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I posted some very detailed spoilers for the pilot script over at fanforum in hopes of getting some discussion going (VD and Melrose 2.0 already have very, very active spoiler threads). In case you didn't get a chance to read the script, or even if you just want to discuss the show here, I'm reposting the rundown. If you want to remain spoiler free, definitely don't click!
Minka Kelly plays Hope, who, following her mother's death, has just left Michigan and her boyfriend David in order to work in D.C. Her mother left her a letter to read after she died and it, along with a cross medallion she's wearing, seem to be what's spurring her on. David doesn't want her to leave, tells her he can't wait for her forever, and she tells him that she doesn't expect him to, but there's things she needs to know.
When she gets to D.C she's tries to find a job, and this is the first time she sees Jessica Sharp, who's played by Gabrielle Union. Hope watches in awe as Jessica, a legislative aid, deftly handles reporters and takes care of her boss, Sen. Adamson. He and Jessica leave together in a limo, and Adamson is hitting on her but she's reluctant, telling him that she's seeing someone. He doesn't care because he himself is married. She tells him that he has a good point but this is the last time, and then they kiss.
Hope's at the Capitol building, trying to find any work, and this is when she meets Charlie Morris (played by Jason Dohring), a reporter for the Washington Post. He seems instantly smitten, and tries to offer her tips on how to get a position working for Sen. Webster (Tim Matheson).
In the limo, post-coitus, Adamson asks Jessica about her new boyfriend and if she loves him. She shows a bit of vulnerability here but tries to play tough and Adamson warns her that her guy is a big player now and she has to be careful. She brushes him off, wanting to get back to work, but Adamson collapses against her. Vince, the limo driver, and Jessica try to revive him, but he dies. Realizing how it looks, Jessica says that she can't be found with him and she takes off.
Charlie and Hope talk, he tries to get to know her. He finds out she's a Republican, like Sen. Webster, and that she was bartender. Sperlock, Webster's chief of staff, and Zeke, his assistant, appear and are scrambling to find information on a speech that Webster wants to quote. Hope tells Charlie that she just watched that speech and she knows it, so Charlie gets Sperlock's attention so Hope has a chance to impress him. He is, and Charlie tries talking her up more (Zeke is annoyed) when all of the guys' phones go off with messages about Adamson's death (Charlie comes across as kind of dorky but his ringtone is T-Pain, heh). One of my favorite parts of the episode is when they both read the messages about Adamson dying and conservative Sperlock yells for someone to turn on Fox News the same time more liberal Charlie yells for someone to turn on CNN. Hee.
Jessica gets to Adamson's office, trying to stay composed so nobody suspects she was with him when he died, and everyone is upset or crying over the news. Adamson had been tapped by the President to be his Attorney General, and now nobody knows what they'll do. Jessica gets a text from Lucky Evans (played by Brian Austin Green) asking her if she's okay, and as she tries to comfort everyone, telling them they'll stick together, she texts him back that she NEEDS A JOB!
Sperlock is on the phone with Sen. Webster, expressing his condolences but wanting to know that, since the AG spot is open again, if the President reaches across the aisle (meaning the Democratic President, whom I'm assuming is supposed to Obama even though they never mention him by name, wants a Republican for the position), Webster would want to be AG. Charlie listens to all of this intently, recording it for a scoop on the story. While on the phone with Webster, Sperlock gets a text from Lucky and so Sperlock tells the Senator that they're already calling about it. Webster says yes, and they hang up. Sperlock takes the tape from Charlie's recorder, tells him it's off the record, and then tells Hope that they might have a job for her after all.
Later, Hope's in the cafeteria picking up lunches for everyone and Charlie catches up with her, wanting to know if she's going to thank him for helping her get a job, generally flirting. She tells him thanks, that now she works for free, and he tells her that she's an intern today, staffer tomorrow, that maybe they'd take her along if Webster got the AG gig. Hope is confused so Charlie explains to her that he thinks that text was from Lucky Evans, the President's adviser, and that it's a brilliant plan. He's eager, asks Hope if he can ask her a question, and she immediately tells him that she has a boyfriend. He tells her that that's the wrong question, but she has a nice ego, and besides, he doesn't date his sources. He wants her to put back on the record what Sperlock took off so that Charlie can release information about the President wanting Webster, a Republican, for AG. Hope refuses, afraid of risking her new job, even though Charlie assures her that he'll protect her. He begs, saying that it would be his big break with this news, because if Webster takes the position, his senate seat would be filled by the democratic governor of Michigan, and that would give the democrats sixty senate seats, a filibuster proof majority. Hope doesn't want to get involved.
