With several new series set to premiere this Winter, I'm resurrecting my occasional pilot watch feature to share my first impressions of the upcoming shows. First up is the highly anticipated ABC series Cashmere Mafia, which premieres this Sunday, Jan. 6, before moving to its regular Wednesday time slot.
What's it about? Four business-school friends turned powerful New Yorkers conquer the boardroom and the bedroom.
Who's in it? Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto, Bonnie Somerville, Frances O'Connor
The good: The show has its roots in Sex and The City, with writer Darren Star serving as the show's executive producer, so that's not a bad pedigree for another series about female friendships. The pilot has a few genuinely funny moments, especially from Somerville and Otto, the latter of whom looks and acts like a junior Bree (Van de Kamp) Hodge. The outfits from SaTC costume designer Patricia Field are alternately brilliant and horrible, but at least they're never dull.
The bad: The first episode introduces far too many convenient plot lines to make a coherent story: There's an engagement, then a broken engagement; an affair, its discovery, and revenge; a nanny introduced and quickly dropped; a lesbian plot line that evolves from a quick glance to a kiss in mere minutes. It's so frenetic and covers so much ground that when one character said "I'm late," I half expected the next line to be "I'm due in June; the baby's yours." (The second episode calms that pace down somewhat.) The show is supposed to be about the characters' office lives, but after two episodes, I still didn't know what three of them actually did. And, maybe worst of all, the four main characters don't have the easy chemistry of the SaTC ladies or even the Desperate Housewives.
Will I watch? Well, there's not much else on, so why not? Honestly, though, the second episode was a bit better than the first — though still not great — and so I suppose I'll give it a few more shots. The show only completed seven episodes before the strike started, so it's not a huge commitment.
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I am looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about. Great preview, Buzz. Thanks!
1I'll give this show a shot...I'm more interested in Lipstick Jungle though.
2Jeez, that preview just gave me a ridiculous amount of info... do I even need to watch the first episode? I've got it ready to DVR, but I have to be honest, if it weren't for the current strike I'm not sure how excited I'd be about this. Desperation is driving my enthusiasm here.
3i'm so excited about this show that even any negative comments about the crazy plot line won't deter me. i can't wait til sunday. i've already set my DVR for it!
4I was really excited, oh well, there isn't anything else on. I hate this strike.
5I'm with Francesca on this. I watched it tonight, and it was a little frenzied, but it's something I'll definitely continue to DVR! There's a void in my tv viewing, this will get a fair chance to fill that.
6The pilot was definitely fast paced... lots of stuff going on. But I think it mimics NYC pretty well, so it's okay by me. Except that I only knew the names of Mia and Juliette by the end of the episode, which isn't good. Oh, and Davis. And was that other woman's name Silla or Sella? I dunno, they pronounced it unclearly IMO.
BUT I LOVED THEIR OUTFITS! Except LL's golfing outfit. I only liked her hat.
I will definitely watch this show!!
7I absolutely LOVED the pilot episode and can't wait for the next episode tomorrow.
You guys should add more pictures. I was disappointed you guys didn't have any of Caitlin & Alicia's kiss like this: http://cashmeremafiaepisodes.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=1
8Great show ... definitely going to catch it again!
9There definitely was a ton going on in the pilot, but I really enjoyed it. I LOVE that the women are high powered businesswomen who excel in their work. Plus, I love that they have time for their friends no matter what.
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