Posted on 10/01/2005 5:24:06 AM PDT by genefromjersey
“Inconceivable” was Unpardonable !
In an effort to placate my wife – who insists : “ You never want to watch the shows I watch !” – I watched the new drama (or whatever it is) called “ Inconceivable”.
The setting is an upscale, cutting-edge fertility clinic ; and the viewer is introduced to surrogate mothers who change their minds (thankfully before impregnation) , couples seeking eugenically superior “designer babies” , and a clinic worker who is surreptitiously changing the label on a specimen.
There is a lawsuit – filed by a couple who are unhappy with the baby the clinic “designed” for them. (Could this be related to the clinic worker who is switching labels ? Hmmmmmmmmm….)
There is a gay couple with an infant – presumably acquired from a surrogate mother. One partner works in the clinic. The other is the “maternal” one ; and the issue is finding a reliable source of breast milk for the infant. ( A helpful,heart-of-gold-but-nothing-to-look-at clinic worker finds an answer of sorts – artificial udders – on e Bay.)
There is Angie Harmon – of “Law and Order” fame – who pauses from time to time with a deer-in-the-headlights look , as if to say : “ I can’t believe I let my agent talk me into this role !”
Let’s see: what else ? Oh. Everybody has ISSUES – an absolute requirement for a TV show aimed at a carefully targeted upscale feminine audience that is sure to look at the cosmetic and feminine hygiene commercials supporting this …whatever it is.
Oh yeah. I almost forgot to tell you : About 40 minutes into the program, my wife exercised her “right to choose” by handing me the remote and announcing : “ That’s it ! I’m going to bed !! “
As she headed up the stairs , she paused to snarl : “ Why do you watch programs like this ? “
Didn't Angie Harmon talk in Republican National Convention last year?
Wasn't someting major supposed to happen during the episode? I think they were alluding to that in commercials. I haven't watched the show because I figured that's what it would be about. I am glad I didn't waste my time, sorry you did. At least your wife has a sense of humor about it though. I know there have some times when that scenario has happened to my hubby and me. LOL!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
My husband tried to get me to watch some stupid show about "trashiest weddings", he even copied it on my tivo. I watched part of one wedding that was centered around portapotties because that's where the groomed worked, cleaning portapotties. That's as far as I got.
I think it's time to toss the tv's.
We do have diverging tastes in TV fare. The wife will look more toward sappy syrup. I like to find something good to watch at while I peck on this computer. Sometimes I have on something from the History Channel (I like much of that as long as they don't interject "common era this" and "before common era that"). If she then enters the room she says I can watch TV or play on the computer but not both.
I did laugh out loud when you said she walked away saying, "Why do you watch programs like this?" That sounds SOOOO familiar. When it is egregious enough, as is her wont, she earns a particularly enthusiastic stomach claw.
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