“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be good—right? Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
My wife and I watched the premier of [Outlaw] on [NBC], and it left us both with a, “Well…” Not that it was a bad show—quite to the contrary, actually, but as [Charlton Heston’s] character in [True Lies] might say, “It just didn’t blow our skirts up.” (Yeah, I guess you would’ve had to have been there.)
Anyway, the show signals the return of [Jimmy Smits] to NBC, and I am afraid that it will go about as well as [Cane] did for him a few years back. For Cane only lasted for the modern equivalent of one full season of thirteen episodes, and this was on [USA].
Maybe he just keeps getting hooked up with the wrong directors and writers? For after a brilliant run on [NYPD Blue], nothing he has done on television has lasted very long.
Yes, it could be argued that his work on [The West Wing] lasted quite a while. After all, he had a part in 35 episodes, and he was the main character in a great many of them. On the other hand, the show came to an end when it was his turn to take over for [Martin Sheen].
I suppose the problem that I have with much of Jimmy Smits’ acting is that it often looks like he is acting. For I have a hard time viewing him as actually being the character he is portraying.
As in regards to Outlaw not impressing us as much as we had hoped, it might be because of trying to cover too much ground in a single episode. For they went from showing Garza (Smits’ character) as being a fairly free-spirited gambler to resigning from the [United States Supreme Court] because of both political and moral pressure to starting a crusade to right the wrongs that have been ignored (and even supported) by the judicial system. Hey, just the circumstances surrounding his resignation could be enough for at least several episodes, but they may be planning on using this to keep us coming back.
So, if you saw it, what did you think? Am I just being too particular over nothing or does this show really not have what it takes to help break our addiction to reality shows?
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