[Speed Gibson,
Wednesday October 12, 2005 at 11:46am]
Commander in Chief (3)
I wrote last time that the show was worth one more episode. What I think I meant was one more decent episode, not what aired last night. It was a poorly edited mish-mash of flashbacks, First Kids at school surrounded by the press (and yes, the predictable response by "Mac" the Mom), and another little bit of foreign adventure. Said adventure - a U. S. led coup - comes off perfectly of course.
The political correctness went to Orange, with the word "Democrat" still unspoken in even an obvious situation. Unlike the first two episodes, no jabs were taken at the Left, only the Right. And the kids are reminded how important it it that they go to the public schools, not the private schools all the Congress's kids attend.
We're still wondering where the aloof Chief of Staff's mind is half the time. And then there's the ditsy Press Secretary, a diamond in the rough perhaps, but still ditsy for now. The First Husband, the former First Lady still living in the White House, and a grumpy daughter, well, we've yet to find them out.
At this point, I'm rooting for Nathan Templeton, the evil Republican Speaker of the House. The poor writing can't keep Donald Sutherland's acting skills from stealing a scene or two, even if he does wind up like Wile E. Coyote at the end.
Just one more episode should do it, unless it gets good or so bad it's funny.
The political correctness went to Orange, with the word "Democrat" still unspoken in even an obvious situation. Unlike the first two episodes, no jabs were taken at the Left, only the Right. And the kids are reminded how important it it that they go to the public schools, not the private schools all the Congress's kids attend.
We're still wondering where the aloof Chief of Staff's mind is half the time. And then there's the ditsy Press Secretary, a diamond in the rough perhaps, but still ditsy for now. The First Husband, the former First Lady still living in the White House, and a grumpy daughter, well, we've yet to find them out.
At this point, I'm rooting for Nathan Templeton, the evil Republican Speaker of the House. The poor writing can't keep Donald Sutherland's acting skills from stealing a scene or two, even if he does wind up like Wile E. Coyote at the end.
Just one more episode should do it, unless it gets good or so bad it's funny.