[Patrick Sun]

Not quite sure who Lake Bell knows in the biz, but after getting her walking papers from Boston Legal, she landed a new gig on a show that was originally titled "Fathom", but is now known as "Surface" and starts up tonight on Mondays at 8 p.m. EDT on NBC.

Amazingly enough, the pilot showed a little more promise than "Threshold" did, but it will deal with a new form of aquatic life found on earth, and how it will impact the rest of humanity (perhaps I'm reaching) with a mystery angle and the hunt for this new creature found in the sea and on land.

[Jason Seaver]

It's also being repeated during the week on Sci-Fi, doing the NBC-Universal synergy thing. I probably won't watch it until after the Sci-Fi re-airing Tuesday night, so I can use the Replay for other things.

[todd s]

I missed it. Can someone give me a little more detailed synopsis? So it's not about Aliens?
I also never liked Lake Bell.

[Scott-S]

Todd - It is premiering tonight (Monday).

I am looking forward to it.

I am a bit worried about all the "Lost" clones saturating the airwaves. There is now a flood of shows that are capitalizing on the success of Lost.

Sort of like all the flavors of Law and Order and CSI. There are now loads of Sci-Fi. DOn't get me wrong, I like Sci-Fi. I just don't want to watch it every day.

[Mikel_Cooperman]

It was a cross between a Sci Fi original movie and Jaws 2.
Nuff said.

[David Williams]

I wasn't disappointed with it, cause I was expecting crap but I wasn't pleasantly surprised either. It sure took TPTB long enough to get the ball rolling and even after the first episode we don't really know a whole lot of what is going on.

I was planning to tune in to episode 2 because I was intrigued by the concept, but the "In the coming weeks..." promo killed that idea. The righteous civilians vs. know-it-all government cliché is so boring. Dr. Serko (sp?) could have brought 'D' (Lake Bell) aboard and spilled to the audience a bit of what's going on, but that would be too easy and I have the feeling they'd run out of story real fast.

Bottom line: I need another tight-lipped mystery show ala Lost like I need another... well you can figure out the rest.

P.S. Did anyone else think of the old exploding whale carcass video when the reporter came on TV? I'm glad I saved that file... no matter how many times I see it, it's still funny!

[todd s]

Crap! I still missed. Anyone care to give a synopsis?

Thanks!

[NeilO]

According to The Futon Critic the first two episodes will be rebroadcast on October 8. Of course, there is a regular airing of the third by then, so if you want to catch up you'll need to tape that beforehand.

Neil

[Malcolm R]

Finally caught the repeat of this on Sci-Fi (which is showing it a couple times this weekend).

I really liked this show, at least I like it the best of all the sci-fi type of shows that have premiered this fall. "Threshold" and "Invasion" both bored me, but I liked "Surface."