Bon Voyage, TBD
South Park review is coming shortly, but I just caught wind of something directly related to the content of this website…
Remember when I said I may eventually reach my wits end with The Black Donnelly’s and eventually discontinue recapping the psuedo-crime drama? Yeah, turns out that will not be a decision I am forced to make. NBC has cancelled the series indefinitely. So, no sense in recapping an episode of a series that literally has no future (though I am certain a DVD release is an inevitability).
I will say that while I hadn’t began to write anything for it yet, the episode on Monday was pretty much a rehashed version of the past three episodes. Meaning, the entire plot revolved around Tommy and Jimmy independently running around New York trying to get money for varying reasons. Honestly, the writing felt stagnant and we were only five or six episodes into the first season, so its probably better NBC cut its losses, and cut mine as well. I was beginning to feel embarassed by my even remote affiliation with the series, I gave it too many chances and eventually found myself compromising any sort of critical standards for a show with a great premise and lackluster execution, and that typically does not warrant a weekly recapping here at Grid Effect.
So long, Black Donnelly’s. You are the first show to be regularly discussed here that was cut either prematurely or appropriately. Don’t worry, I am positive The Real Wedding Crashers will make your ratings look like those of American Idol.
Leave a Reply