Boston Public premiere (1 Viewer)

[Shayne Lebrun]

Surprised not to see a thread about this one yet...wow. I've always thought that BP was basically a bet that Kelley had with somebody about how he could screw everybody over worse than the previous week, and he's set a new high for himself.

Good plot lines, some realistic conflicts between, say, Danny and....the slightly-off black teacher...can't remember her name off hand. Kind of see all of Senate's things happening, though. Not ot mention that he needs a hair cut.

Interesting to see a New Kid on the block (pun intended) and very interesting to see that they're trying to pretend that Lauren never existed, apparently.

All in all, shaping up to be a good season, I think.

 

[Morgan Jolley]

I can see some potential for the show, but the first episode was ok, nothing too great.

 

[Rob Speicher]

Sad they didn't even try to explain what happened to the characters that left.

 

[Patrick Sun]

I thought overall, it was a below average season opener.

 

[Jack_F]

I'd just like to say that Jessalyn Gilsig's character was far superior to Jeri Ryan's.

On top of that, she is better looking as well.

Season 2 was such a drop off from season 1 and I don't think season 3 will do much better.

Too bad, it had such a great debut season.

-Jack

 

[Daniel Kikin]

Harper did mention to the student aide that Louisa had left or something to that effect but nothing was mentioned at all about Lauren. I guess they're just going to pretend the thing with her and Guber at the end of last season never happened.

 

[Lew Crippen]

I thought overall, it was a below average season opener.

I think that you are too kind.

 

[Patrick Sun]

I've been called worse.
Senate really does need a haircut.
The 2 new young punk teachers didn't quite leave much of an impression on me. It just looks like students teaching students.
I can't see Ronni sticking with Senate.

 

[Mike Broadman]

I can't see Ronni sticking with Senate.

I believe Senate will be out of the show after a few more episodes. If this is the case, it looks like they're going to do it via some nervous breakdown or something.

 

[Daniel Kikin]

I heard the same thing, I just hope they don't bring down Harry too much. I'd hate to see a great character like his go off on a low note.

 

[Grant B]

Me and my wife get a good laugh seeing the commerical for it, is the whole show that funny?

 

[Derek Miner]

Sad they didn't even try to explain what happened to the characters that left.

I remember saying pretty much the same thing at this time last year about "Ally McBeal."

Darn it, I still like the show. I have to admit that there's some intangible aspect with this show that keeps me intrigued whereas another show pulling the "father pimps his daughter" plot would have really irritated me. Call me a complete sucker, but I didn't predict that turn.

 

[Don Black]

After finally watching it, I'm seriously considering deleting the show from my PVR. It was just awful. A terrible fall from Season 1. Ugh.

 

[Jason Seaver]

Sad they didn't even try to explain what happened to the characters that left.

What would that have done other than take up valuable time? This episode was already a bit overstuffed dealing with the characters who are still around.

 

[Patrick Sun]

They could have devoted a couple of lines like:

"Lauren's studying history abroad in a graduate level program." and "Louisa's gone back to college to finish up her degree."

 

[DeathStar1]

>I'd just like to say that Jessalyn Gilsig's character was far superior to Jeri Ryan's.
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Agreed. She was also alot more natural looking as well, wich is always a plus . No offense to Jeri Ryan, since from what I've heard she's a very nice lady, but there's probably only two things that keep her on that show. Her Star Trek following, and her looks.
I can't help but wonder if there was some friction between her and 'Lauren' on the set, and that's why she left....
That being said, though, what's she doing with a Guber like senate? That guy looked like he was ready to explode before the stabbing...most definetly after it .

 

[Morgan Jolley]

I think the main problem is too many characters. Sadly, it makes sense that there be this many, since it takes place in a school.

 

[Don Black]

Nah... Shows like The West Wing prove that strong writing can make large casts work even better than smaller ones. And honestly Boston Public's original staff was great... But it's really gone downhill from Season 1. Season 2 was okay and I liked the Danny character and Jerry somewhat. But these new characters seem like stretches...

 

[Daniel Kikin]

I can't help but wonder if there was some friction between her and 'Lauren' on the set, and that's why she left....

I think that actually was the reason although I don't remember where I read it.

 

[Malcolm R]

You have to wonder if there was some friction between Jessalyn Gilsig and David Kelley as well, since she seemed to go from featured player to second banana in the space of a single season.