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Thrills, laugher on FOX this fall
Stephen Ortiz
Issue date: 9/8/08 Section: Focus
Taking place mostly in modern-day Boston, the pilot begins when an international flight lands at Boston's Logan Airport with all of the passengers horrifically slain in an apparent act of terrorism, their bodies liquid and transparent.
Enter FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), who is called in to investigate. After her partner is nearly killed during the investigation (he's hit with the same thing that got the passengers of the flight) Dunham searches for an answer, leading her to Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble), who may have the answer to reversing the effects.
The problem is he's been institutionalized for the last 17 years and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son Peter (Joshua Jackson) in to help.
Now all of this may seem like a by-the-books terrorist thriller a la "24," but it's not. It's got a unique sci-fi twist that works really well because of the show's big budget.
The producers have the backing to make whatever absurd plot they conjure up work. The pilot works like a movie (clocking in at 82 minutes) and will keep you hooked from start to finish.
Do Not Disturb, Season 1
Airs: Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 9:30 p.m.
This is a brand new comedy focused on employees at a New York hotel called The Inn.
In the first episode, "Work Sex," (after an article is published in a local magazine about a former employee's sexual escapades with a co-worker), Rhonda (Niecy Nash) tries to put a stop to all the hooking up going on between employees at work.
There's nothing too special about "Do Not Disturb."
It's a pretty standard paint-by-numbers comedy with clichéd characters that all have their own subplots and hijinks to deal with.
The jokes are hit and miss, but work for the half-hour time slot it has.
The cast, made up of mostly no-name actors, is highlighted by Jerry O'Connell ("Crossing Jordan") who plays Neal, The Inn's good looking, ladies' man general manager who gives the show potential to be enjoyable.
Enter FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), who is called in to investigate. After her partner is nearly killed during the investigation (he's hit with the same thing that got the passengers of the flight) Dunham searches for an answer, leading her to Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble), who may have the answer to reversing the effects.
The problem is he's been institutionalized for the last 17 years and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son Peter (Joshua Jackson) in to help.
Now all of this may seem like a by-the-books terrorist thriller a la "24," but it's not. It's got a unique sci-fi twist that works really well because of the show's big budget.
The producers have the backing to make whatever absurd plot they conjure up work. The pilot works like a movie (clocking in at 82 minutes) and will keep you hooked from start to finish.
Do Not Disturb, Season 1
Airs: Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 9:30 p.m.
This is a brand new comedy focused on employees at a New York hotel called The Inn.
In the first episode, "Work Sex," (after an article is published in a local magazine about a former employee's sexual escapades with a co-worker), Rhonda (Niecy Nash) tries to put a stop to all the hooking up going on between employees at work.
There's nothing too special about "Do Not Disturb."
It's a pretty standard paint-by-numbers comedy with clichéd characters that all have their own subplots and hijinks to deal with.
The jokes are hit and miss, but work for the half-hour time slot it has.
The cast, made up of mostly no-name actors, is highlighted by Jerry O'Connell ("Crossing Jordan") who plays Neal, The Inn's good looking, ladies' man general manager who gives the show potential to be enjoyable.
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