Reply #31: I'm watching to see what happens to the couple with kids

[Missy Vixen]

If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have watched another episode. This show is dark. It's depressing. It may be the writer's view of "reality", but "reality" is not perfectly coiffed, young, wealthy buff actors and actresses, and problems that would be almost laughable to those in a lower income bracket. I have to agree with Mr.Scorpio -- the sex potrayed is supposed to be hot, but it's actually antiseptic. To quote a commmenter on www.televisionwithoutpity.com, it's like watching paint f*ck.

I'm disappointed with the writer for taking the easy way out re: the infertility storyline. Instead of truthfully portraying what happens in a marriage in which one or both partners desperately want a child and can't seem to conceive, the writers have made the character in question a controlling, cold as ice, and unlovable shell. I write romance novels. One of the things I learned early on is if the reader doesn't bond with your characters for whatever reason, they can't enjoy the book that ensues. This isn't enjoyable.

HBO is going to have to go back to the drawing board to come up with anything that will take the place of other series I don't need to name. This isn't up to their standard. At all.

Julie