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I generally hate network TV shows and have for quite some time. They are too soap operaie for me with mind-numbing actions that no one in real life would ever do, or they lack continuity thinking the viewer is dumb or simply doesn’t remember what happened in the last episode. There is unrealistic banter, the DEIness, the love triangles where someone’s husband who we didn’t even know was married shows up out of nowhere, and the single main female character who has a kid that we never see or hear about outside of one episode here and there but somehow always has a babysitter so she can save the day.
(Deep Breath) I could keep going but my answer to this question is a show I know is dumb and does all the cliches above and more but for some reason, I continue to watch it and even look forward to it. That show is the ABC drama series The Rookie. I started watching because of the lovable Nathan Fillion and it was an interesting enough concept. I didn’t care for many of the side characters or the social/political commentary it wants to make at times but after 7 seasons, here I am.
I am constantly rolling my eyes during every episode I have to rest them after because of the melodramatic buffoonery that happens each episode. Or because of the fact the same six patrol officers somehow are involved in every major crime in the entirety of Los Angeles and Mexico apparently. Or the 120-pound woman who tackles a 225-pound man like she’s Ray Lewis.
But I continue to watch and get wrapped up in the melodrama because it is something that I can turn my brain off. After all, I watch so many movies where I don’t do that and being critical. Nathan Fillion keeps bringing me back honestly or I wouldn’t have made it this far but I am invested in the characters now. As dumb as it can be at times, I can’t stop watching.
So, the question I ask today is: What dumb show can you not stop watching?
Let me know your answers in the comments! Maybe I can find another dumb show to watch.
