The Fridge Brilliance of Kings pt 2

Silas says, in “Insurrection” that he had Michelle “chipped” at five. Was he kidding, or serious? Because if Silas...has tracking devices implanted in his children, this changes so many people's fan fics. And explains why Jack doesn't run while he has the chance (besides the fact that he's suicidal). And that this is a world where parents do this to their kids, another moment exposing the truth that this is a far darker world than it appears to be at first.


In the original pilot script (I had to look it up because I needed it for a fic) Michelle and David have sex, or something close, twice. Once up against an ice cream truck (wrongly reported by some fans as in an ice cream truck, which is way funnier). In the pilot that actually aired, they only kiss, they don't have sex until The Sabbath Queen. Also, in the pilot, there's actual swearing. Not a flood of profanities but about three instances of words you cannot say on network tv, which makes me think they really did intend to pitch this to cable first.

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Things About Kings That Weren't So Awesome (looong)

I am aware that Kings has its ridiculous side. Viewed from a certain perspective, the whole thing could easily turn into complete hilarity. But that's what makes it good. Because all the best stuff out there has a certain element of absurd, "I can't believe I'm watching this" cheese. If it doesn't, it's usually because the story you're watching is boring, and unoriginal, because the people who made it were too afraid to go for what they wanted or too unimaginative to think about it. If there's nothing to make fun of even a little bit, no one will care at all.

And nothing is perfect. I may mock Gossip Girl for their bizarre view of time and space but the kiss of death for me, for a show, is when I can't even bother criticizing it. Notice there haven't been any Glee or SPN posts from me in a while...

( I got a lot of problems with you people )