Will Jezebel James Return?
The Return of Jezebel James aired it’s first two episodes back to back on Friday, March 14 on Fox. I watched it, both eps.
Parker Posey is Sarah, a single woman who’s long-term relationship recently ended, and who is presently in a not serious relationship with a man named Marcus (Scott Cohen) that is just about “nice dinners, fancy drinks and sex.” Sarah wants to have a baby before it’s too late, so she decides to go for artificial insemination. However, she finds out that she cannot get pregnant so she contacts her sister, Coco. Sarah is a successful, upbeat editor of children’s books. Her sister Coco is basically a loser who is crashing on a friend’s couch. The two really have no relationship, so when Sarah asks Coco to move in with her and to carry her child, Coco is a little unreceptive.
Parker plays the part of Sarah a bit over the edge for me; she’s just kinda hyper. Coco, played by Lauren Ambrose, seems pretty angry. Their parents (Dianne Wiest and Ron McLarty) are very dysfunctional. I think I liked them better than the two leads. One thing I liked was Sarah’s assistant, Buddy (Michael Arden), because he somehow reminds me of Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd) from Torchwood, and that’s a good, cause I love Ianto.
So where does Jezebel James come into this? She was Coco’s an imaginary friend when she was little and Sarah hired someone to write a series of books for her about Jezebel.
I’m not sure how this will all come together to spell funny, the first two eps really weren’t. But, you know, if I’m sitting around on Friday with nothing to do, I might watch it again. Honestly, I think the fact that Fox put this show in the Friday night spot of death (I can name off a list of shows that died in that very spot) means that they want to kill it off.
Oh, more importantly, don’t forget the return of The Big Bang Theory tonight on CBS at 8:00 pm ET.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:31 am
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