It's still on my DVR, so there's a chance I'll give it another try, but I'm not sure I really want to subject myself to that. We'll see.
PROBLEM NUMBER 1: Eliza Dushku is, as I paraphrase from a review of "Tru Calling," nice to look at, but not a great actress. Joss, you built the show around her, specifically FOR her, and your brilliant idea was to have her play different "characters" every week? How many of those characters are going to look and behave like a street-smart tough chick with a touch of vulnerability? Because that's the only thing I've really ever seen her be any good at.
PROBLEM NUMBER 2, WHICH IN FACT BOTHERS ME ENOUGH TO BE PROBLEMS NUMBER 2 AND 3: The premise is icky. I have as healthy/unhealthy a fantasy life as any guy I know, but this is more than a little disturbing, which you probably know. However, you've taken a premise which is morally off-putting, and in the first ten minutes showed us WHY it's morally off-putting by date-raping her character for an entire weekend. Yes, gentlemen, for the right amount of money, you too can have Eliza Dushku for an entire weekend, with the personality of your dreams as a bonus. (Personality selection limited to "tough chick with vulnerable side.) And when time runs out, she won't remember any of it.
PROBLEM NUMBER 4: Since Joss oh-so-nicely re-shot the pilot so that we could have the unpleasant aspects of this premise (are there pleasant aspects of this premise?) right in our face as the opening teaser, I'm not convinced I can overcome that enough to give the show a second chance. instead, I may go re-watch "The New Guy," where she's still fun to look at, but I don't have to feel bad about myself.
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