“Fearless” was going to air 9 p.m. Tuesdays, but the WB recently surprised everyone by pushing it back to midseason.
Word is they fired all the show’s writers on Friday and
shut down production. “One Tree Hill” will now follow “Gilmore Girls.”
Our first two reviews of “Fearless” pointed out more than a few problems. One reviewer said the show “frequently strains credibility” and “will draw a lot of comparisons to ‘Alias’ because of its premise, but right now it's more on par with ‘Dark Angel’ in terms of quality.” The other called it “crap.”
Here’s “Altoids Girl” with more lowdown:
Here’s “Altoids Girl” with more lowdown:
Gaia More is a teenage girl that lacks the 'fear' gene, after an opening sequence where she explains to us that she doesn't have this gene, yada, yada, yada, she then explains that she can't tell anyone because they wouldn't understand, and then they would look at her wierd and treat her differently. Why? I dunno, maybe she lives in a world where "fear" is all cool and shit. Beats me. She works for the FBI as part of an elite youth-based undercover section that's responsible to infiltrate "youth-based" criminal organizations. She meets up with her new partners Harmony Kay and Ryan Brady, two other youth operatives that apparently would hate her if they knew her 'secret'. Angst, angst, angst, one introduction of hacker-cum-love interest (in the form of 'Jordan Gray') and rave-dance club fight scene later and we have the beginnings of a new teen show.
First things first: it wasn't heinously bad. Which sucks for me, because the worse it is, more snark I can employ. It has some stilted dialogue, some wierd character moments and a gag-inducing reason for angst. It's stylish, that's for damn sure, and Rachel Leigh Cook manages to convey cockiness and (get this) fearlessness that's actually kind of cool. The fight scenes are fun, and everyone fulfills their roll fine.
My gigantic issue, then, that keeps me from enjoying fully the damn thing is that Gaia's main reason to angst is that she's afraid that her partner's wont trust her if they knew the 'truth'. The truth being that she doesn't have that damn fear gene. Excuse me? Is it that big of a deal? Will she be shunned if they knew the truth, forced to drink from a different drinking fountain? Whuh?
They eventually find out and the camera pulls back as they look determined and ready to face the future...together.
*yawn*
So it wasn't that bad, certainly better than expected. It's got a hot, competent cast, a small following, and it's going to be on the WB, so I see at least one season in its future.
