Kids Today By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Eleventh Hour Thursdays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS “Cardiac” Written by Mick Davis Directed by Clark Johnson Maybe I’ve just watched too many episodes of The X-Files and Fringe. At a crucial plot development in “Cardiac”, rather than draw the obvious conclusion that Dr. Jacob Hood comes to, I thought “Aha! Last week’s clones are back!” The actual point revealed was so prosaic, it belonged in an episode of CSI. Which may be where this show is aiming, but it’s not where it’s ending up. I understand that the concept of the…
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Eleventh Hour: “Resurrection”
Send in the Clones By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Eleventh Hour Thursdays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS “Resurrection” Written by Mick Davis Directed by Danny Cannon Well of course the first episode in Eleventh Hour is going to be about clones; anyone watching the pilot Thursday night would have gotten a case of whiplash mixed with deja vu. Haven’t we seen all this before–the dark, brooding genius who knows there’s more “out there” than meets the eye, the flashy female government agent sent to mind/rein him in? The conspiracy, the dark atmosphere, the pervasive climate of impending doom and mysterious…