Nov 17 2008
Cold Case buzz, Monday night line-up
Well, it seems my fascination with the handsome actor that played young Nick Vera in last night’s Cold Case was shared by other viewers. My stats showed line after line of google searches like “young nick vera actor cold case” that led them to last night’s blog entry. So I poked around a bit to find you all some more info, sketchy as it is. Click for Daniel Gordh’s IMDB resume. Seems he’s a writer, actor, and…skilled springboard diver. If you search YouTube for “Daniel Vincent Gordh ” you’ll find an Actor Short he’s in for about 5 seconds. If you search without the middle name, you’ll find some diving vids. Definitely an ecclectic mix. Looks like he’s also got a Facebook page.
IMDB says his “STARmeter” has gone up 53% since last week. I’m sure this Cold Case guest turn had something to do with it. Good luck to Gordh in swinging some more gigs from this excellent exposure.
Now, as for the Monday night line-up, Chuck worried me there for the first part of the show. Chuck is enjoyable because it’s quirky and strange and lots of unexpected action and twists spring up out of the geeky and mundane. To throw in conventional sitcom stuff where the girlfriend walks in at just the worng moment and misinterprets what Chuck’s doing…ugghhhh. This show is better than that. They saved this element by adding a twist to it at the end, but still, it wasn’t one of their better episodes. And though it’s basically a comedy, and the viewer’s willing to suspend disbelief on a lot of things, it starts to strain the credibility of the show when the agents covering Chuck break all kinds of rules without consequence over and over. It’s how Alias jumped the shark to me, when every single person in the unit was somehow related to and/or visciously estranged from each other–because that’s just the right elements for a crack team of professional spies. Granted, Chuck has more leeway to bend reality for humor’s sake, but it’s a good idea if they don’t bend until it breaks.
Complaints abound online about Heroes‘ neverending flip-flopping of heroes and villians. Viewers and critics alike should be glad, then, that tonight the show appeared to take a stand on who is on which side. Sylar’s still a wildcard in my book, though–at least I hope he is. His complicated arc is one of the most believable that Heroes has going, and I’d like to see it continue. It was also good to see Claire and Peter back together again–their real-life chemistry shows through on screen, and their characters have always had a strong connection. I love that Ando got to be the Hero in this episode as well, though I’m not sure how enjoyable it’s going to be to watch a regressed Hiro. With the showrunners fired, it’ll be interesting to see how future arcs of Heroes pan out.
Though it’s been cancelled, I couldn’t help but watch My Own Worst Enemy again tonight. NBC is going to air 9 episodes apparently, and who knows if we’ll end on a cliffhanger or not. I’m still going to watch them, since Christian Slater and Alfre Woodard are excellent in it, the plot is engaging, and the emotional angle is just starting to get good. I’ll draw as much out of it as I can before it leaves the airwaves. Maybe the show wasn’t perfect, but there’s something wrong when shows like Kath& Kim get picked up for a full season and My Own Worst Enemy gets axed.
Watch Chuck, Heroes, and what’s left of My Own Worst Enemy on NBC Monday nights, starting at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central.
(Daniel Gordh photo c2008 Paul Smith Photography)
