Here’s an extra from The Office that’s kind of funny.

Hooray!

There’s a new show on ABC called Life on Mars, which is an adaptation of a BBC show.[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/1GBHvkoDnOE" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

As you can see from the above clip, the show follows a detective who gets hit by a car and teleported into the early 1970s. (shhh…. don’t ask questions) There’s a serial killer involved at some point, and a pretty girl two. Colm Meaney (!) shows up as the tough-as-nails police chief. It seems to follow in the vein of the one-man mystery solver with a supernatural twist tradition (see Journeyman, Medium, etc.) — this one seems to be a hybrid of those two shows with a bit of Starsky and Hutch and Hill Street Blues thrown in.

In the grand TiFaux tradition of hasty snap judgements and baseless predictions, here’s my take: This is one of those shows will probably end up being decent, but not a must-see. Thusly, I give it one season. I have a sneaking suspicion I’d rather watch a show that featured Colm Meaney sipping a Guiness and telling stories about small Irish towns in his lilting accent. Oh well.

Although I kinda hated his attitude, I really thought Dale was going to make it to the finals, especially since he ranked #2 in last week’s point table. And what’s up with the tease of bringing Jennifer back? Can’t we swap her for Lisa? Isn’t there some reality TV rule about swapping sourpussed lesbians for cute ones? I need to petition my congressman.

As for the final four, besides the obvious top 3, it should be a matter of who fucks up less: Spike or Lisa.

Rank based on scoring: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a Quickfire win or appearance in top, -1 point for appearance in bottom

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