Charlie bargains with her, saying that this is how it works- he helps her, she helps him. Their conversation is interrupted by Ben McGrath (Jay Hernandez) showing up. He's wearing his naval uniform, and he's supposed to be a real heartbreaker in it. He warns Charlie not to tease him about it. Charlie does anyway and so Ben asks Hope if she thinks anyone would care if he killed a reporter. Hope seems smitten with him, Charlie notices it. So Charlie introduces Hope to him, telling her that Ben works for Sen. Buckley, that before the election she was his military credentials but now he just runs errands for her. He introduces her to Ben with, "Hope's got a boyfriend." Ben asks if that's true or she was just trying to let Charlie down gently and he stares her down.
Hope looks away, asks how the two know each other, and Charlie says Ben lives in his building (and then Ben says that Charlie lives in his). Ben then turns his attention to Charlie, asks him about Adamson and how Jessica must be taking it, wondering how long it is before she tries to get a job with Buckley. Charlie asks why Buckley and Ben asks who else would they give the AG job to? Charlie and Hope share a look and she goes to leave. As she gets in the elevator, he tells her that she never answered his question, and as the doors close, she tells him the answer is 'no.' Ben laughs, Charlie tells him to shut up, it's not what he thinks, and Ben says that it's cool and if he likes her, Ben will leave her alone. Charlie says that she didn't even know who Ben was, and Ben teases that Charlie does like her. He denies it more, they banter back and forth to show that they're good friends who just like to taunt each other, and they both make their way to a committee meeting on banking, housing and urban development, with Sen. Buckley acting as chair.
In the room, they stand in the back with Ruby Cook (Jenny Wade) and they all listen in. The meeting is with some of the public who are at risk of losing their homes because they can't afford their mortgages and they're there to be the face of a potential bill that could put a freeze on foreclosures in order to give people a chance to save their homes. One senator asks why these people feel they should get such a break. As this meeting takes place, Ruby asks Ben and Charlie if they have heard from Jessica since Adamson's death. Before either can answer her, a man stands to make an impassioned plea about why they need this foreclosure freeze, but Sen. Buckley, the chairman, isn't even there.
Charlie quietly asks Ruby where she is, and Ruby says she's in a meeting with Mullin, who Charlie calls "the Maverick from Memphis" and asks what Buckley did to piss him off this time. Ruby doesn't get the chance to answer before Buckley rushes into the room yelling about Mullin being a democrat, and to act like it, and mutters about "no wonder we lost the South." Mullin seriously tells her that they lost the South when they lost God, and she replies sarcastically that God doesn't vote. The meeting continues with all of them, now.
Afterwards, Mullin catches up with Ruby, who seems to have a thing for him. He tells her that the president is going with Webster for AG and that Buckley wanted it, but that Mullin (a dem) is going to endorse Webster instead. Ruby catches on to what Charlie explained to Hope earlier- that with Webster as AG, his senate seat would be filled by a dem giving them the majority. Ruby asks Mullin why Buckley wouldn't be happy about that, and he tells her that she only cares about being AG.
Jessica's in her office, trying to get rid of all evidence that she had an inappropriate relationship with Adamson, and Miles, her assistant, pops in to tell her that the Huffington Post is reporting that a female was spotted getting into the limo with Adamson, but they couldn't identify her. Miles asks her who she thinks it is as she starts to panic.
At Webster's office, Hope is at work and Zeke is giving her a hard time. Sperlock rushes in with news that the senator is in the building. He tells Zeke to get coffee and after he leaves, Zeke passes that order down to Hope. He taunts her some about how much she wanted this job, talks about her background check. This makes Hope nervous.
She tries to deny anything but he keeps pressing. Sperlock interrupts, wants to know what's going on, and Zeke informs him that Hope never even graduated from college. Hope seems relieved that this is the info he had. Turns out she didn't graduate because she still owes them $2000 for parking tickets, and Sperlock laughs it off, telling Zeke that they probably need to find her a paying job then, and warns Zeke about wanting his coffee now.
