State of Affairs premiered tonight on NBC after the Voice. Anyone watch tonight? The Blacklist went on season hiatus and* State of Affairs* is in their time slot.
It’s produced by the same people that are doing The Blacklist. I see similarities. The pilot tonight had some very interesting twists. But, it was so ridiculously unbelievable. The person leading the team that puts together the President’s intelligence briefing book is involved directly in field Operations? Bullshit. No way in a million years. That team needs objectivity so that they can properly brief the President. They would be senior egghead analysts that complied intelligence reports.
But, otherwise the story was quite interesting. I was undecided whether to watch the entire hour. But got hooked within the first 10 minutes. I’ll be watching again next week.
I’ve learned with The Blacklist to tolerate a certain amount of unbelievability in a series. Todays writers seem to think a compelling story is more important than bothering to make it realistic. I guess I’ll just hang on for the ride.
I don’t particularly like Katherine Heigl, and I thought this was going to be too much like the Tea Leoni show, but I had nothing to do, so I watched it.
And I liked it. I don’t care if it’s unbelievable; I think most shows are and I’m just looking for entertainment.
I thought the little bit they gave away at the end of the show was intriguing, and I intend to watch it next week.
I watched and will give it another look. I like James Remar and hope he turns out to be a regular. I have accepted that there will be certain amount of unbelievability in all entertainment. If there was not the shows would be only 5 to 15 minutes long
I also wondered if it was going to be too much like Madam Secretary – which I’m enjoying – but wound up liking it. I have no history with Katherine Heigl: this is the first thing I’ve seen her in.
And I’ll add to the “unbelievability is ok, but…” pile with my observation that the briefing book was handled incorrectly: we see her put it in a locked courier bag, and at the White House we see her take it out of the bag, but in between is a shot of her in the car with the book on her lap? Um, no. It took me out of the story for a moment.
(On the whole, though, I’m ok with things like that being incorrect: the people who need to know, know.)
I noticed that one too I enjoyed it more than I expected to. I suspect I’ve been infected by the media because although I enjoyed KH’s performance on Grey’s the articles about her departure and her diva attitude somehow made me believe I wasn’t going to enjoy her performance here.
When we put aside the issue of the presidents son and a CIA analyst being engaged and said CIA analyst still being involved in trips that she, the president and her son were actually on it’s pretty engaging.
I loved the escape from the CIA scene and the annoying director that her staff basically works to undercut is going to add some entertaining moments.
Watched the pilot. I didn’t care too much for it. It had that “music video” feel. Lots of quick, random cuts. Extraneous noise, etc. And then a sax solo to turn the pacing inside out.
I love Alfre Woodward, but she wasn’t given much to do. And there seemed to be too many characters introduced all at once with little clarity as to their function within the show. (Not job titles. Are they good/bad people, etc.?)
OTOH, Mrs. FtG likes it. So DVR season pass here we go.
Note that there are only 13 episodes per season for this show. KH wants to spend more time with her family. But her mother Nancy (one of the worst stage mothers of all time) is a co-producer. She needs less time with that … person.
I enjoyed it more than I expected to. I suspect I’ve been infected by the media because although I enjoyed KH’s performance on Grey’s the articles about her departure and her diva attitude somehow made me believe I wasn’t going to enjoy her performance here.