House of Lies!
Laura says I should update more so this post is dedicated to her. I'd say the reasons I don't update as often are two-fold:
1. I'm a self-described binge writer. This conclusion is supported by all the half-filled notebooks in my room, and the previous blogs that I've abandoned (my teenage angst immortalized on the internet? I hope that doesn't come back to haunt me haha).
2. TV has been kinda boring and predictable. Of course I'm still watching, but there's no magic. The killer is obviously the door man from the first scene, and the crush will turn out to be an asshole so she'll end up with the nice boy next door. So predictable, I swear there are shows that I could recite word for word before ever having watched an episode.
Either way, it's hard not to get excited about new shows premiering mid-season. So the other night I watched the pilot episode of Showtime's House of Lies.
A show about the cutthroat field of management consultanting (has there ever been a show about management consultants before? What's a management consultant...?) Perhaps it's the unpredictable "something new" that I've been waiting for. Reasons to watch:
- Don Cheadle's character has a cross-dressing diva son who steals every scene he's in. He's like Kurt from Glee except he doesn't give a fuck.
- Don Cheadle is a pretty good actor (according to me and also the academy)
- Ben Schwartz (aka Jean-Ralphio). I support everything he does. He reminds me of that phase in my life during which I only dated jewish guys...
Watch this show, it's funny and the pilot is online RIGHT NOW!