Ruby is at Sen. Mullin's house, and his wife, Martha, drunkenly answers the door, chiding her for being late. Ruby tries to explain but Martha tells her to just go on to the bathroom, that the doctor is already there. She meets eyes with Mullin and he mouths his thank yous.
Later, in the bathroom, Martha comes in and apologizes for taking so long with the doctor. Ruby gives her the cup full with urine and Martha takes it gratefully, telling her, "Three months down, nine to go" and that it could have been worse, the judge could have been a republican. She asks Ruby to give her a few minutes to get rid of the doctor. As Ruby's trying to sneak out, Mullin calls her into his study and they watch the committee meeting about the foreclosure freeze on C-SPAN. Mullin is smoking, Ruby asks if his wife knows, and he says that he lies to her about it and she lies to him about the pills. Ruby asks him if she smells it on him, and he says that she'd have to get close to him for that. They share a lingering look but Mullin breaks the tension to ask Ruby her opinion about Webster and asks if he's better than Buckley. Ruby says, parties aside, yes, and sings his praises. Mullin sadly tells her that he's not endorsing Webster, because Buckley vowed to kill the foreclosure freeze if he does, even though is a democratic bill that would help many. Mullin says that on the bright side, if she was AG, she'd be out of the senate. Mullin keeps watching the pleas from the earlier meeting as they're replayed on TV, getting choked up. Ruby looks like she wants to comfort him but instead she leaves.
At Jessica's apartment, she's in bed with Lucky. The script makes note of an original Andy Warhol painting of Teddy Kennedy hanging on the wall. Lucky and Jessica talk and tease, and it's obvious she's really falling for him. They watch some more news reports about Adamson's death, and although she's sad and shaken, she asks Lucky what is she going to do now? He tells her that they have freshmen senators she could work for, and she scoffs because at freshman because her senator was going to be AG, could have been president. Lucky teases her about that, and she says that he was more qualified than Lucky's guy, the current president. They banter some more before they're interrupted by Ruby at the door. She begs Jessica to answer, says that something happened between Mullin and Buckley and she's not sure how to handle it.
Something clicks for Jessica and she confronts Lucky that they're going after Webster for AG, and he tries to deny it. Jessica is upset, says that Buckley deserves it and that if she's pissed at Mullin, it's because he's endorsing the other side. She wants Lucky to confirm it, but he tells her to see what Ruby wants.
At the door, Jessica asks her what she wants, and she stammers about wanting to know what Jessica would do if she knew a senator was being blackmailed by another senator into not doing something that he thought was best for the people. Lucky listens in on all of this from the living room. Jessica harshly tells her to grow up, that it's governing, not blackmail and she demands more of an explanation of what Ruby means. Ruby says nothing, so Jessica surmises that Buckley is holding a metaphorical gun to Mullin's head because he's going to endorse Webster over her. Ruby's stunned that Jessica guessed that, but Jessica presses to know what's in the gun. Ruby finally admits it's the foreclosure freeze.
Jessica seems impressed by Buckley being an animal over it, tells Ruby that she should stay the hell out of it. Ruby asks if that's what she would do, and Jessica tells her that she knows what she wouldn't do, and that's fall in love with the married man she's working for. Ruby is stunned, Jessica tells her to work on her poker face. Jessica closes the door to find that Lucky is leaving out the back.
She confronts him, realizes that he's going to try to go to Mullin to get him to change his mind and endorse Webster anyway. As he leaves, Jessica spots Vince, the limo driver, parked across the street. He gets out and approaches her, tells her about the offers he's getting to cave and give a name of the mysterious woman who was with Adamson. Jessica gets his hint that he wants money, asks what the bids are (50 grand is his answer) and then tells him to forget it, that she's out of a job. He tells her that he is too, now. He leaves and Jessica looks to her painting of Teddy.
On the rooftop of Jessica's building, Charlie, Ben and Miles are relaxing after a long day of work. Miles is writing up a roommate wanted ad on his laptop. There's some bantering and teasing between the guys about what he should want in a roommate. Ruby appears, after her confrontation with Jessica, and teasingly says that they shouldn't make fun of Ben, it's not his fault the camera loves him. He tells her, annoyed, "Oh, go pee in a cup" and she looks as hurt by the comment as Charlie looks confused. He asks what that means as Ruby tries not to cry, and Ben says it's just a figure of speech and looks apologetically at Ruby.
