Thursday, December 20, 2012

NBC's Deception

So last night as I perused OnDemand, I came across the pilot episode for NBC's Deception.  The episode doesn't officially air until January 7, but OnDemand offered it so I took it.

 

The Plot:  A socialite, Vivian Bowers, from a powerful family dies from a drug overdose but there is suspected foul play.  To find out the truth, LAPD Detective Joanna Lacosto (Meagan Good), goes under cover (at the behest of the FBI) to find out whodunit and why.

It sounds cheesy but the show was decent.  Sure, I may need a glass or of wine (or three!) to fully convince me that Ms. Good is a hardened detective, but since wine is always on hand in mi casa, no worries there.  As the story unfolds we're told Joanna and Vivian were besties way back in the day.  Joanna was the maid's daughter and I'm guessing mother and child lived on the premesis.  They lose contact for 17 years.

The moment you meet the Bowers you realize they are all seriously f*cked up.  Seriously.  Their secrets are deep, dark and ugly.  But that's not exactly unexplored territory with the rich white folks so...yeah. 

The central conflict comes about when we find out that Vivian was meeting with a reporter to blow the whistle on a cancer curing drug her older brother, Julian, created that's about to be signed off as the cure-all to cancer.  Heady stuff, right?  But wait...it doesn't work.  Human testing in Thialand proved that the drug actually kills people.  Two days before Viv was supposed to hand over the info, she's killed by someone she knows, if the first scene is anything to go by.

That makes Julian a suspect.  An interesting dynamic considering Julian and Joanna have some history (I'd go with he'd popped her cherry but that wasn't flat out stated.)

Then the older brother is a suspect too because not only does he have a temper, he's also an acquitted rapist/killer.  Yeah, ponder that one. 

But dad's hands aren't clean either.  Besides the standard issue affair with his assistant, he would stand to lose a heck of a lot if the wonder drug doesn't work.  Is that enough to compell him to kill his child?  I can't call it. 

Step-mom likes to get her drink on but its obvious she wears the pants when it comes to getting things done.  I don't see her as being the killer but I can see her being that chick you call when you need a scene santized.  It's a position she resents especially when the mess she's cleaning up are by her husband's children.

Then there is Mia, mystery and intrigue surround this girl, left right and center and it's not until the last 10 - 15 minutes of the show that you find out why. 

Am I going to give it away?  Not so much.  You wouldn't have a reason to watch the show if I did.

I would like to see how far down the rabbit hole this one will go.  Since Last Resort has been cancelled (You get the finger on both hands for that one ABC!) I need a new show to add to my line-up. 

Besides, it has Laz Alonzo?  Laz 'futhamuckin' Alonzo!  Dear God have I been crushing on that man since his BET VJ days.  He was scrum-didli-umscious.  Just YES

That's all for now.  Until next time!



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