Best new show this season is…
By fred | December 21, 2006
In the past years we’ve had many new TV shows that hit our screens, and some pretty damn good shows! This season didn’t break the rule, bunch of new shows have appeared, some already very popular, some already off the air (!), some quite good, and some crap too.
Today I want to talk about (what I believe is) the best new show of this season: Daybreak.
Yes. Daybreak. You heard – or read, whatever – right. Yes the show that has already been put off the air by ABC monkeys people (my apologies to monkeys, even they wouldn’t be that stupid!) because they don’t know how to make smart schedule, and keep their promises. And are retarded.
Every time you hear about Daybreak, you’ll get some Groundhog Day reference. It’s a must. And it makes sense, in a way, since both have the same basis : a guy is living the same day over & over again.
But when people hear this premise, they immediately start to wonder how the show could not be boring, since even a 13 episodes-long season is way longer than a 2 hours movie. And how could watching the same day every episode not get boring.
Those could be legit questions. I guess. But honestly, if the creators/writers of the show hadn’t thought about all this when coming up with this idea for a show, they would be pretty stupid. And they, are not ABC execs. Also one could think that no one would have giving them a go for a show that would obviously be boring even in the making, or when reading script. Even at ABC.
But what’s worst is that people are starting to make up their mind about this show based on its presumed Groundhog Day relative similarities, without even actually watching the show!
Daybreak is nothing like the movie. First off, It’s a TV show, not a movie. (duh!) And pretty much just as obvious, it’s a drama, not a comedy. This means, settings for both are totally different. So will be their writings, stories, etc
Another major difference is that our detective wakes up every morning with a full memory of his previous experience of the day. And by “full memory� I mean even his body remembers it : if he was shot, he’ll still be shot the “next� morning (of the same day). And bleeding. So unlike in the movie, if detective Brett Hopper gets badly hurt, it won’t go away next time he lives the day. Even better, he can actually die!
This opens up a lot of interesting possibilities. And the writers have quickly shown many variations the day could take, also showing Hopper that running away isn’t one that can work. No matter how he tries to run or hide, things always get back at him.
But as they used to say a lot in the first episodes, every decision has its consequences, and Hopper will have to learn which decisions to make, and deal with how they affect the day.
