Hidden Palms – 1×1 “Pilot”
This show belongs on abcfamily (look at that hip lowercase! wow!). It’s awful. Oh dear, a boy saw his father commit suicide, went to rehab, then moved to a rich neighborhood. The seperates-it-from-the-OC-twist? Things aren’t as they appear (according to the pilot, also seen in the casting of Leslie Jordan as a woman).
I honestly did have (stupidly) high hopes for this, as the boy from Phantom of the Megaplex stars. I was disappointed from the beginning, although the chemist-towel girl character intrigues me. The scene in which Johnny analyzes Greta is ridiculously cliche, something I don’t mind in TV. Then, in a crazy twist, she does the same thing to him, except this time she’s soaking wet! Cliches can be entertaining.
I think it’s hysterical, by the way, that Zach from the OC is on this show as the (evil?) Seth character. He looks remarkably different with short hair.
And GASP! A rich-people party on the first night? In the first episode? This does not remind me of any show ever. Especially not one featuring a damaged new kid and his snarky sidekick.
