Originally published at It Rains In Triplicate. You can comment here or there.
So, the entire Fox drama slate of television programs is based around Simon Cowell, the archetypical example of the poorly socially adjusted, mean, borderline asperger-type of personality.
24 is the story about turning Simon Cowell into a secret agent
House is about him as a doctor
Kitchen Confidential is about him as a chef
Lie to Me is about him as a behavioral psychologist
Terminator, I think, has him as Sarah Connor, but I’m not quite sure yet.
The whole plot resolves around this guy who is very good at what he does, but cannot relate to other people, and compensates by being uncaring and cruel. At some point during the hour, he may or may not have an insight and realize that he is doing it, compensates, but, in a very sitcom-ish fashion, does back to status quo the following week (because there wouldn’t be any worthwhile dynamic if he became well adjusted and a competent human being, of course)
In fact, the reasonably good shows that aren’t surviving, i.e., dollhouse, terminator, may be because this dynamic isn’t sufficiently brought to the forefront.
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