"10 Things", summer time, reminiscing

First they took away "The Middleman", now they take away "10 Things I Hate About You". It doesn't help that I was informed of this tragedy at 3am after a impromptu rendezvous with a good number of Hendricks gin and tonics, therefore sleep was rather slow in coming as I was busy being angry and indignant. After a couple hours of sleep I can safely say that I am still angry about this but it's because of the potential for more, as opposed to the rumours of a cliffhanger season (series, who am I kidding?) finale.

Sure, it's based on the most derivative of premises: a show based on a teen movie that was in turn based on a Shakespearean play. to be perfectly honest I wasn't remotely keen on the idea before the show premiered in July. It felt cheap and tacky to be launching a show that essentially launched Heath Ledger's career so soon after his untimely demise instead of releasing yet another DVD celebrating ten years of 10 Things. In fact, I don't even remember seeing any sort of promotional material for a re-release of the movie.

I went into the Pilot of "10 Things I Hate About You", hereby referred to as "10 Things the series", thinking that it was the universe's idea of a sick joke; I felt as though someone had decided to take a ant poke and shove it through the eye socket of my teenage years and then waved it in my face. So yeah, it was upsetting to say the least. Except Carter Covington totally brought it and it was way better than I expected (even if it did take me far too long to warm up to Cameron 2.0's dorky ways). There's something fresh and snarky about this reincarnation of Padua High and those who walk its wacky halls.

I'm gonna miss Bianca and Kat sniping at each other. I'll miss Kat and Patrick's awkward dates. I'll miss getting to know why Patrick is both feared and revered at Padua High. But most of all, I'll miss a show that made me smile.

Mr Covington, I expect to hear from you soon. As for the cast, may you all land really excellent breakout roles in something that's not fickle like television. So say we all, and good night.