Finders Keepers ?!

 

After two real Episodes (not counting the back-door pilot) FOX´s Finder is on a track to really find its place but there is this nagging little feeling in the back of my head that I have seen this before. A short look into my database brought me to another very different kind of detective. Shawn Spencer, anyone?!

OK The Finder is set in Florida and Psych is set in Santa Barbara but the overall tone and coloring is pretty similar. Even Shawn and Walter have some ( a lot of ) similarities. I guess they are different as to Walter has his genius trade because of his injury and Shawn is pretending to be psychic but there mannerisms in solving their cases are pretty much the same.  This does not mean that we don´t like the Finder we just felt reminded of our sweet pineapple loving friends over at USA.

And here for your entertainment the music themes for both shows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So now you can decide for yourselves, is The Finder a show you are going to keep watching? We most certainly are going to keep our eyes on it, even if it only is so we can see Geoff Stults on our screens again. Yes we love him .

High school meets High Fashion

Jane by Design is ABC Family`s newest addition and when you squint you can even over look the ridiculous notion that a high schooler can get the position of  PA but it has a hard stand because after Switched at Birth any show has a difficult live.

Jane Quimby is a 16 year old high school loner with a, well lets call it rebellious and forward fashion style. As any teenage girl in a TV Show she has a long time crush and a guy best friend (who is the only one who knows about her double life). Don`t run away it gets even crazier.

By the second episode this girl has to attend a fashion line preview and her winter formal at the same time, and the whole thing almost works. And naturally so the show doesn't`t blow up in a matter of seconds she manages the high fashion stuff but crumbles in the personal life section of a high schooler …. oh yeah and the old dress of her mom, which she reworked and pepped a little is sent out as the final puzzle piece of her designer bosses line (yeah I see a fun reveal coming when the line hits stores ).

Okay enough nagging … it is a fun and quirky show and it could develop into a new guilty pleasure.

ALIAS–A five year mystery puzzle

From the pilot, which was more of a short movie, this show has produced many Question marks and with them captivated viewers. ALIAS combines the strong female spy with a sensible young woman and throws in a heavy mystery plot. Although throwing in isn’t exactly the right word for the mystery plot, revolving around a DaVinci and Nostradamus  like Italian inventor and philosopher named Milo Rambaldi.

The pilot set the ground work for Sydney Bristow’s (Jennifer Garner) mood and motives for the upcoming seasons. Together with her the viewer slowly uncovers the secrets and truths in the world of ALIAS. Sydney has more than one life changing moment in the pilot. First she gets proposed to only to find her now fiancé dead (murdered) in the bathtub then she finds that her father, who she thinks works with Airplane parts, really is a double agent for the CIA inside SD-6. SD-6 is Sydney’s employer but she thought it was a secret branch of the CIA. This all is wonderfully summarized in Sydney’s voice over at the beginning of each episode.

My name is Sydney Bristow. Seven years ago I was recruited by a secret branch of the CIA called SD-6. I was sworn to secrecy, but I couldn't keep it from my fiancé. And when the head of SD-6 found out, he had him killed. That's when I learned the truth: SD-6 is not part of the CIA. I've been working for the very people I thought I was fighting against. So, I went to the only place that could help me take them down. Now I'm a double agent for the CIA, where my handler is a man named Michael Vaughn. Only one other person knows the truth about what I do, another double agent inside SD-6. Someone I hardly know - my father.

 

 

The absolute magic about this voice over is that Jack Bristow (played by Victor Garber) turns exactly when she talks about the man she hardly knows -her father. The cutting here is brilliant. After Season 2 this Voice over was dicontinued and in its place aired the all known 'Previously'!

Over the course of all five Seasons the mystery that presents itself is Milo Rambaldi. It seems that only is Sydney part of his Nostradamus -like prophecy but also her family and close friends somehow play into the puzzle. May it be that they are part of the prophecy or wanting to uncover his secret message or his way to eternal life.

I can only recommend this show for people who like to remember trivia because when you know more you can enjoy plot twists more that otherwise just seem ridiculous e.g. the double resurrection of Irina Derevko (Lena Olin).

What is your opinion on ALIAS and this post?
[The post will get changed aka longer just wanted to give you a peek.]