The Big C EASILY wins best premiere.
True Blood is lucky two episodes were premiered on Sunday, because that first episode was the most boring, predictable episode I have ever seen, with the exception of the first 10 minutes, which they had already released before the premiere anyway taking away from the novelty. Also, the time jumping gimmick is such a cheesy way to continue a story. Seriously though, if you remember anything from last year's finale nothing was that much of a surprise. Lafayette's a witch with his boy toy, Bill's still alive meaning the Queen is obviously dead and thus he is now the King of Louisiana. As soon as I saw Tara was a fighter I called the whole lezzie thing (maybe my gaydar just works through the TV, or maybe it was the fact that she was pretty much emotionally destroyed by a man in the last season, even if he was a vampire). And the ending. Wow. Usually True Blood gets you with the last 2 seconds of the show with their set up of "OMGWTF JUST HAPPENED IN THAT FIRST 5 MINUTES THAT WAS AWESOME!" followed by "That was the most boring 40 minutes of television I've ever watched," and culminating with "OMGWTF CLIFFHANGER." Who honestly thought Eric was going to bite Sookie and real harm would come to her? No one, that's who.
Luckily the second episode set up the season more with the witches, and the power plays. I'm at least looking forward to being slightly more entertained this season than last. Unfortunately Alex Skarsgaard said the sex scenes this year are tamer than usual, so we probably won't get the pleasure of seeing Eric bone some guy again.
Now, this will probably be Weeds' final season (I HOPE this is the final season), so while the first episode wasn't the most exciting episode ever, most of Weeds is like that where it starts small and just snowballs from there. Weeds jumped 3 years into the future, however I think this works better than True Blood's supernatural world time flow difference bs, because did we really want to see a show where Nancy was separated from the boys the entire time while she sits in jail? Regardless, Silas is still smokin, and now the world realizes it too, Nancy is still great to watch, aaaaaaaaaand we'll see what happens with the other characters. Personally though I'm waiting for a few more episodes down the line for shit to hit the fan. (Also, Michelle Trachtenberg is guest starring in a couple episodes, which, well, that just sucks.)
THIS show, THIS show is unbelievably amazing. Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer giving it a universal appeal, but what makes this show last is Laura Linney. Somehow she manages to strike the perfect balance of cynicism, fear, joy, and hope for her character dealing with stage four melanoma. I've also never cried so hard than the finale of season one (except of course the series finale of Six Feet Under... and BtVS). This season picks up with her deciding to fight the cancer rather than let it take her willingly. There is such a nice dichotomy between last season where no one knew she had cancer besides she and her doctor, and this season where we get to see how it affects those around the one with cancer. Honestly, I could go into the plot, but just know this: This is easily one of the top two most beautiful and raw stories/shows I've ever seen. You MUST watch this, even if it seems a little off at first. You won't regret it.
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