Bryan Fuller

An experimental ship fights in a space war.

Great. It's Star Trek for grown-ups, what they call "dark and edgy." And I strongly dislike that about it. It gets a lot more right than it gets wrong - it's often gripping, it's got a great cast, and Tilly is the best Star Trek character ever. But it tries so hard to look and act like other popular shows that, despite being much higher quality than past Star Treks, it ultimately feels unimportant and forgettable.

A friend gave me both Seasons of Dead Like Me, a short-running series that ran on Showtime. She loved it and thought I would too--and I did. It centers on Georgia "George" Lass who is only 18 years old at the time of her death--she dies from getting hit by a space toilet. Yes, she does right in the first episode! But she's not done, you see, because now she's become a "Reaper" taking souls who die in accidents, murder and suicide. There is a rather dark comedy running through this yes, but show more like Buffy, it mixes comedy with more serious themes. And dead she might be, this show really is about George growing up. And the supporting cast, particularly Mandy Patinkin, is fabulous. I'm so sorry the series ended with this season. show less

A friend gave me both Seasons of Dead Like Me, a short-running series that ran on Showtime. She loved it and thought I would too--and I did. It centers on Georgia "George" Lass who is only 18 years old at the time of her death--she dies from getting hit by a space toilet. Yes, she does right in the first episode! But she's not done, you see, because now she's become a "Reaper" taking souls who die in accidents, murder and suicide. There is a rather dark comedy running through this yes, but show more like Buffy, it mixes comedy with more serious themes. And dead she might be, this show really is about George growing up. And the supporting cast, particularly Mandy Patinkin, is fabulous. show less

Well that left a lot of questions and a wide open space for another series.

Shadow Moon is about to get out of jail when he's suddenly let out early as his wife is dead, he discovers that his wife died in a car crash, with another man and it's all a huge mess. On the flight he meets Mr Wednesday who offers him a job.

Ian McShane chews the scenery in a spectacular fashion and this story of the supernatural and the ordinary is quite a good adaptation of the original story. I'm looking forward to show more more of this. show less