01.17.07

I watched the second episode of the new FX show Dirt last night after seeing the last half of the premiere episode last week. If you haven’t started watching the show yet, you don’t need to feel too rushed. It isn’t a very good show. Its far from being the worst show on TV, but its just got nothing special to offer. I am willing to give it a couple more episode, just because I still have a bit of a crush on Courtney Cox, and its got some other pretty hot ladies in it. One funny thing to watch for though is Rick Fox, former LA Laker and former Mr. Vanessa L. Williams. A number of years ago he made the switch from the Boston Celtics to the LA Lakers because he wanted to start his acting career. Now, about 10 years later he’s getting his shot and putting up an air ball. He is pretty hilarious to watch though because he isn’t able to keep his eyes on their mark when he’s shooting a scene. He keeps looking around like he’s just waiting for Ving Rhames to come get medieval on his ass. I think the biggest problem with the show is that its too extreme. In the first episode, a movie star pregnancy was leaked, so she overdosed and the guy who leaked the info about her pregnancy went crazy, crashed his car and nearly killed his girlfriend, who's a major TV star. In the second episode, the TV star is recovering from her injuries, gets hooked on painkillers and other drugs, her boyfriend who leaks info to Courtney Cox, starts getting large movie roles, while a teen queen burned herself freebasing and a Basketball star (Rick Fox) has to leak info about how a major rapper was killed by his manager so that gay photos of him won't make it into the magazine. Sounds like a lot, it is. Its too much. This seems to be happening a lot with shows recently, even some of my favorites.