Pan Am S1E2: I am bored.

I am not even a little bit kidding when I say that if Charlie’s Angels gets cancelled before this show I will personally call up the people at ABC and question their ability to create/judge/distribute television shows.  I remember I was bored in the first episode but I gave it the benefit of the doubt and thought to myself “well, pilots are never really good.”  Then I watched this episode.  I don’t even know what was going on, not because it is necessarily a bad story line, but because I was so bored I zoned out and didn’t know what they were saying.  I guess with the time crunch in reshooting this episode to make the girls look less alike, they didn’t have time to properly color Laura’s (I think that’s her name) hair.  They just used whatever out of the box blonde/white/orange color they chose.

Side note- glad to see they haven’t put the time jumping to rest.

I am scarred for life...twice now thanks to you Christina Ricci

But back to appearances.  As if I didn’t already have a big enough problem with Christina Ricci even being on this show, I then realize (thanks to my good friend watching with me) that she looks an awful lot like Kristen Wiig’s SNL character in the :Lawrence Welk show.”  This hairstyle is doing NOTHING good for you Christina.  Nothing at all.  For those who don’t know what I am referring to…here it is.

With that said…i had to stop watching at minute 26.  Hey writers  – having some no name assault a flight attendant and then she stabs him with a FORK is not an exciting plot element.  Additionally, mixing a story line of family drama alongside some CIA thing going on and a love interest SHOULD create for something remotely interesting…why isn’t it?  You can’t possibly have read your scripts and thought, “yep, this will catch the viewers’ attention.”  You are wrong.

This week Pan Am dropped 19%, which is unbelievable to me because that means that 81% of people tuned in again.  Shame on you people.  Even I stopped watching 26 minutes in.  This is the last time you will see Pan Am on this show because it is such a waste of my time.

Pan Am Pilot

All these girls look the same, except one unfortunate stand out.. yeah, you know who you are

So the jury’s still out on Pan Am.  I’m actually pretty okay with most of the show.  It’s a little confusing: I couldn’t tell the girls apart until like half way through and they jump around in time (seriously, when will people learn) — but overall there is a lot of potential here.  This includes the fact that Mike Vogel was recast as the lead (different from the actor I saw) and considering how attractive he is, that could only improve things.

I guess for now, this show is saved from a review on my blog, but you never know…

Oh, well wait, it’s saved minus this little note I wrote before I sat down to watch, as I thought to myself, “I need to start this post with a little letter to Christina Ricci”

A picture's worth 1000 words... I just need one: WOOF

Dearest Christina,

Despite the fact that Now and Then is an excellent movie, one of my personal favorites in fact, I’m sorry to say that you actually can NEVER recover from playing the younger version of Rosie O’Donnell. Ever.  Tough luck.

Best,

TV Queeen