…at least according to Mr. Matthews. Snap!
Let’s talk about Miss Taylor for a few minutes, shall we? Do guidance counselors at high schools outside of the 90210 zip code sport the latest fashions from bebe? Kelly looks good and all, but I find her wardrobe a little much for school, even if she is in Southern California. By next season she’ll be wearing Amanda Woodward’s hemlines and nude pumps. I’m also kind of over her crush on Ryan and her on again/off again friendship with Brenda. A few weeks ago, Brenda told her doctor that she didn’t have any friends because she burned all of her bridges, yet Kelly doesn’t seem to have any friends either. I’m guessing that when Tori Spelling shows up in April, she’ll have another one, but unless all of Kel’s friends are off screen (Steve, Janet, David, etc), it doesn’t look like she has a single non-work acquaintance over 23. This scares me for two reasons: a) Kelly the Cougar and/or b) very special road trip episode with Lady Mossimo.
It was a banner night for the Taylor women as Silver was brutally rebuffed by Ryan as well. I have to hand it to Silver; not only did she read and prepare an essay for a book (Heart of Darkness) she’s not even it, but she also didn’t cheat by reading the Cliffs Notes or watching Apocalypse Nowlike I did when I was her age. Between her negative blogging, her manic school tendencies, and her borderline obsessive relationship with Dixon, is anyone besides me getting Emily Valentine flashbacks? (By the way, I recently watched the entire Original Season 2 DVD so I am well versed on the Mel Silver/Jackie Taylor early courtship. Of added interest is a bonus feature featuring Christine Elise where she reflects upon her time on the show and she drops the fact that she lived with Jason Priestley like three times. We get it Emily Valentine…)
Another complaint of mine (of which there are several hundred) is the fact that the kids never interact. It’s like General Hospital, where sets of characters are in their own little bubble, never interacting with anyone else. Annie and Ethan are annoying and isolated, Navid only shows up every third episode, Adriana gets passed between Naomi and Brenda, Lucille Bluth gets shipped off to Concord, Mass; and Dixon was so tired of being stuck with Silver he broke up with her. I miss the closeness of the gang in the Original Series. These kids are so disjointed that they remind me of the Melrose Place cast circa Season 5.
In other show-killing plots, Naomi don’t preach cause Adriana’s keeping her baby. (I mean Brenda’s future baby.) She’s also Cleopatra in the school play, although I guess proverbial understudy Annie will have to take her place when Ade’s water breaks during Sweeps. God help me I hate this show.
Amen!
I can’t deal with this anymore.
I’m burned out. I’m going to South Dakota
Hee, I’m so glad I’ve given it up, but I respect you for powering through. I hated Heart of Darkness with the fire of 1000 suns but I got an A on my paper thanks to Cliffs Notes! The symbolism of the light baby! I wrote all about that, I don’t even remember the context but I’ll never forget the symbolism of the light.
In the same way that you feel proud of Silver for doing her book report, I feel proud of you for reporting on the suckiness of this show. It has been stuck on my DVR for the last last week and I can’t decide whether to watch it or just go ahead and erase it. Thanks for watching it so I don’t have to! (Oh and I have to tell you, the mental image of Aunt Becky and Kelly Taylor on a road trip will give me nightmares tonight).