You know you watch too much television when you can
recognize the writer of a show after watching it for only 5 min. That is
exactly what happened when I started watching (with no prior knowledge) Political Animals and instantly started
thinking of the short-lived Jack &
Bobby and other Greg Berlanti shows.
The USA mini-series premiered last week and of course I was
way too busy being excited about the Breaking
Bad return to care much about it. But I finally got around watching it on Hulu
and I thought it had promise.
Political Animals follows
a Hillary-type character played by Sigourney Weaver, who is planning to run for
president and has a Kennedy-type family. I don’t think the point of the show is
to make any grand political statement; rather it is a character piece about
family and relationships with a political background. And family drama is what
Greg Berlanti does best, remember Brothers
& Sisters?
And now that I think about it, this show is almost like a
mash up of all previous Greg Berlanti’s shows. Because of the parallelisms to
actual political figures, the show reminded me of Jack & Bobby, which followed the lives of two brothers named
Jack and Bobby… one of which would end up being president (oddly it wasn’t the
one named Jack). And BTW wouldn’t it be great if Elaine Barrish was played by
Christine Lahti? I love Sigourney Weaver… but I think I love Christine Lahti a
little bit more. As for the family dynamics and quick retorts the show has a
lot of the beloved Brothers &
Sisters, however the family is a little less suburban and a little more
decadent… perhaps more like the Darlings of Dirty
Sexy Money. There is even a frustrated piano player in the mix to remind me
of my absolute favorite Berlanti show Everwood.
I absolutely loved all the shows mentioned above. I am still
not jumping up and down about Political
Animals, but I am interested enough to keep watching and I do hope they
turn the mini into an actual series.
Where to watch it: Political Animals airs on Sundays 10/9c
but if you are watching Breaking Bad at
that time you can catch it on Hulu another time.
Quotes: "He is one sex scandal away from dancing with the stars"
Quotes: "He is one sex scandal away from dancing with the stars"
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