Jake in Progress

[catalyst2]

I thought I would check this programme out - after all, if a writer I like as much as Jane Espenson not only recommends it but also works on it, I figure it must have something going for it. Apparently not - I tried, I really, really, really tried. I tried so hard my teeth bled - and I do mean that literally. Then again, they may have been bleeding from gritting them together so hard in order to endure through the pain.

I try to look for the positive in every programme I watch. I try to wait at least five episodes before I decide. I lasted three - and the third was a battle of wills, just to stay in my seat. Nothing but nothing appeals here - not the acting, not the scripts, not anything.

Sorry, but this is a not-watchable (actually it is a get-that-fucking-thing-as-far-away-from-me-as-possible) programme for me. I wish it wasn't - I have had unexpected success with a couple of the new programmes this season and was hoping this would be another. Just.Not.

Comments

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

I don't think Jane even worked on this show until the second season. I've never tried to watch it because it just didn't look like my kind of show.

Jane on Jake in Progress

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

I knew Jane hadn't worked on it until later but she still seemed to think highly of it - mind you, I suppose she would have to say that, wouldn't she? Interestingly, I am not sure if anything she did actually got to air. Certainly, the tv.com page for JIP (http://www.tv.com/jake-in-progress/show/24539/cast.html?flag=2&tag=subtabs;writers_directors) doesn't show her presence for anything - but then I am not sure just how current/accurate that page is.