Charlie's chance to inquire further is interrupted by his TPain ringtone going off, and he reads a text and then announces, surprised, that his blog article got picked up by the paper and he's getting his first front page. Everyone cheers and hugs him, genuinely happy for him and his big break. After they settle down, Ben asks what the story is.
Hope is in a cheap motel room, staring at the Capitol building as she calls David. She leaves him a message when he doesn't pick up. She seems sad as she tells him details about her day, including how she got a job and met some cool people. She sees that Sen. Webster is on TV, so she wraps up the call and tells him that she misses him.
She turns all of her attention to the news, where the anchor is saying that Webster has been pegged to replace Adamson as the president's new pick for AG, and that this news story was broken by reporter Charlie Morris, who attributed the information to an unnamed congressional staffer. Hope is shocked and angry.
The next day, Luck is meeting with Mullin, and he's pressuring him to endorse Webster anyway, asking him to trust him that the foreclosure freeze will pass, to trust him that Buckley won't do anything to stop it. Mullin nods that he will, even though he seems to know something Lucky doesn't. Lucky's satisfied with their meeting and he leaves.
At the cafeteria, Ben, Miles and Charlie are all in line for food, each reading the paper with his cover story, when Hope rushes in. Charlie spots her and happily tries to stop her, asking her if she survived her first day. She's clearly angry with him and moves around him without a word. He reaches for her arm to spin her around and stop her so he can explain, and she slaps her own copy of the paper against his chest and demands an explanation of how he could do that to her. He tries to tell her that she wasn't his source, to let him explain, that she doesn't understand, but she rebuffs him at every turn before leaving in a huff. Charlie wants to go after her but Ben warns him not to. Ruby appears and asks what's wrong and Ben tells her that Charlie likes Hope. Charlie tells him to shut up as Miles picks up Hope's paper that fell to the floor after the confrontation. He notices she has the classified section out with apartment listings circled, asks what the guys think.
As Hope is leaving, she's stopped by security through the metal detector. It's her necklace, the medallion, setting it off. The guard says that it's a navy cross and she says it was her father's.
Hope is at work in the office when Sperlock comes in and says that he's giving out a general warning to everyone about talking to the press, and the next time something like this happens, he fires everyone. Hope seems relieved that he doesn't automatically suspect her.
Later, back at the cafeteria, Hope has her lunch and wonders where to sit. Zeke and other people from her office are at a nearby table but she passes them, unsure. Ben and Ruby are at another table and Ben waves her over.
He introduces her to Ruby and they all chat as Miles, over at another table, keeps motioning to them. Ben says about her paper, the circled apartment ads, and how Miles wants to know if she has a roommate. Ruby notices how Ben and Hope seem to flirt, and finally Ben tells her that Miles has a bedroom he's trying to rent out in their building. Hope gets excited for a second but then remembers that that means Charlie would live in the building, too. Before Ben can say anything, everyone's cells go off with messages at the same time. Ruby takes off in distress, wondering aloud how he could do it without telling her.
Ben and Hope are left alone at the table, and they flirt more and she asks for the address so she can see the apartment. He gives it to her, after even more flirting, and as she's leaving, a messenger comes by and drops off an envelope for Ben. He opens it after she leaves and sees that it's just a typed warning for him to tell the truth or they will.
Outside the Capitol, Jessica and Lucky watch as Mullin announces his endorsement of Webster. Jessica asks Lucky what she had on him to get him to change his mind and he says that sometimes people just do the right thing because it's right. He asks Jessica if she still wants to work for the AG, and she scoffs at the idea of working for republican Webster. There's a lot of discussion about her politics and beliefs, and about the new era in Washington being a honeymoon but that she doesn't believe everything is going to change. Lucky tells her that it's different this time and the job offer is good until the end of the day.
Later, after the press conference, Jessica and Ruby watch as Mullin and Webster leave, and Sen. Buckley rushes to them. There's tension between the three senators, and after Webster leaves, Buckley tells Mullin that his foreclosure freeze is dead. When they leave, Jessica asks Ruby what's she waiting for (for not going immediately after an upset Mullin) and Ruby takes off toward him as Jessica goes to follow Buckley.
