It must be sweeps week.
That is the <b><i>only</i></b> explanation I have for last night's episode of Enterprise. It was called <a target="_blank" href="http://www.startrek.com/library/ent_episodes/episodes_ent_detail_128726…; and the "main" plot was about Archer being held captive by a bounty hunter. However, the plot that they advertised was all about T'Pol being in heat.
I almost feel sorry for Jolene Blalock because I can't be the only one who thinks of her as the Striper in Space. I mean, really, she's in that decontamination chamber every other episode greasing up with "Decon Gel #5" and thrusting her mammaries at the screen. Who do these people think they're kidding? That's not story-telling, though it might be considered science-fiction. (I mean, really, can those things be real?) I know their audience is somewhat less than they'd hoped, but I think resorting to T&A just isn't the way to win viewers. For once, I'd love to get through an entire season of Star Trek without some low-brow, trailer-park-trash alien shaking her "money-maker" at the screen. Is that too much to ask?
Of course, the fun didn't stop there. When we flipped over to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cartoonnetwork.com">Cartoon Network</a> and saw <a target="_blank" href="http://www.adultswim.com/shows/familyguy/index.html">"The Family Guy"</a>, which is part of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.adultswim.com/gen/faq/index.html#8">Adult Swim</a> and get more sex. Frankly, I understand why it was pulled from regular TV and put into syndication. So, it wasn't <b><i>just</i></b> Enterprise that stooped to the lowest common denominator, but still....
As my dear, departed grandmother would say, "What's the world coming to?"...
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