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I could have told you where the black charachter was going when he was first introduced. In an industry that sorely underrepresents minorities, is it too much to ask that the black characters not be criminals? I grew up in the inner city, have never have been arrested, done drugs, and manage to hold a job and pay my bills. I guess having a character that represnts me is too boring.

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I would argue that the only thing that was contrived about the show was the characterization of Damian, like Babs mentions before.

Yes, these are character archetypes we've seen before... But seriously who was the last completely original character on Television? I would have said John Locke until we discovered he's just got "Daddy Issues." So, what does that leave us... Alf?

I just got done watching it the first time around, and I can't say exactly why I loved it, but I know that I did.

Maybe its because I always identify with the "relatively" uncool guy that makes good with the hot girl.

Maybe I'm just a romantic at heart and, even though I've never had that 'great loss' I identify with Laura.

To be frank, I only gave this show a chance because of JJ Abrams and Erika Christensen, but I'm glad I did.

Bob, you and I normally agree, and I do agree with you on one point. The show had would could have been a great premise, how our lives are affected by so many people we will never meet. I could have gone a couple of episodes before any of our characters got to meet each other.

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I agree with you 100% - I sincerely thought the concept for this show was an original one with the 'hope' that fantastic writing would pull off another big hit for ABC......

But as I watched and counted how many minutes I wasted away on poor writing, I said humm this is it??? And this show was after the brilliantly written Grey's Anatomy.... I couldn't believe it especially with a heavy hitter like JJ ......

This is a huge disappointment and I know for certain my desire to see how these 6 individuals connects next week should have been the opener of the show...

Slow timing, predictable acting and oh yeah that cooooooooookie cutter suspense tag of see what happens next week.....

Lets see how fast this get's pulled from the line up?

Does JJ have a chance with ABC politics??? Ratings game is just that, a ratings game, if ABC is smart they would dump it now, cut their loses and hope to pray no one remembers this loser as a reflection on the other good shows that are still hot on ABC....

Mela

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they should have given the time slot after grey's to the new series Men in Trees -- which is better written, better acted and a rewarding series (judging from it's great 2nd episode). Catch it fridays at 9.

Anyway, maybe 6 degrees will get better as the episodes go on. I actually thought campbell scott's character was the least likeable.

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I'm with Jake. Should Six Degrees not improve and find itself with poor ratings, give Men in Trees a shot to shine on Thursdays. Thematically, it would fit much better post-Grey's than it currently does in its hell-hole Friday night spot.

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I was confused throughout the show, i might give it one more shot next week even though that ending with Whitney's fiancé kissing that other woman was downright stupid and predictable. Very disappointed. And I agree with you guys that "Men in Trees" is a much better fit with "Grey's," it was such a surprising delight, i thought it would totally sucked (like last year's Heather Graham disaster) but Anne Heche is actually really good in it.

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Soap Opera seems like a good way to describe this show. I can just see the show 5 episodes from now, with every character re-acting the same dilemna, is the fiance the man of her dreams or a scoundrel, she'll never know.

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You meantion the stupidness of the opening narration?

I changed the channel 3/4 the way through the opening narration. I was planning to watch the whole show but after that I was neither interested nor impressed. Switched over to ER.

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I completely disagree. Every show has to start from somewhere and i thik that it should be given a try. I happened to think the beggining of the pilot was a little drag but it had me after that. I look forward to future episodes. And regardless of how ppl bash JJ Abrams you can never call his writing anything but amazing. This show is basically a more grown up Felicity with more intense storylines, but i like it.

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The only role J.J. Abram's has in this show is that he's the executive producer. I didn't see his name anywhere in the writer's credits. So the only thing you should be blaming him for is paying for it and bring it to ABC, as it was originally a WB pilot.

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the only highlight = hope davis

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I had thought that with Campbell Scott AND Hope Davis (wow--was Parker Posey not available? That would have made it the perfect indie project) it would have been great. But...not so much.

Bridget Moynahan kept confusing me--she looks too much like Veronica Hamel from "Hill Street Blues."

But she won't be confusing me for long, because I doubt I'll keep watching.

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I loved it. Its television, remember that. Its your entertainment for the hour, and it did the job for me.

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Seems like most of you are upset with the way its marketed by ABC, not with the actual show itself. I liked it a lot. There seems to be a great balance between the characters and the stories similar to Lost. While some shows lean towards the characters and have no plot or story, and some lean too far into the story without addressing the characters, this one has both. I look forward to more episodes.

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The absolute strongest emotional point for me in this episode came from Laura (Hope Davis): In the opening, we get a brief glimpse of her watching TV, looking perhaps a bit pensive, while a news correspondent in Iraq reports a segment from the war front.

We still don't know a whole lot about her, but she appears to be getting over her husband. There's a few hints along the way, like her conversations with Whitney, when she packs up his suits and gives them to Goodwill, and when she removes her wedding band. Though nothing that quite explains the situation.

And then, later on, she's watching TV again (briefly interrupted by Mae) and I'm thinking "Didn't we see this before?". It hit me like a bolt, just before she hit the rewind button, and I couldn't stop the tears. That's when I realized that she was playing back a recording of her husband's last broadcast before he was killed in Iraq. The final piece of her puzzle.

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I disagree. I think the show was entertaining, and I immediately got sucked in with these characters. With JJ Abrams behind it, and actors like Erika Christensen and Jay Hernandez, how could you go wrong? Needless to say, I love how it is filmed on the streets of NYC unlike other shows that are all filmed in the studio. I am already looking forward to next week's episode!

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