A TV adaptation of the novel ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ by Alexandre Dumas that has been mashed together with Desperate Housewives. I cannot begin to blag a knowledge of The Count of Monte Cristo except for the fact that it is a classic. Created by Mike Kelley, whom is partly responsible for The O.C. and Jericho two shows that I really liked while watching but wouldn’t watch repeatedly. I am expecting much the same here, something to enjoy once but not dwell on.
There are two options with every tragedy – Forgiveness and revenge. This is not a story about forgiveness. Emily Thorn (Emily VanCamp) has a troubling past. Her real name is Amanda Clarke but after her father is wrongly convicted and she is put into detention she decides on a plan of revenge. Nolan, (Gabriel Mann) a friend of Emily’s dad offers his help to which Emily rejects. Jack Porter (Nick Wechsler) is a pretty face and son of the tavern owner. He has a dog – emily’s old dog – and a boat called amanda, he is seemingly hung up on this girl that he once knew. Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) is queen of the hamptons and with her husband responsible for the events surrounding Emily’s father. Therefore at the minute she is the main focus of emily’s revenge. Ashley, (Ashley Madekwe) emily’s best friend and an event organiser is really a character that is there to introduce the audience to each of the hamptons community.
The series is has enough mystery to be intriguing without being cryptic. The only down side is the amount of hens clucking, with the politics of the housewives sometimes taking precident over emily. i would like to see more subterfuge on emily’s part and learn more of the conspiracy around her dad and less of the boy that knew her as a child and how the housewives hate each other while smiling. Another series that has not made me drop everything but it has just enough to it to make me watch next week.
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