Since it’s no longer conflicting with House on Tuesdays, Commander in Chief goes back into the rotation! Sweet!
I have to play catch-up, but tonight’s episode seemed solid enough. What I like about the show is that it plays up the fact that Mackenzie Allen is the first politically independent president as well as the first female one. The obvious draw of the show is the latter reason, but I personally like the former reason a lot more; having the incumbant not be a Democrat or Republican forces a third, viable candidate into the mix and that alters strategy immensely. Templeton alluded to that in the beginning of the episode when he said that if the electoral votes get split evenly, the election goes to the House where he’ll win since he’s the Speaker. The Democrats only shot is to make sure it doesn’t get to that by compromising Mack, and they do so by nefarious means. (That’s also something else I found interesting: I would’ve expected the Republicans to do something like this. Showing both parties as “dirty players” is excellent writing [or a portrayal of reality depending on what you believe.])
Anyways, I should probably download the season on iTunes or something. You can do that now, you know. Download TV shows on iTunes, I mean. There’s a whole bunch: Commander in Chief, Drawn Together and Lost are the ones I know of off the top of my head.
What I’m Watching was updated. (Commander in Chief, Deal or No Deal on Wednesday added.)