The Deschanel sisters. Not quite as cute as the Olsen sisters once were and not quite as famous as the Hilton sisters. But give them time. They are a force to be reckoned with. With Emily slaying her Fox time slot with Bones (co staring David Boreanaz) and Zooey having one of the best rated new shows of the 2011 lineup, they prove that there is nothing that they can’t conquer. But is too much Deschanel a good thing or bad?
Plot: Young and in love Jess (Deschanel) comes home early one day to surprise her boyfriend with a naughty surprise. When the real naughty surprise turns out to be that she catches her boyfriend cheating with another woman and she is left devastated. After answering an ad for 3 people that are looking for a roommate, she finds herself spilling her guts about her issues to her new would-be male roommates. They are reluctant to accept her as a roommate at first, but once she lets it slip that her friends are of model quality…they jump. It’s no time at all before the roommates all become friends and accept Jess into the fold as one of their own. However, each roommate is just quirky enough to cause a bit of conflict at all times with the other roommates. And with Jess being Queen Quirky, the 4 new friends are in a constant state of hilarious conflict.
Worth a watch? Absolutely. This show was slow in the first episode but really had me by episode number two. Deschanel is falsely identified by some critics as awkward, but I see her and her character portrayal as more “quirky” than anything. Awkward is when the characters try to make people laugh by making them uncomfortable, like when I challenge random people to staring contest for no reason at all. Quirky comedy is when they go to extreme measures to show how much of an individual a character is by showing the many things that set them apart from the flock while also making them likeable and funny. This is what the character of Jess is all about…and Zooey plays it perfectly.
Other characters on the show consist of a potential love interest for Jess in the form of heartbroken Nick (Johnson), player want to be, Schmidt (Greenfield), and ex-athlete Winston (Morris). All the characters/actors have great chemistry and produce some truly funny moments (example of this is Schmidt punching someone and saying “you got some Schmidt on your face”). Do yourself a favor and check it out. You won’t regret it!
I find both sisters immensely annoying, and thus refuse to watch either of their shows.
ReplyDeleteThat's my contribution. :P