New Fall Season - The Conclusion

It’s been a while since my initial Fall TV reaction but a few more shows have debuted that are worth noting. After this we will examine new shows as part of the Winter television season. So, on we go with the New Fall Season Part IV.

Terra Nova – This show has really grown on me. It has the type of adventures that I would expect from a television version of Jurassic Park. It’s surprising how quickly I have started to care about the family members so that the mystery isn’t what is driving the show. It’s the characters and that always makes for good television. It’s a little unfortunate that we only get half a season this year, but hopefully the ratings stay good enough to warrant a return in the future.

American Horror Story – I hated the premiere episode and was prepared not to watch it again. But, then I heard that the episodes were getting progressively better. So I checked them out. And they were better, much better. In fact this has become one of my favorite new shows. It is so creepy and campy and that makes it fun. True, it makes no sense for these people to be in this house and to stay there, but there is enough fun going on that I almost don’t care.

Chuck – Back for the final season. Chuck is just silly fun spy stuff. And that is all I want from it. The show has been near cancellation so many times and so much has had to happen that it feels right for this to be the end. Obviously it is a little late to jump on now. But give this show a chance on DVD or in syndication. You won’t regret it.

Fringe – Back again in the Friday night slot of doom. The season has created a new world for us, and while it has been fun getting to know this world, much like when Olivia was kidnapped last year, I’m ready to move on and get something going. The problem with focusing on the disappearing Peter is that we know he will eventually come back. Removing a lot of tension from the storyline. So him coming back isn’t satisfying we need something else to really move the story along.

Once Upon a Time – From some people connected to Lost comes an okay television show. The show is interesting. It’s fun to see a twist on fairy tales, but the plot seems to be to stagnant at the moment. We have a town full of these characters and we want to see them be these characters not regular people. Move it along Once Upon a Time or you will start losing viewers.