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(S01E02) I think people need to appreciate this show for what it is. Similar to CSI: Miami, Dirt is over the top. It's cheesy and campy. Drama is played up for maximum effect. It's supposed to be like that. Dirt is definitely not a program for people who like to nit-pick about how true to life or realistic a show is. This is the TV version of a gossip rag. You don't take those things seriously, do you? It's fun to not care for an hour once a week. This show is a good excuse for doing just that.

One of the things I'm loving about the show is how real celebrity stories that we're all familiar with are being used to fuel the storylines of Dirt's celeb-fakes. The show is drawing from the antics of Britney Spears, Denise Richards, and numerous other recognizable names. It's not exactly a revolutionary idea but it's funny stuff.

I might as well just cut to the chase and talk about the scenes that everyone will be chatting about this morning. If you saw the show, then you know what I'm talking about. One word: vibrator. Lucy busted it out twice! Even for FX, I was a bit surprised. Of course, it didn't stop there and at the end of the episode we got a glimpse of what else was helping Lucy along. A picture of Holt. So it's only a matter of time before that story develops and something happens between them. Edgy stuff.

Did anyone else catch the "Previously on Dirt" refresher at the beginning of the show? Don narrating what goes on is a great idea. It gives his character (and his schizophrenia) more of a purpose, like a fly on the wall who sees everything. His commentaries about past events were a riot. "This is hard for me because I have a tenuous grasp on what's real." Again, great idea for him to do that.

There's plenty else to talk about. Kira's funeral has come and gone, Don got pictures, and now she's his best friend. In his head of course. Someone had to take the place of his dead cat. Lucy uncovered Hollywood's favorite couple's fake pregnancy (Blair and Logan, a.k.a. Blogan). And to top it off, she saved her publisher tons of cash by suggesting that "Dirt" and "Now" join forces as one magazine. My point here is that all these stories have weight to them. This show isn't as flat as many claimed it to be after the pilot episode and I think there really is enough to carry this show as something that can keep you entertained week after week. That is, if you like a show that's cheesy, fake, corny, and loaded with colorful characters.