. "Bombshell" was mostly replaced by the far less interesting and virtually impossible to follow "Hit List." Tom and Sam's sweet relationship fell apart for no good reason. Jack Davenport was still horrible and hot, but everyone else started to act even more like spoiled children than they had before. It just stopped being fun. But I soldiered on because I still cared about those characters- except for this one new one who made what was bad so, so much worse. Jimmy. (I can't put tone into font, though Lord knows I wish I could, but imagine a tone of utter loathing.)
Jimmy was a self-centered, aggravating, little brat. Any insult to his work as a composer- which was perfect- was an insult to him, and he too was perfect. No one understood his genius and everyone but him was always, always wrong. He had one friend, who eventually got pointlessly killed off in order to teach Jimmy something (and that isn't just my Doylist reading of what was going on in the show; using the musical they wrote together as a metaphor, the writers straight up tell viewers that he had been killed off in order to teach Jimmy something). And even when he was trying to redeem himself, it was still all the Jimmy show all the time, and it was still handled so poorly it made me just want to tear my hair out. Every time I thought I'd found something to like about S2, he'd come on screen and make me forget again.
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
Okay, so- Smash was always sort of a hit or miss show, but there was a lot to love about it. There were numbers from the show's musical "Bombshell"- which if it was real I would go see any of the day of the week- in almost every episode, there were gay characters whose love lives got as much screen time as the straight ones, and it had Jack Davenport as a horrible- but hot- director. It was crazy, and most of the people in it were caricatures, but it was entertaining. In the first season.
In S2, Smash threw out basically everything that I liked about it. "Bombshell" was mostly replaced by the far less interesting and virtually impossible to follow "Hit List." Tom and Sam's sweet relationship fell apart for no good reason. Jack Davenport was still horrible and hot, but everyone else started to act even more like spoiled children than they had before. It just stopped being fun. But I soldiered on because I still cared about those characters- except for this one new one who made what was bad so, so much worse. Jimmy. (I can't put tone into font, though Lord knows I wish I could, but imagine a tone of utter loathing.)
Jimmy was a self-centered, aggravating, little brat. Any insult to his work as a composer- which was perfect- was an insult to him, and he too was perfect. No one understood his genius and everyone but him was always, always wrong. He had one friend, who eventually got pointlessly killed off in order to teach Jimmy something (and that isn't just my Doylist reading of what was going on in the show; using the musical they wrote together as a metaphor, the writers straight up tell viewers that he had been killed off in order to teach Jimmy something). And even when he was trying to redeem himself, it was still all the Jimmy show all the time, and it was still handled so poorly it made me just want to tear my hair out. Every time I thought I'd found something to like about S2, he'd come on screen and make me forget again.
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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Date: 2014-02-08 01:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-08 02:45 am (UTC)It was just one of those cases of not understanding how something that was good could go so bad so quickly.