La Vie est L'amour

I think it has maybe just dawned on me how unprepared I am for my America trip. No idea where I’m staying in san fran or nyc, no idea what i’m doing in san fran, no rucksack or clothes. Oh dear God, I am going to have to get my shit together once I have handed in my reports!

So as Smash came to its predictable and disappointing end last night I was left wondering what happened to the show that showed so much promise in January. After watching the pilot I remember being excited for the coming season, it had been a long time since a show had gripped me like Smash. And sadly I think it failed to deliver. The serious missuse of Megan Hilty was criminal, the woman is sublimely talented and the camera literally adores her. Plus she makes a very believable Marilyn. Katherine McPhee failed to excite me, she is talented, don’t get me wrong but she is no ‘Bombshell’. Her storylines were poor and I never bought her in the lead role. I’m looking forward to season 2 but I think that ending on such an overdone cliffhanger is lazy and poor writing.

Season 2 needs more Ilene, less Karen, more Tom and Julia, less of Julia’s family life (and her awful son) and certainly more Bernadette Peters!