Jan Spears

I finally caught up with the first episode last night. I would agree with other posters that the show didn't know what it wanted to be. Parts of it felt like classic Dynasty. The dynamic between the King and Queen was like something out of Ordinary People. The twins, who were one of the best things about the premiere, could have come straight from Absolutely Fabulous. And the prince and his American girlfriend were standard WB/CW star-crossed lovers. It was almost as if the producers had filmed four separate pilots and then stiched together scenes from each of them to form the premiere episode. Here's hoping they get handle on things and develop a single point-of-view.

The thing I like about Brad is that he's able to isolate what's good or bad about a particular dress and then articulate it in such a way that the casual viewer/fashion fan can understand it. For me, the weakest link is Kelly. She'll start out OK making a reasoned case against a dress but then she loses confidence/steam and ends up praising the celebrity in question.

The panel finally hit its stride last night. The show was LOL from beginning to end and the time flew by. There were so many funny moments -- Kathy's Gwyneth Paltrow/Georgia O'Keefe gag, Giuliana and Kelly ripping on Brad for his very French pronunciation of 'Vuitton' and him being clueless in response, all the snark about John Travolta and on and on and on. I thought they finally settled in with each other and just let it fly. I do agree that the show was too short. They could have easily added another 30 minutes and the show wouldn't have felt too long at all.

I was so excited to see Joan Collins in the promos that aired last night on E!

After the 1-2 punch of the Season 1 finale (Episode 24) and the Season 1 opener, Season 2 Episode 2 was/is such a disappointment. I had forgotten how much the Lori Weston character didn't work and how much airtime she took from everyone except Steve. And the forced romantic tension between Lori and Steve is just painful. It really makes you wonder what the production team thought they saw when they were watching the dailies!

I've been watching Season 1 on DVD again for the first time in years and I had forgotten just how wonderful that first season really was. The chemistry between the Core Four (and especially Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan) was there from episode 1, and there was a tremendous forward momentum that kept everything moving along to the spectacular season finale. Hawaii Five-0 is a textbook example of "fixing" a show that wasn't broken. In Season 2, we went from the classic chemistry/team of Steve/Danny/Chin/Kono to the non-chemistry/team of Steve/Joe/Lori/Max. I remember at the time thinking, "What's this new show? What happened to the old show that I loved??" The root of Hawaii Five-0's decline began right there because a lot of people gave up on the show when the new characters (especially the Lori character) were shoved down our throats.

I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or not but I hated it when the show replaced the original classic opening/closing theme from the 1970s/80s. I always thought that original theme captured perfectly what All My Children was all about.

From everything I've seen and read, the Everwood "family" were really happy to reunite. Contrast that with the Roswell reunion from the same weekend. I can't quite put my finger on it but that sense of exuberant joy didn't appear to be there with the Roswell cast.

Another TWoP refugee here -- old poster under a new name!