its easier to catch up on TV when its already been canceled.

[healingmirth]

So, I watched all of Off the Map today. Despite the fact that I really enjoyed the 13 episodes, I think am glad that it was canceled, and here's why:

So it's basically Grey's Anatomy in the jungle, right? And I really liked the first season of Grey's Anatomy, when they were establishing the setting and the characters. And then they lost me, because once you have spent all the time you can establishing the characters, either you go illness-of-the-week, or you create conflict. And apparently the way you create conflict on a Shonda Rhimes show is that you have the doctors make UNCONSCIONABLE DECISIONS OH MY GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

On a related note, apparently Grey's Anatomy is still on? Wow.

Anyway, Off the Map is available on Netflix, should you feel inclined to watch. And really, I was right with them until the end of episode 12.

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[dirty_diana]

Hee, I enjoyed Off the Map. Adorable cast. But I also still watch Grey's Anatomy.

[healingmirth]

Grey's really lost me when ...Izzy? (or was that her character in Roswell? Katie Heigel, either way) lost Denny. I held on by my fingernails for another season after that, but then I just couldn't do it anymore. I can't suspend my disbelief that much about doctors, and yet it makes me too cranky to believe their personal/professional boundaries are that thin.