She approaches Buckley, a fellow dem, about a job. There's a rough exchange as Buckley tells her that she is dear friends with Adamson's wife, and that Jessica is the reason the glass ceiling exists. It's clear that she knows what's up and that Jessica won't be getting a job with her. Jessica is genuinely hurt by the ridicule but finds her resolve, and then she types a text to Lucky that he was right about things being different this time and that she'll take the job with Webster.
Later that night, Hope is taking a cab to see the apartment. She buzzes for Ben's apartment but there's no answer. Charlie calls out to her from a window above her head, asking what she's doing there. She tells him she wanted to see the apartment but she'll come back later. Charlie yells out that he understands she's mad but that she's not the only person in her office. Hope stops and asks if someone else talked to him. He says he can't tell her but...yes, and asks if she still wants to see the apartment.
Jessica is in her apartment, on the phone with Lucky who is at his office reading over Buckley's file. They're talking about her new job and her nerves when her doorbell rings, and it's Charlie with Hope. He tells her that Miles isn't home to show Hope the apartment so he wants to know if she can see Jessica's since it's the same layout. Jessica immediately asks her if she's dem or republican (republican). Jessica seems impressed. Then evangelical or neocon ?(she's neither- a moderate). Jessica seems kind of annoyed now, says she'd be Miles problem anyway, and then looks at Charlie and tells him that she doesn't see this ending well for him. Then she slams the door in their faces. Charlie tells Hope that he thinks Jessica liked her.
Hope admits to him that Jessica was the first person she saw when she came to DC, that Jessica was with Adamson, handling the reporters, before Hope met Charlie in the Capitol building. Charlie puts two and two together to realize that that means Jessica was with Adamson right before he died. He asks Hope if they were coming in or going out, and she says going out, not getting what he's getting to. Charlie rings the doorbell again and Jessica answers, still on the phone, annoyed, saying she's busy. He says it'll just be a minute and ushers Hope in, pointing to the bedroom that would be hers in the similar layout in Miles's room.
Jessica gets off the phone, leaving her alone with Charlie. He questions her about Lady X, the mysterious woman who was photographed in the limo with Adamson. She says that she heard the photo was fake, and Charlie says he did, too, but that he was going to call the limo driver anyway, asks Jessica for his number. She seems upset and vulnerable, which surprises Charlie, and she asks him softly if he'll drop it if she asks him to. He says that it depends on why she's asking him to, and she says she's worried about his legacy. They stare at each other; he doesn't believe her, she knows it. She says she'd owe him one, and he finally agrees.
Hope comes from the bedroom saying how much she loves the place, and Charlie takes the time to better introduce them. He tells Jessica that Hope is working for Webster. Jessica shows interest in this, asks Hope how far left Webster is willing to go to get the AG gig. Hope seems lost, so Charlie tells her she's only been working for him for a day. Jessica tells her that boobs and brains are rare in this city so not to worry. Jessica tells Charlie to show Hope the roof. Hope leaves to head up there and Charlie goes to follow her before he notices the empty space on Jessica's wall. He asks where Teddy (the painting) went and Jessica says she sold it, that unemployment is expensive.
Charlie and Hope are alone on the roof and Hope seems in awe of the city. Charlie talks about how he likes to come to the roof to remind him that it's a cool country they have, and then he acknowledges how corny that sounds. She doesn't think it's corny. They talk about how he's had to come to the roof a lot in recent years. He asks her why she's in DC now, what's her reason. She says world peace and asks him his. He tells her it's lies, and after they were lied into a war, he wanted to do anything he could to shine light on the liars. She says he must be busy then and Charlie laughs.
He tells her more about the other people who live in the building, that Miles is all about global warming, Ruby about ending poverty, though she doesn't want to lose her trust fund to do it, and that Jessica was the youngest chief of NOW, back when she was still a human being. Hope asks about Ben, what his issue is, and Charlies says that Ben is Ben's issue. Charlie watches her intently, and after a beat he asks her if it would be weird if he kissed her. She doesn't want to hurt his feelings so she says yes, because she's taking the apartment.
Miles shows up just then and Charlie tells him that he got a new roommate. Below and outside, Ruby is back from jogging and Ben is pulling up on his motorcycle, and they all come up to the roof. Charlie notices the way Hope keeps watching Ben, who's bringing them all beer.
