Channel 4’s cunning and insidious plan is evidently to force me to watch television for the entire summer. Sadly, I think their foul scheme is going to work.
Yes, top satellite channel E4 is screening the first episode of the fifth season of The Sopranos tonight, which, despite becoming more of a soap opera and rather less of the incredibly stylish drama it was in its earlier incarnations, is still one of the best things on TV today. Then on Thursday, they bum me in the gob with the new series of Six Feet Under, which despite what some misguided people may say, is the best thing on TV at the moment - bar none! What will happen to poor Nate? Do I care? Sadly, thanks to SFU’s mastery of slow-burning plot and character development, yes I do. I’m not (too) ashamed to admit that the finales of each series so far have really depressed me. :~
Possibly in a merciful attempt to give me some spare time away from the goggle-box, E4 have thankfully abandoned their absolutely terrible policy of screening two episodes ‘back-to-back’. Yes, that great satellite channel institution, which forces you, in your weakened state, unwilling to submit to another hour of the same programme, to bust out the videotape. Then guess what! You forget about it for a week and have to record the next two episodes to avoid viewing them out of order! Before you know it you’ve got a pile of tapes the size of the Eiffel Tower waiting for you and you record over them in a rage, regretting it immediately. :~
The above may or may not describe my Blake’s 7 experience. :~
