Lost is back tonight and Martha Stewart gets her own Apprentice (not to mention Jerry Bruckheimer inflicts yet another new show on America – NBC’s E-Ring) but the one new show I’ve already seen is Invasion.
ABC’s promotions point out that TV Guide and USA Today call it the season’s best new drama. Fair enough. It’s an intriguing sci-fi mystery from executive producer Shaun Cassidy (who was responsible for the high-quality, short-lived horror/mystery American Gothic on CBS several years ago) but, at least initially, it leans a little too heavily on the mystery. It’s slow going in the show’s first half hour with very little action and very little cast charisma. Things perk up considerably when William Fichtner enters the scene as a creepy sheriff who acts so weird that he simply must be an alien (or is he?).
Many people grew frustrated with the way Lost played coy about its big mysteries throughout the first season but the show had already hooked a substantial fanbase thanks to that remarkable two-hour pilot and the twist-heavy exploration of its large ensemble that followed in subsequent weeks. I’m not quite sure Invasion will invite the same viewer generosity. Personally, I’m giving it a couple more weeks before I make up my mind.
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