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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Being Boring

That's it, we're done with Being Erica after this week's episode's plot managed to be the same as the The Bachelor finale and delivered none of the sexsational sizzle the promo ads promised. This article sums it up:

The tease promises more than it delivers. Erica jumps back in time to the turn of Y2K, when she had a brief flirtation with a former roommate, Cassidy (Anna Silk). She explores it for a few seconds, but then there's Ryan, and Aaron, and, well, pretty soon they'll have to call this show Being Young and Restless.

I ave no idea who 'Aaron" is, but I can see why they hedged on the lesbian experimentation storyline as it would have limited appeal. There are only four demographic groups who would have enjoyed the show if they'd taken it further: lesbian women, gay men, straight women and straight men. Actually the ''warning" at the start of the show should have read "Warning, this episode contains scenes of nudity and sexuality that your great-grandma would consider lame. Watching a monkey do push-ups is sexier."

Instead, Erica did what The Bachelor did: tossed off a perfectly good -- if somewhat dull -- dude for a "shot" at love ... complete with the same, trite observations, "Better now than three months from now." Except the Bachelor had the excuse of being unscripted. And at least Molly plays golf; all we've seen Ethan do is play Wii and rent videos.

Sometimes I'm compelled to keep watching a show out of habit after it takes a wrong turn --LOST third season was one, Heroes another -- but watching the past few episodes of Being Erica felt more like obligation than enjoyment and there are better ways to spend the time ... like watching these Star Trek videos: