Working the Weekend with Luke-Gracepoint, Red Band Society, Trilogy Countdown #9
Welcome to your normal Sunday edition of Working the Weekend with Luke. Just a few things on the agenda today as I’ll take a look at a couple of new shows coming to FOX this fall and I continue my trilogy countdown with #9.
One of the nice things about working at a TV station is that the network sends down a disc with all of the nice, long trailers for their upcoming programming and even put a few episodes on there just so we know exactly what we’re dealing with when talking to our advertisers. I recently took a look at the upcoming shows for FOX and it’s clear that the big show coming this fall for them is Gotham, which takes a look at Jim Gordon as the new guy on the force in Gotham as he encounters young Bruce Wayne. The trailer looks pretty cool and they’ve got a nice cast, a nice touch with Donal Logue being Gordon’s partner. But there’s two others that I think are going to be pretty nice and I was able to preview some full episodes, so I just want to chat about those for a minute.
GRACEPOINT
This is billed as a 10-part mystery event. It’s based off of the UK show Broadchurch and its star, David Tennant, is the star here too as the new and brooding detective on the force. He’s joined by the woman whose job he basically stole, who is played by Anna Gunn in her return to television after all the success of Breaking Bad. The story is all based around the death of a 12 year old boy whose body is found on the beach. They get to that shit quickly too. I don’t think it was more than fifteen or twenty minutes in before I saw the body, so they get right after it. Since nothing like this has ever happened in this small community, it’s almost as if everyone in town is now a suspect, from the boy’s dad, played by the awesome Michael Pena, to the creepy old lady in town, played by Jacki Weaver, who you might recognize from Silver Linings Playbook. Then there’s the minister who used to date the mother and my personal favorite, the guy who runs the boat rental service, played by Mr. Nick Nolte.
I watched the first two episodes and I’m almost pissed at myself for doing it, because now I have to wait a little while before I get to a new episode. Even watching those first two, you think you may have it figured out, but then something else happens that changes your way of thinking and then you think it’s somebody else. I’m really digging the writing, the acting, and really just the whole thing in general. I’m jacked for this one.
RED BAND SOCIETY
The next show I watched was Red Band Society, quite the switch from Gracepoint. Here, we’re based at Ocean Park Hospital in LA. The big name here is Octavia Spencer, who won an Oscar for her role in The Help, and she plays the role of a nurse at this specialty hospital. Basically, what this show is going to be is The Breakfast Club for sick kids. The narrator is a 12 year old boy who is in a coma, which is interesting enough in itself. You’ve got the bitchy cheerleader who needs a new heart (no symbolism there), but is low on the donor list due to her problems with drugs. Then you’ve got the kid that’s missing a leg, a fate that his new roommate will soon share due to his cancer. Throw in the token black kid and the weird girl with the eating disorder and all that’s missing is Principal Vernon. All joking aside, the pilot was pretty solid. It’s billed as a drama, but it’s certainly got the comedic elements in there as well, and I can tell you that the emotional moments that I’ve seen and the ones that are sure to come really do get at you a little bit. If this is done correctly, it could be really good.
TRILOGY COUNTDOWN
#10-THE INFERNAL AFFAIRS TRILOGY-If you missed this one, click HERE.
#9-THE NAKED GUN TRILOGY
The Naked Gun, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Straight from the files of Police Squad, number 9 on my list of favorite trilogies belongs to The Naked Gun. Back before O.J. rode the white Bronco to hell, he starred beside the late great Leslie Nielsen in three unbelievably hilarious flicks. I remember watching the first one when I was about ten and I don’t know if I’d ever laughed so hard. It’s hard to believe that as a younger man, Leslie Nielsen made his living as a dramatic actor. Go ahead, Google it. I’ve been thinking all day about what to write for this, but nothing I could ever say would be as great at what’s in the video below. So just go ahead and click and we’ll leave it at that. Love this shit!
Check back next weekend for #8. Any thoughts or memories of The Naked Gun? Comment below or follow me on Twitter and tweet @THElukenorris. But before I go, here’s your Beverly Hills, 90210 clip of the week. Yesterday, I gave you the meeting of Brandon and Dylan. Now witness the intro to the crazy that becomes Brenda and Dylan.
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