The original post: /r/television by /u/Odd_Sheepherder_3369 on 2024-06-21 16:27:49.
As a man in my early 40s, it was the hottest thing on TV when I was a teenager. But I never watched it because the movie it was based on was pretty bad and it looked like some teeny-bopper sci-fi show.
My wife loved the show and we decided to watch an episode a night in bed. The first season is a slog and exactly what I expected the show to be, Dollar General X-Files…until we got to the Season 1 finale, which was incredible. Season 2 was more fun and then we got to the season 2 finale which was incredible. ETC.
The set-up/payoff is probably better than any show I’ve ever seen. (Miles to go, little miss muffet counting down from 7-3-0)
And then we got to episodes like, “Hush”, “Restless”, “The Body”, “Once More With Feeling”, and “Conversations with Dead People”.
That show is so much more than it’s goofy title and a monster-of-the-week. I feel like they said, “what if we combine ‘All My Children’ with the moral complexity of Kurt Vonnegut combined with the horror of, ‘The Twilight Zone’ and use it to heavily explore depression, feminism, and what makes a life meaningful”.
Anyway! Great show! The first season really sucks! Just watch “Prophecy Girl” and skip to season 2. You’ll pick up the missing pieces.