MASH showed a lot of potential in the course of the first three episodes but the last two shows have been extremely disappointing. It is slowly turning into a cheesy soap opera. The affair between Messing and Chase was introduced way too soon in the show. Why not have kept the focus on McPhee, Hilty and Davenport, as well as the struggles of Huston to finance the show? That in itself was sufficient to keep me interested. Too often, good shows waste their potential by adding too many story lines, by making their episodes too complex. The golden rule of keeping things simple applies to TV series like in everything else. Look how silly Messing's story is right now: she starts out wanting to adopt a baby, she has a loving husband, and over night, she rekindles the romance with a lover who had been shown to have a loving wife and new born!!! Come on, get real! As it stands, I'm giving the show one more chance and if it turns out to be like the last two, I won't be crying if it's cancelled.
Review of Smash
