(though he was unable to make an unfeasible romance even mildly interesting). Despite the always strong Bell, Colantoni, and Capra, the choice of guest stars frequently provoked more conversation than the plots. Patty Hearst s appearance as a disappearing heiress echoed Hilton s in Season One.
And Laura San Giacomo as Keith s love interest proved only that short bald Italian men age better than cute Italian vixens. The third season had no ongoing mystery, and was much the poorer for it. A serial rape investigation linked the first nine episodes but rarely proved compelling (worse, the storyline often trivialised the crime).
The murder of Dean Cyrus O Dell (Ed Begley Jr.) dawdled haplessly across the following six episodes. Viewers were so underwhelmed that when was sent on an eight-week hiatus to make room for The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll , many feared the worst.
As it turned out, did indeed return, but apparently only because ran into production difficulties. Sadly, the remaining episodes had me wondering if this was a good thing or not. Un-American Graffiti was little more than an extended sequence of public service announcements linked by an occasionally neat one-liner and a whole stinking heap of sterile romance .
What did we learn today, children? Racism is bad, mmmkay. Tolerance is good.
Underage drinking is bad. Oh, and girls develop faster than boys and have higher levels of cognitive functioning, including math calculation, written language, and verbal fluency. The Debasement Tapes plumbed both new depths and new shallows.
The headline mystery featured a has-been rock star (Paul Rudd) who inadvertently swapped bags with a drunk. I could say more, but then I d have to kill myself. I Know What You ll Do Next Summer rushed us straight back to Worthyworld.
This time our theme was child soldiers in Africa and the charity Invisible Children. If only the episode had been as worthy as its cause. Sadly, however, it supported my growing suspicion that s writers had already checked out of Mars Mansions, and that a small group of script monkeys had been dragged in off the street and told not to bother their pretty little monkey heads with such abstract concerns as continuity or quality.
(though he was unable to make an unfeasible romance even mildly interesting).
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