Forget Britney on
How I Met Your Mother (or even the superior Sarah Chalke), forget about
The Hills and Mariah Carey, tonight was the premiere of the second half of the first season of ABC Family's hit show
Greek.
Picking up where semester one ended off you've got Rusty still heartbroken over his break-up with Jen K., even though he was the one who initiated it; Casey is now interim president of ZBZ, but is still trying to get over Evan; Cappie and Rebecca are trying to decide what to make of their fling; Calvin is deciding if quitting Omega Chi was the right decision; and ZBZ and the rest of the Greek system is trying to overcome the fallout from Jen K.'s article. And the show picks up nicely advancing each of the storylines with a balanced mixture of drama and comedy and the young actors improving their acting. What works about the show is:
1. the character conflicts -- you've got love triangles entangled with each other with Evan - Casey - Cappie - Rebecca
2. it's about college age kids enjoying college life and it's still fun for the viewer replacing angst with a nice dose of humor (mostly whatever Cappie says) and music (Plain White T's performed again)
3. it's relatable, even if you were never in the Greek system -- I mean I've met my share of Dales in college.
In general it's a nice light hearted dramedy that doesn't really have any comparable competition on TV, at least not until the
90210 spin-off gets off the ground.
Forget Britney on How I Met Your Mother (or even the superior Sarah Chalke), forget about The Hills and Mariah Carey, tonight was the premiere of the second half of the first season of ABC Family's hit show Greek.
Picking up where semester one ended off you've got Rusty still heartbroken over his break-up with Jen K., even though he was the one who initiated it; Casey is now interim president of ZBZ, but is still trying to get over Evan; Cappie and Rebecca are trying to decide what to make of their fling; Calvin is deciding if quitting Omega Chi was the right decision; and ZBZ and the rest of the Greek system is trying to overcome the fallout from Jen K.'s article. And the show picks up nicely advancing each of the storylines with a balanced mixture of drama and comedy and the young actors improving their acting. What works about the show is:
1. the character conflicts -- you've got love triangles entangled with each other with Evan - Casey - Cappie - Rebecca
2. it's about college age kids enjoying college life and it's still fun for the viewer replacing angst with a nice dose of humor (mostly whatever Cappie says) and music (Plain White T's performed again)
3. it's relatable, even if you were never in the Greek system -- I mean I've met my share of Dales in college.
In general it's a nice light hearted dramedy that doesn't really have any comparable competition on TV, at least not until the 90210 spin-off gets off the ground.
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