Melrose Place...third time is still not exactly the charm

So we are in our third week of Melrose Place, and no, it has not yet hit its stride. Instead, it is stumbling along, giving me more to whine about than to praise. Perhaps more so this week as Ella, Lauren and Violet had less screen time and I find them to more interesting residents.

Ratings for the show have not been great, either, and in a bid to attract more viewers, particularly fans of the first incarnation of the show, Heather Locklear will be guest starring sometime this season. Now considering that I actually really really really strongly dislike Heather Locklear...well it doesn't make me really want to watch more. I mean, honestly, she completely ruined Spin City. It was barely watchable even though Michael J Fox was still on it her first season.

Then again, 90210 started off with fairly weak ratings last year, and was even cancelled in Australia, but continues to be on television. So I suppose that means there is hope for this revamped new version of another 90s classic.

But we'll just focus on episode 3 for the moment. Riley, that silly little twit, might have agreed to marry Jonah, but she hasn't told anyone about it. Not her parents, not her friends, not Facebook. So she and Jonah start the episode with another fight. Don't worry, just like in the previous two episodes, they've resolved their issues by the end...well except Riley didn't mention that she got drunk and kissed Augie, but really, who cares? The couple is such a disaster, you aren't hoping for them to break up or to end up with anyone else since they're clearly not capable of being self aware. And if you aren't aware of what's going on in your own head...well...it doesn't make the best foundation is all I'm saying.

Not only is Jonah useless in his romantic life, but the boy has no idea what he wants to be. I mean, he thinks he wants to direct movies, but he doesn't seem to know what that entails. How this boy managed to get through a film school of any kind and retain his naivety on the subject, I cannot explain. Oh, do your lead is a diva and carries a gun...well, sure, she's crazy but who did you expect to meet in the business? Did you think it was all fun and no placating of self-important talentless bimbos? Wrong industry.

There is one thing I will say - they've changed the style of the flashbacks and it is much improved. There are flashing images, some from the present, other's from the past, and then instead of that grainy garbage, the film feels just a little too bright, a little overexposed. It is tolerable. Though, I gotta say I'm glad Sidney is dead...again...

So, we will see whether or not I bother to watch again next week. Maybe I'll get lucky, the show will get cancelled and they'll put Katie Cassidy on a much better show?