You're only just now discovering Edward Norton? He's one of the best screen actors around. Try "The 25th Hour" sometime.
I felt the same way about The Riches. The first season had me spellbound, and then it just fizzled. I think it would have been salvageable if they'd come up with some new challenges, but the original idea just didn't have enough depth to keep everyone busy.
Bitty Schram was only in the first two or three seasons of Monk and then left in a contract dispute. The main thing that kept me watching wasn't Tony Shalhoub, but Ted Levine as Stottlemeyer -- a brilliant, low-key straight-man performance that was all the wilder when I found out that he'd played Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.
Have your kids watched The Never-Ending Story? It was Miles's favorite for many years.
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Date: 2010-12-19 10:22 pm (UTC)I felt the same way about The Riches. The first season had me spellbound, and then it just fizzled. I think it would have been salvageable if they'd come up with some new challenges, but the original idea just didn't have enough depth to keep everyone busy.
Bitty Schram was only in the first two or three seasons of Monk and then left in a contract dispute. The main thing that kept me watching wasn't Tony Shalhoub, but Ted Levine as Stottlemeyer -- a brilliant, low-key straight-man performance that was all the wilder when I found out that he'd played Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.
Have your kids watched The Never-Ending Story? It was Miles's favorite for many years.