After seeing some very sub-par clips from Privileged on the CW's YouTube account over the summer, to say my expectations were low for this pilot is an understatement. Fortunately, parts of the pilot were re-shot, rewritten, re-edited, or something, because I was pleasantly surprised by the final product that aired after 90210 on Tuesday night.
I think the best news to come out of the Privileged pilot is that Michael Cassidy is still all kinds of adorable. Unfortunately, his character here (Charlie) seems to be more like The O.C.'s Zach than Hidden Palms' Cliff. I'll take Michael Cassidy any way I can get him though.
Also being fairly adorable in this episode was JoAnna Garcia as Megan. I've been a fan of JoAnna's since seeing her in Reba, and I think it's fun to see her playing someone so different than Cheyanne (which is the nice way of saying that Cheyenne was dumb). I'm not really sure, however, why they made JoAnna dye her hair brown for this role (I'm assuming she did that for the show and not just because she felt like it). Can blondes not be smart, CW?
Highlights and other observations:
- Charlie: "Megan, you're sounding newscastery again."
- Any job Megan gets in journalism (at least at this stage of her career) isn't going to allow her to rake in the dough, as they were implying she would be doing if she got the writing job.
- Megan: "Everybody loves Lucille Ball, but nobody ever does anything about it."
- Debi Mazar is awesome.
- At least Megan was able to dye her hair back to brown quickly.
- They really seemed to be pushing Megan as "quirky." She's not that quirky.
- I had numerous problems with that taser scene, which was my least favorite part of the episode. First of all, I don't find someone getting tasered to be all that funny, and secondly, the whole scene didn't make a lot of sense: Megan has to go introduce herself to the girls while they're asleep? That huge house and the two spoiled girls share a room? Sage sleeps with a taser in her hand?
- Hmm, so Megan's from this area. And doesn't want her family to know she's back. That's kind of interesting.
- I thought that Charlie was supposed to be Megan's boyfriend, but I guess not.
- Megan (in response to Sage's suggestion that Jay Gatsby was gay): "Interesting theory. The man does own a lot of shirts." (Between this reference and Greek's Gatsby-themed episode, The Great Gatsby is getting a lot of play lately in the teen soap genre.)
- Why is Megan so surprised that Charlie has moves? How could Michael Cassidy not have moves?
- Megan: "But with great power comes great responsibility--shout out to Uncle Ben."
- Hey, just when you think that everything's about to be wrapped up in a nice bow, Lilly appears. That's a nice dramatic touch.
- Megan: "Is there any other Annie worth mentioning?" (Not the one on 90210, that's for sure.)
- Sage inviting Lilly to the party was definitely a Blair Waldorf move.
- The soundtrack was pretty good with Kate Nash, Ingrid Michaelson, The Bird and the Bee, and Nellie McKay, among others. No "Time to Pretend" though, which is a bummer, because it's not living up to my prediction of it being the "Young Folks" of the 2008 pilot season.
All in all, the show was enjoyable, but I wouldn't say that I was left with an overwhelming desire to see more. Also, the episode seemed like a long hour of TV, which probably isn't a good sign.
More importantly, if anyone knows any rich people who need tutors for their granddaughters, I'm totally up for the job.
Premiere Rating: 6.0/10
(photo: cwtv.com)
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