Saturday, June 20, 2009

Telepathic Paramedic: What will they think of next?

The Listener is that one random Canadian show that's shown in a lotta countries and is hailed as "bad TV" and "I fell asleep during the Pilot. That shows how boring it is." Some speculate that it will be canceled and some speculate that it would already be canceled except, oh right, the CW isn't paying for the entire thing, just the rights to broadcast it or something of the sort.

I like it.

I mean, seriously! The guy, Toby Logan, is a paramedic who is telepathic! Telepathic Paramedic! Tee, hee, hee! Just sounds funny. His best friend, Oz, is also a paramedic is the driver of the ambulence. His on-off girlfriend Olivia is a doctor at the hospital. Ray, a random dude that is a professor at a university or something (who knows?), helps him stay sane (more or less). Detective Marks is suspicious of him and all the information that he goes touting around but for the most part listens to what he says (if an itty-bitty bit reluctantly). Toby has, so far, saved a mom and her child from a classic "bad cop", stopped a serial arsonist, freed an abducted teenage girl, and solved a murder mystery or two.

Truth be told, even I'll admit that the plot is thin in places and that it moves a little (or a lot) bit slow and some parts of it, okay, ninty percent of it, could be improved and maybe it is cliched beyond what is humane, but who cares? If you just enjoy the show, it makes for pretty good television. And maybe it would help if you don't actively search for things to criticise. But whatever.

Anyhow, check it out. Who know? You might even enjoy it.

(currently has the first four episodes, aka the only episodes out so far)

http://www.hulu.com/the-listener

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