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Everwood = Good.

Last night's episode was such a contrast from anything else that I saw on TV that it was a welcome relief from the hijinks of Punked or the soapy OC. Soft and sullen, moving along by its own pace, Everwood's one of those shows that doesn't hit you with continuous love triangles or bitchy cat-fighting friends or even fancy events where all the characters get dressed up in revealing clothes (ahem, OC). If you watch it for the first time, you might feel impatient, as if you're ready for the plot to move on, but you're stuck with the time dimension created by the writers. But give it a try and you'll begin to see that the events on Everwood are meant to be taken slowly, as if to help the audience better appreciate the stories they're trying to tell. And whether it is watching Amy's bouts of depression, Ephram's continuing maturity or Linda's shocking HIV revelation(!), you end up getting to know (and getting to like) each character individually for their own unique traits. The storylines will captivate you, not by their antics or flashy plot twists, but rather because they make you care about what happens. And by the end of the episode, you feel as if time has passed by too fast and you still need a moment to catch your breath.

Everwood - watch it.
posted by Tim at 12:09 PM