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TV Preview: Blindspot, Life in Pieces And Minority Report

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TV Preview: Blindspot, Life in Pieces And Minority Report

Welcome back to our TV Preview series! In case this is your first time joining the series, let me explain: Over the next couple of months, I’ll be investigating the shows highlighted in our TV Preview: New Friends post, and letting you know—in my humble opinion—what’s worthy of watching live, what can wait until the weekend, what can wait until it’s on Netflix, or what can wait, well, forever.

Warning! Possible spoilers ahead.

 

Blindspot

Premiered: Sept. 21 on NBC (Watch online.)

Twitter Pitch

Blindspot: Mixing America’s fascination with crime procedurals, the underdog, and the love of nekkid ladies. #girlswithtattoos #andamnesia

Familiar Faces

Jaimie Alexander as Jane Doe

Sullivan Stapleton as Kurt Weller

Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Bethany Mayfair

Rob Brown as Edgar Reed

Ashley Johnson as Patterson

Johnny Whitworth as ???

Faces That Might Become Familiar (If You Keep Watching)

Ukweli Roach as Dr. Borden

Audrey Esparza as Tasha Zapata

Redeeming Qualities

Blindspot is a unique and fascinating show, and I’m a massive sucker for procedurals with a mystery at the heart of the plot. I’m really curious to see how this one unravels, and to learn more about Jane Doe’s past. Plus: Jaimie Alexander is a total badass and absolutely gorgeous. However ...

It's Not Me, It's You

… the number of times Jane had to be naked or barely clothed—even in the show’s opening credits—felt awfully gratuitous. I get that looking at her tattoos is an integral part of the show, but they’ve got pictures now. Let Jaimie have a proper wardrobe.

Let's Do This Again

I’m definitely going to be checking in with Blindspot next week, and likely for the rest of the season. It’s too intriguing of a mystery for me to quit it at the very start. Here’s hoping Agent Weller or Agent Reed (or Dr. Borden, but that's even less likely) get equal time in their skivvies before all is said and done.


Life in Pieces

Premiered: Sept. 21 on CBS (Watch online.)

Twitter Pitch

Four segments of a larger family who all have disparate lives are still OK with hanging out with each other. Sometimes. #familiesareweird

Familiar Faces

Angelique Cabral as Colleen

Thomas Sadoski as Matt

Jordan Peele as Chad

Dianne Wiest as Joan

James Brolin as John

Colin Hanks as Greg

Zoe Lister Jones as Jen

Dan Bakkedahl as Tim

Betsy Brandt as Heather

Faces That Might Become Familiar (If You Keep Watching)

Niall Cunningham as Tyler

Holly J. Barrett as Samantha

Giselle Eisenberg as Sophia

Redeeming Qualities

The best part of the entire episode, hands down, was precocious little Sophia. How adorable is Giselle Eisenberg? When I eventually have kids, I hope they’re like Sophia. I also think the four parts dynamic is an interesting way to introduce the various parts of the whole family before they’re presented as a whole.

It's Not Me, It's You

I’ve feel awfully repetitive saying this, as I’ve said it many times before, but I’m not big on sitcoms, or family dramedies. I also didn’t find much about this first episode of Life in Pieces to laugh at/with, aside from Sophia. I think the coffin gag at the end was supposed to be funny? Maybe some things in the episode just hit a little too close to home to be entertaining. I have a 70-year-old father who treats his age with a similar weird morbidity. And, as a woman in her early 30s who plans on someday having kids, I don’t need to be told what kinds of awful things happen after you give birth. As far as I’m delusional concerned, everything is unicorns and rainbows and sweet smelling chubby cheeks.

Let's Do This Again

Nothing about this first episode of Life in Pieces made me feel like I need to watch again. Could it get funnier? Possibly. Am I going to wait around until it happens? Eh … probably not. (Sorry, Colin Hanks! Loved you in Roswell!)


Minority Report

Premiered: Sept. 21 on Fox (Watch online.)

Twitter Pitch

Instead of trying something original (again), Fox tries a scifi reboot with a built-in fan base. #wheresTomCruise #whatstheoverunder

Familiar Faces

Stark Sands as Dash

Meagan Good as Lara Vega

Li Jun Li as Akeela

Wilmer Valderrama as Will Blake

Laura Regan as Agatha

Andrew Stewart-Jones as Peter Van Eyck

Zoe Doyle as Olivia Van Eyck

Alex Paxton-Beesley as Liz Rutledge

Michael Copeman as Rutledge

Tina Lifford as Lily

Daniel London as Wally

Nick Zano as Arthur

Faces That Might Become Familiar (If You Keep Watching)

Zhane Hall as Rico

Redeeming Qualities

Gotta love a look at a future that’s just slightly futuristic. Unlike a full-on science fiction show, Minority Report feels like a fantasy that could feasibly become a reality in our lifetime. (I mean, selfie drones? They’d be a HUGE hit.) I also really love Minority Report (the movie version) and I like that this show expands on the universe and tells us what happens after the credits rolled. Of course, it seems like it’ll be a pretty typical crime-of-the-week situation when you boil it down, but I don’t always think that’s a bad thing. Also, the fact that Nick Zano is playing a somewhat serious, somewhat morally ambiguous character, rather than his typical comedic dude bro role, is interesting.

It's Not Me, It's You

Lara Vega is a little too much “I’m a tough cop and I want everyone to know it.” If women still aren’t getting equal treatment in the 2050s, and therefore have to act like this, we have more problems than foiling bad guys and their evil schemes.

Let's Do This Again

I’m totally down for a near-future procedural (RIP, Almost Human), and I think Dash is adorable, but it’s going to take me a bit before I warm up to Vega. I’ll keep watching for now, but I need a little more partner chemistry if I’m going to stick around. But honestly, I’m just hoping the show will be aired in order and not canceled before it even gets a chance to get good. Yeah, I’m definitely side-eyeing you, Fox.


Did you watch any of these shows? If so, voice your thoughts in the comments!


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