Crossing My Fingers

--Tonight is the premiere of FOX's The Return of Jezebel James. Now, this show is created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (creator of Gilmore Girls, and thus, a saint). It stars Parker Posey (True Story: While watching Superman Returns, Swear Jar Buddy Sam turned to me during a Posey scene and said "I would murder you and everybody I know for the chance to smell her hair.") and Lauren Ambrose (Who is not a selling point for me as much as for others. I found Claire to be absolutely unbearable right around Season Four of Six Feet Under, and her character never fully recovered), so one would think this should be really good and not something that FOX would bury on Friday nights. Right?

Well, the reviews have been absolutely toxic. Until spunkybean goes legit, I don't get to see preview copies of anything, so I've got nothing to go on, but the word of mouth is absolutely terrible. This just breaks my heart. I'm still going to watch it, because sometimes people are full of crap. Still, the distaste has been wide-ranging. I really want Amy to knock it out of the park a second time, so my fingers are crossed.

On a semi-related note, is that Lauren Graham doing voiceover for the American Express Plum Card? I'm pretty sure that's her. And you know what? There is no good reason for her not to be on my television on a weekly basis. Get on that, entertainment industry!

--As you may know, my weekly Lost essays are over at the aforementioned spunkybean. However, there's something I mentioned that I want to bounce off people. According to the promos, the Oceanic Six have now been revealed. This means that Baby Aaron counts among the Six. I've been arguing that he shouldn't count, since he wasn't actually on the plane so much as inside Claire while she was on the plane. So yes, I was wrong. But, last night's episode hinged on believing that both Sun and Jin were among the Six. So I was wrong, but I was wrong in a way that the show needed me to be in order to sucker me with yet another surprise ending. I'm almost proud of myself for helping them out like that.