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I had heard that the show was really bad, so I went into it expecting it to be bad. I was surprised at how much I like it. I thought it was a fun and crazy show.

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I liked it, and I'll be watching again! I hope it sticks around.

Disclaimer: I love trashy tv.

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This show is harsh, I'll be watching.

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I don't know about you, but I damned near coughed up my soup during the Treo/Typing a public message on the projection/"You're fired"/"You have a week to give me a reason not to fire you"/"You have 5 minutes to clear off your desk" scene... pure genius!

I was struggling with the show up until they showed how unstable Don, the photographer, really is. Then the car crash came and I was hooked.

I think it's worth following, for at least 2 more episodes. If it doesn't pick up by then, I may tune out.

I had a running comentary on my blog (I was live-blogging, a friend/coworker was as well)... you can find it here!: http://www.fullmanator.com/journal/2007/01/live_blogging_dirt_on_fx.asp

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Nah, I was all ready to hate it too, and it was very compelling.

Even though I kinda feel like I should take a shower after.

The way they manifested his schizophrenia filmicly (filmicly? filmically?) was fascinating.

I'll probably write about it tomorrow, if we're plugging (http://www.IamATVJunkie.com).

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I to was ready to hate it, but I think I could get hooked on this show.....

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I just don't get what F/X has against cats. First Dutchboy chokes a stray cat to death on The Shield, now a cat with cancer lying dead in a pool of its own vomit? Where can you go from there?

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Quick question - When the "actor" who became a source for Dirt saw the sex tape of his girlfriend (shown to him by Lucy/Courtney), was that him in the tape or her cheating on him? I couldn't tell. I think all those Paris sex tape viewings ruined my eyes for nightvision.

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I believe she was cheating on him. That's why he "took it out on her" in the bedroom later.

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Fullman's post made me think about something slight OT. How often do we get pissed off because a show we thought had potential wasn't given the time to develop on a network? Every single time we like something and it is cancelled because of little viewers there is an outcry. And then there are statements like "I'll give it two more episodes before I tune out." Doesn't that make us, the viewers, just as culpable?
Just a thought.
We dug dirt. (he he) It's our guilty pleasure show of '07. Professon Quirrel was great.

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That was the evidence Don promised to get for him when they met on the red carpet. She was having sex with her tall co-star.

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I was liking it until they had to do something to the cat. Then I had leave to throw up so I'm not really sure what happened but I knew the car was dead. I would have watched again but I don't I can stomach anyelse so mean. Why couldn't they have just left that out?

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Jonathan, I don't envy you having to watch this show to review it. I thought it was terrible bordering on unwatchable - it was all over the place and it was just nasty, not enjoyable at all. I guess I'll have to stick to friends repeats to get my Cox fix. ugh.
Any idea when Misfits of Science is coming to DVD?

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I really wish I had FX so I could actually watch the show. It looks good to me and I'd like to watch it.

Although, I think if they involved the publicists more it would take on more of an Entourage style, and there is no way Dirt would be able to compete with Entourage.

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Executive producers Courtney Cox and David Arquette hate the paparazzi, and while they can say over and over again that this show isn't revenge, the pilot surely says otherwise. Nothing subtle about it. Cox's character is one-dimensional... either on or off, no nuance whatsoever, which would be fine in a side character (like the one she played in the Scream franchise.) But as the main character, it's just not interesting to watch.

Especially when the dialogue is as stiff and forced as it was last night. Speaking of forced, the pilot's moral was as subtle as a tank.

It's one and done for me, I'm afraid. Too much quality programs out there to waste time on this drivel.

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Margot, the video was of the girlfriend (Lily Allen from The 4400) having sex with her co-star in the movie that we saw the premiere of, where Don instigated that attack by her boyfriend.

The guy who played the boyfriend played it as such a sad sack that it ruined that whole storyline for me.

The stuff with Don the photographer, especially the scene in the pharmacy, was riveting.

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I like it too; however, that opening scene was just bad...I talking Wicked Wicked [whatever that MyTV show's name is] bad. It picked up from there...Gotta love "back door" scenes.

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Here's a couple of thoughts(based on one of Drake's comments): What if people actually like the show and continue to watch it for those same reasons? Because of this, wouldn't it make Cox and Arquette's attempt to make the tabloid industry look bad actually backfire on them?

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Name of the series is Dirt, and thats exactly what i thought of this episode. Definetly wont watch another one.

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I love Fx tv! Some of the best shows on TV are from FX. Why wouldn't we give Dirt a chance to be something new and exciting? I liked the first episode, yeah, it could have been better, more realistic. Everyone seems to like Don's portrayal of a schitzo,I did too. But, I can tell you from the experience of having a family member who suffers from this illness, it's again, not very realistic. That he could go off his meds and reach the level of fanaticism that he did and still perform his job duties as a Dirt photographer is especially disturbing, just couldn't happen. Thank God that people don't really turn such a blind eye to the kind of behavour he presented and not get involved with some kind of offer to help. People are just not that out of tune to anothers pain and suffering (nor to the apparent danger they immediately represent).
Anyway, I've got my DVR set to tape this show and will watch to see how things unfold.

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