If I were to create the best television shows of the 00’s, Ed would be in the discussion for the top ten. So I have an affinity for Tom Cavanagh and other former Stuckyville residents that get me to watch Big Love
, Love Monkey, and not complain about Lost whenever Jack’s wife shows up. Granted I still have yet brought myself to buy a Mac. With that said, if I were to make that list, Will & Grace wouldn’t make it unless I were to extend it to triple digits.
There in lies the selling point to the new TNT series Trust Me which relies on how well the two leads, Cavanagh and Eric McCormack plays off of each other as the show is a buddy tale of two ad men, not of the mad variety, and how the react when one (McCormack) gets promoted but his partner (Cavanagh) now has to work under him. It is hard to tell how they jell from their first couple scenes, but if there are anyone whom you want to play your best bud, these two would be near the top of anyone’s list.Also along for the ride is Monica Potter who just have the worst agent or worst luck in Hollywood because after breaking through in Patch Adams
she has yet to land a quality role since. She had to slum it as a love interest for Freddy Prinze Jr.
for goodness sake. But she can rest in the solace that she had a great song written about her in the eight minute long Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby.
That luck could change with Trust Me as she stars as someone who has a pretty bad first day on the job, not that she doesn’t deserve some of the crap coming to her. To put her character in perspective, she pretentious enough to go with the hyphen when getting married but too self conscious not to drop his name when she gets divorced. And this isn’t the first time she has met McCormack that doesn’t get explored much except maybe a throw away line about an alley.Also showing up is everyone’s boss Griffin Dunn (40 Days and 40 Nights
), although his boss only gets screen time with her hand. McCormack’s wife gets about as much screen time as we only get a fleeting glimpse of Sarah Clarke (24). Providing the comic relief are the two copy boys at the bottom of the totem pole, Geoffrey Arend (Greek’s Egyptian Joe) and Mike Damus (Teen Angel).Trust Me airs Mondays at 10:00 on TNT. You can also download Trust Me on iTunes or on Amazon Video on Demand (see below):
After seeing the first two episodes myself, I have to say that the show is worth watching but I think it could use some work. Tom Cavanagh is the star of the show in my opinion. His performance truly does overshadow some of the problems I had with the show. Hopefully the show can continue to develop and fix some of it's current problems. Then Trust Me could become another good show for TNT.
ReplyDeleteEven though I like the show, someone else (who I can't remember and thus didn't put it in the main post) summed up what is keeping me from loving it in that it looks to be falling into the Studio 60 syndrome where the writers were comic geniuses but the skits 2nd hour SNL quailty at best. I spend the second episode thinking, "they are doing all of this just to keep 'Do thumpthing'?".
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