Quarterlife

So tonight I was watching TV while doing some exercise and the premiere episode of a show called Quarterlife came on. I guess the premise is that there's a bunch of 20-somethings that are dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a quarter of the way through their lives. I assume topics like romance, work, and general direction and purpose in life will be explored. I didn't really pay that much attention to every second of the show but I think the basic character are:

- Dylan, a girl who is the protagonist and narrator of the show - she's a editorial assistant for some newspaper. She starts this videoblog called Quarterlife where she attempts to speak her mind honestly about her friends and housemates - with disastrous consequences of course.
- Deborah (or Debra) - a housemate of Dylan, she wears glasses...not sure if she's employed. She wants to move in with her boyfriend who has a name that I forgot. The guy kinda reminds me of a douchier Dane Cook look-alike.
- Jed - friend and coworker of Deborah's boyfriend - he's some sort of camera guy, videographer? Has the Ashton Kutcher haircut going for him.
- Deborah's boyfriend - I forgot his name but he works with Jed and is a dick
- Weird guy with glasses - works with Jed and Deborah's boyfriend, does audio/video work, seems to be a bit of a weirdo/pervert
- Damnit, I forgot her name too...other housemate of Dylan and Deborah, this girl is an aspiring actress but works at a bar, she's the "hot" one - cleavage central

So the first episode establishes all these relationships - the 3 girls live together, douchy guy is Deborah's boyfriend...Jed works with the douche as does weird pervert guy. A really clusterfuck of a love polygon is revealed next. Jed is in love with Deborah...who is dating his best friend, Mr. Douche. Weird pervert guy is in love with Dylan and matter-of-factly asks Dylan if he can sleep with her. He says he'll impress her with his 'digital control and linguistic abilities'. Dylan is in love with Jed. The actress/bartender sleeps with a lot of random guys because she's a slut.

So, to review -

Dylan loves Jed - Jed loves - Deborah - Deborah loves Douche

Jed reveals his love for Deborah and in a few scenes they almost kiss but Deborah turns away. Douche is aware of Jed's interest and 'changes' so Deborah finds new interest in him. Dylan is about to post a video revealing her love for Jed when Jed barges in full of excitement that Deborah might love him too. Of course, Dylan's heart is crushed and she deletes the video. Bartender/actress woman is told she has no acting ability at all and no sexuality despite her revealing clothing. Her acting teacher is brutally honest with her and apparently also slept with her once despite her lack of sexuality.

Jed and Douche score a deal to record a car dealership commercial but Douche tries to take over the artistic direction of the shots and Jed gets pissed and leaves. Eventually they kiss and make up.

Dylan has an idea for an alternative section in the newspaper geared toward young women speaking their minds. Her boss steals her idea and receives credit for it. Dylan eventually calls her out in front of the big boss - the consequence is yet to be seen.

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Remember Dougie Howser, MD? This show is basically 60 minutes of the last scene of each episode where Neil Patrick Harris is typing on that Apple IIa computer with that electric keyboard music going while he essentially blogs about what life lessons he learned in his latest caper.

I certainly have interest because I'm in my 'quarterlife' too, but I feel like there are some problems with the show.

1. Everyone is too attractive.
Dylan is supposed to be this dumpy, starving writer who doesn't pay attention to the way she looks. Of course she's naturally gorgeous, despite wearing torn t-shirts. Pretty much everyone in the show looks like they came out of a Polo or Ralph Lauren magazine ad.

2. This love polygon could really spiral out of control a la Friends.
I didn't watch Friends but I've heard they basically exhausted every possible love combination. Hopefully this show doesn't finale with just one big orgy.

3. Too much Dougie.
I don't mind an occasional Dougie moment but I don't know if I can take it if every episode is a constant stream of video confessionals. I think I'm turning emo watching this.