They all drink together, Ruby wanting to make a toast and Charlie wanting her to promise that she won't include the word 'change.' Ruby tells Hope that Charlie pretends not to be as excited as the rest of them but that he is. They don't have a bottle opener, so Hope, flirting with Ben again, uses his belt buckle to open the beer. The two flirt even more, and Charlie gives Hope another beer to open, but this one explodes all over Ben because Charlie shook it up. They all laugh at him.
The next day, after Adamson's funeral, Lucky confronts Buckley over her freezing the foreclosure bill just because she won't be AG. He's carrying a file on her, and she suspects that he's got some dirt and asks him how good his hand is. He throws the file in the garbage and says that he expects she'll do what's right. There's talk about Mullin and consciences and Buckley gets angry. Lucky admits that he votes in California and that he voted for her, but this is the reason he won't ever do it again. He leaves her and she pulls the file out of the trash.
Charlie's helping Hope move into the apartment, and they're both excited when she gets her very first phone call there. She answers it as he leaves to get more of her stuff, and when he returns, she's already dressed in a really sexy dress and trying to rush out. Charlie's stunned and flustered by how good she looks as she tells him that Zeke called her and she's needed at a party for Webster, and she has to rush out. Charlie takes more stuff into her apartment after she leaves and while he's in there, David calls and leaves a message on the machine. He says that someone from Webster's office called him and was asking questions about her and her mom, and that he's worried and wants to know if she's in trouble, so he's coming to DC. Charlie listens to the message and then writes down the number from the caller ID.
On her way out, Hope runs into Ben and the flirt again before she heads out. At the party, Hope's disappointed to learn that she's less of a guest and more of a worker and that she has to wear an apron to pass out food.
Jessica and Zeke are guests, though, and during the party news breaks that the democratic governor of Florida is appointing a republican as the new senator to replace Webster, which means that the democrats won't get their majority anyway. Jessica asks Lucky what he did to piss her off and Lucky says that she's being investigated and the president won't drop it. Jessica knows how upset this makes him.
Later on in the night, Hope finds herself alone in Webster's study, and she looks at his war medals. The only one missing in the case is a medallion that she's wearing because Webster's her father, and that's the secret that was in her mother's letter. She runs into him on her way out, and they talk politely. He has no idea who she is.
It ends at the the end of the night, everyone on the rooftop, working or relaxing, News that the foreclosure freeze has passed and they're all in a good mood. Ben shows up at the door and Hope seems happy to see him until his date shows up behind him. The date closes the door behind her, even though they all scream for her not to, and that locks them out. When it starts raining, Hope laughs while everyone else scrambles. Charlie joins in on laughing, too, and soon the only one still pounding on the door is Jessica.
2009-04-30 12:18 am (UTC)
I'm really loving the sound of Jason's character here!
2009-04-30 12:28 am (UTC)
I really, genuinely love the sound of Jason's character. I'm so glad he's playing Charlie, who sounds like a lot of fun and will be a nice departure from guys like Logan or Josef.
2009-04-30 12:28 am (UTC)
AHHSLSLKDJFSL PLZ PICK UP CW PLZ.
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2009-04-30 12:34 am (UTC)
Thanks for sharing!
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2009-05-13 04:30 am (UTC)
I totally got a Noel vibe from Charlie, but I always adored Noel (and still do). Heh.
2009-05-11 07:00 pm (UTC)
This would definitely be a show I would watch, no matter who the cast was. It has the potential to possibly turn horrible like Greys did in season two, but hopefully the writers here can rise above making it purely soap, and give it some substance, too.
The triangle will bother me because I hate triangles, but it seems like it might be minor enough not to take up a huge portion of the plot. I kept worrying that they might be setting Charlie up to be a George-from-Greys type character, but I don't think they could possibly do that with JDoh playing him. Charlie doesn't seem to be a simpering loser who will just pine for Hope, which will hopefully keep it actually interesting. If they were going to go for the loser guy pining thing, it seems they would've picked Miles.
Ruby seems to be the character I'm not going to like very much. We'll see how it plays on screen, but in the script I wasn't overly impressed. She's too much of a pushover. I prefer a Jessica-type character.
I'd like to think that I would love the Charlie character no matter what, but every line I could hear JD saying, so it may have tainted my review of him. But he was great. :)
I think I'm going to try to get a more detailed review up on my DW account, since I don't really use LJ much. If I do, it'll be here in the next day or so.
2009-05-13 04:26 am (UTC)
I'll keep an eye out for your review!
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