They should have called this show "Beach Dicks."

They should have called this show "Beach Dicks."

A coupon for the Intrepid!

A coupon for the Intrepid!

Except Sasha can dance. And act.

Except Sasha can dance. And act.

"Gherkin."

"Gherkin."

I watched this with my mom, and after about ten minutes, she pointed at Manila Luzon in her Happy Meal couture and said, "I like her best." You and me both, ma…

I watched this with my mom, and after about ten minutes, she pointed at Manila Luzon in her Happy Meal couture and said, "I like her best." You and me both, ma…

Something about the way Mitch is played just makes him seem almost unhinged, and it is worst in the Hurricane episode with his big speech about choosing to hate.  It's played with barely restrained violence, which definitely works for that scene, but I get a similar vibe throughout the entire course of the show. But…

Something about the way Mitch is played just makes him seem almost unhinged, and it is worst in the Hurricane episode with his big speech about choosing to hate.  It's played with barely restrained violence, which definitely works for that scene, but I get a similar vibe throughout the entire course of the show. But…

It does set up Pacey's predilection for damsels in distress.  However, Pacey doesn't really come into his own until the second season.

As someone whose introduction WAS Two Towers, I would like to suggest that that is not a great plan. Helm's Deep was great and all, but it did nothing to compensate for me not understanding what the hell was going on, or why I should care about these people.

As someone whose introduction WAS Two Towers, I would like to suggest that that is not a great plan. Helm's Deep was great and all, but it did nothing to compensate for me not understanding what the hell was going on, or why I should care about these people.

Am I alone in thinking the Pacey plot would have been a little more effective if you had gotten a better sense of what a loser Pacey was first? I realize that in the pilot they're trying to draw as much viewer interest in the show that they can, but for all the lip-service Pacey pays to his being a loser later on, you…

Am I alone in thinking the Pacey plot would have been a little more effective if you had gotten a better sense of what a loser Pacey was first? I realize that in the pilot they're trying to draw as much viewer interest in the show that they can, but for all the lip-service Pacey pays to his being a loser later on, you…

This show IS very weird.

This show IS very weird.

Yeah, but Dorothy Malone has all the good lines.