Random TV

[lanalucy]

I'll admit that I watched the first episode of Killer Women and let it go. That first ep was interesting, but not so interesting that I wanted to watch more right then. The most compelling relationship in that episode was the brother/sister relationship of Molly and Billy (Helfer and Trucco), and that includes the affair between Molly and Dan (Marc Blucas).

Figured since I was at it, and writing isn't happening, I'd go ahead and finish Killer Women. Luckily, HuluPlus is having a free trial week, so I could watch the ones that aren't on the ABC site any more.

Seeing all the episodes in a row (warning - episodes six and seven are reversed on Hulu - Demons should come before Daughter of the Alamo) makes the show much more compelling. Trucco and Helfer resonated exceptionally well as brother and sister, and the people cast to play his wife and children seemed authentically Latina/Tejana.

The Parker family roots go deep into Texas history, and into local Indian history (note: they used the term Indian in the show, not Native American), and Molly in particular was driven by her history. I loved Marc Blucas in Buffy, though I didn't love Riley's relationship with Buffy, and I'm always happy to see him in something else. Here, he was rugged and believable as a love interest (despite the semi lack of chemistry with Helfer), and he was growing on me as DEA Agent Dan.

There were little things being woven in that could have reverberated through the rest of the season had the show not been cancelled. Perhaps most interesting was the myriad of ways they found for women to be the perpetrators of the crimes. I didn't get the second meaning of the show's title until three episodes in.

Lots of little things left open to interpretation, but since the first season was so short, the show also gets to go out on a high note - going out while it was getting better, not after it had jumped the shark.

Comments

[rirenec.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I gave ep 1 a whirl, and although TH and MT were cute in in it, the concept wasn't thought about and used in a way that had meaning. I don't really do cop shows anyway (saving my TV time for sci-fi/fantasy *\o/*), so my disinterest may have also been rooted in that.

[lanalucy]

I'm willing to watch almost anything that has real roots in Texas, and the Texas Rangers go way deep.

I watch most TV, regardless of genre, for the relationships. I want to see how people interact, how they connect, how they disconnect, how they hate and love and play and win and lose and all of that. KW was getting to a place where I could have really cared about the characters, but they weren't there yet.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

I can't say they didn't publicize the show enough--because I felt it got a lot of coverage/advertising for midseason (and I thought the trailer was very fun and Tarantino-esque) but they didn't make it as clear as they could've early on that all the crimes were done by women. Even when it was announced I was confused as to why it was called Killer Women when it really should have been Molly Parker, Texas Ranger or whatever.

And well, the writing was just meh. Average to below-average on any given episode. The exposition made me cringe more than a few times.

[lanalucy]

"The exposition made me cringe more than a few times. "

There was that. I didn't say it was good, just that it was getting better. lol