Maggie Cats: So, Killer Women. I found it extremely silly.
Arsenic Pie: I liked how it started with a bloody shooting and ended with the main character playing the trumpet in a mariachi band. Like what the actual fuck? But I totes believe Caprica Six can really play the trumpet. But was that really the best place to introduce this talent?
Maggie Cats: I get the feeling the people behind it aren't exactly sure what they want the show to be.
Arsenic Pie: I got from it... and this may just be me. That they were going for like a Robert Rodriguez Grindhouse kind of thing. Or a cheesed out Charlie's Angels.
Maggie Cats: The problem is they were shooting for all those things. Plus a classic action show, like Walker, Texas Ranger. But you can't have all those things in one show.
Arsenic Pie I couldn't tell if they were referencing 70s cop shows or making fun of them. There were so many cliches.
Oh, yes, this show looks completely serious.
Maggie Cats: Speaking of her brother....another BSG alum! Michael Trucco!
Arsenic Pie: On a semi related note, I saw that Boomer is on a show now too.
Maggie Cats: You mean ....Hawaii 5-0?
Arsenic Pie: Yes!
Maggie Cats: You know that show has been on for like 2 years, right? YOU WRITE FOR A TV BLOG, WOMAN. Get it together.
Arsenic Pie *hangs head in shame*
Maggie Cats: Ok, so back to this show. I thought Tricia Helfer was good in the role, but again, the character was not well-defined.
Arsenic Pie: Right. She is kind of a stock character. A tough, no-nonsense cop who fights bad guys and the sexism of being a woman in a man's world.
Maggie Cats: I guess she is supposed to be kickass...but doesn't really do a lot of fighting. And then she is supposed to be sexy--and I'll give them that one. But then she is crying about being beaten by her husband, and I was like what?
Arsenic Pie: I know, right? Because that's what the vajays like to watch. Stories about women who have been abused...
Maggie Cats:... and then she risks her life, her DEA boyfriend's life, and gets a random informant killed because she feels bad about doing her job (i.e. pursuing an investigation that ends up implicating the drug cartels).
Arsenic Pie: She's female. Her ovaries cause guilt. I liked DEA Dan though.
Maggie Cats: It was Riley from Buffy! I think I just find that actor boring though, sorry Marc Blucas!
Yup, still boring.
Arsenic Pie: He is just a random dudebro, but more appealing than her douhe ex. And the plot was predictable.
Maggie Cats: One more issue--did they ever actually explain WHAT the Texas Rangers are or what they do?
Arsenic Pie: I feel like they think we should have a background from watching Walker, Texas Ranger. Are they like the state police?
Maggie Cats: I have no idea and that is not good for the show. On Justified, they always make clear who the US Marshals are.
Arsenic Pie: I figured about five minutes after she had her Hunch that the shooting had something to do with a drug cartel. Because Mexicans.
Maggie Cats: Exactly. Those crazy Mexicans and their drugs. Oh, and I just looked up the Texas Rangers. From wiki:
The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in Texas, and is based in Austin, Texas. Over the years, the Texas Rangers have investigated crimes ranging from murder to political corruption, acted as riot police and as detectives, protected the Governor of Texas, tracked down fugitives, and functioned as a paramilitary force at the service of both the Republic (1836–45) and the state of Texas....but that still doesn't explain how they fit in with the state police, etc.
Arsenic Pie: I'm on the Wiki page now. So much jinx.
Maggie Cats: This is just another example of Texas being wacky.
Arsenic Pie: I fee like they must be comparable to state police. Maggie, are you messing with Texas? I've been told one should not do that.
Maggie Cats: Who me? NEVER. Oh, the one thing that actually amused me in the pilot episode....after the shooting in the Church, like 10 people ran outside, pulled out their guns, and shot at the shooter's car as she was fleeing. Oh, Texas.
Arsenic Pie: I KNOW.
Maggie Cats: Guns in Church!
Arsenic Pie: YOU KNOW THAT CLIP WAS ON THE SOUP.
Maggie Cats: I am not surprised.
Arsenic Pie Well, it's Texas. You know everybody's packing. But still. Everybody runs outside and starts shooting at the getaway car. What the fuck.
Maggie Cats: I don't think I will keep watching. Pick a concept and stick with it. Either be a silly throwback to 80s and 90s cop shows, or be a solid action procedural.
Arsenic Pie: I won't keep watching either. It doesn't know what it's supposed to be. I find it amusing that the person who wrote the episode was named, "Hannah Shakespeare." I'm positive that's a pseudonym. A sadly ironic pseudonym.
Maggie Cats: Hannah has been dealing with that prejudice her entire life.
Arsenic Pie: She has. Poor Hannah. She's a tough, no-nonsense screenwriter.
Maggie Cats: You are such a hater.
Arsenic Pie: Hannah the screenwriter is fighting for justice in a man's world. And hatas gonna hate.
Maggie Cats: She has a pen and she isn't afraid to use it. Because in Texas, the pen is mightier than the shotgun.
Arsenic Pie: So sometimes she takes matters into her own hands. And uses her smartphone. DUHN-DUHN.
Maggie Cats: I would watch that show more than Killer Women, actually.
Arsenic Pie: Yeah, something that was straight up self referential and quirky. I stopped taking ABC seriously long ago, but come on.
Maggie Cats: Sad, but true. They tried to get serious with The Assets (which I reviewed earlier) and it got canceled after two episodes.
Arsenic Pie: I think whoever created Killer Women thinks it's serious.
...and from that point on the conversation split into multiple tangents, including how lesbianism was improving NBC's Dracula, but not by much. The basic point is, Killer Women is a confusing mish mash of genres and probably not worth your time. Unless you find Tricia Helfer so hot you will watch her in anything. In that case, have at it.
Killer Women airs Tuesdays at 10:00 EST on ABC.
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