I am proud to say that I’m a member of the rare part of America society that doesn’t have cable. At the moment we’re also part of the club that doesn’t even own a television. My husband and I have been alternately TV and cable-less for the better part of 2 years now.
Does this mean we don’t watch television shows? No, it just means that we watch them using the wonderful invention called the internet. Sure, this means that we don’t get to watch the newest episode the night it appears, but it also means we’re not limited to the current network schedules. This means we get to watch or re-watch older shows that have been canceled and fall in love with characters that most people have forgotten.
Currently we are watching the 2000 television series “The Invisible Man”.
To be honest, at first I was very hesitant to watch it because it’s not really my ‘type’ of show. However, being limited to what shows we have access to I relented and am currently fairly engrossed in the second season. I’ve found the characters to be easily related to and interesting enough to make you want to know what will happen next. I’ve even grown to enjoy Darien Fawkes’ occasional soliloquies at the beginning and scattered throughout the episodes. It’s definitely not top-notch CSI crime-drama, but I’m not a big fan of those. There’s just enough of the ridiculous woven into the plot that it keeps me from remembering it’s a ‘crime drama’. Actually, it probably falls more into the sci-fi realm as it deals with a man who can turn invisible thanks to a special glad that his brother implanted in his brain.
Other shows we’ve watched recently have included Stargate SG-1, Dark Angel and Joan of Arcadia. I’m actually kind of amazed that in all my years of TV watching I missed all of those shows. SG-1 is just enough action/adventure to make me forget it’s also heavily Sci-Fi. Dark Angel is just a fun show and watching Jessica Alba kick butt is wonderful, however I’m very displeased with how the show was left hanging. Joan of Arcadia is another fun show, with just the right balance of drama and laughs that I would think it’d appeal to a fairly wide audience, despite the heavy religious overtones. Again, like Dark Angel, I dislike the way the series ended. It was left completely hanging, probably because the writers didn’t realize that Joan wouldn’t make it to a third season. It’s a pity really – they set themselves up for a really awesome plotline.
Now, as we’re nearing the middle of the second season of Invisible Man, I have to wonder – what will our next TV-adventure be? I think my only hope is that it’s something that goes more than two seasons and doesn’t leave you hanging without resolution.
