His and Hers: Television
His and Hers is a weekly discussion of a question or topic relating to marriage. On Friday, my wife and I each write our thoughts on the week's topic. I invite others to do the same with their spouses as an exercise in celebrating marriage. This week's question is:
What is your favorite TV show ever?
Mrs. Happy's response
There have been so many that I really enjoyed, it's hard to pick one, but I think my favorite current/recent TV show is Six Feet Under. It can be dark and disturbing and depressing and gross and offensive, but it has real emotion behind it and communicates honest feelings in a more compelling way than anything else on television, even when the situations are unrealistic and ridiculous. After I see a new episode, I can't wait for the next week to come. I guess it's just sort of a visceral experience.
Curt's response
I have to cheat a little here. Like my wife, I've had many favorite shows over the years. Some of them I stopped liking after a while (don't care so much for The Cosby Show and Night Court anymore), and some of them I still like (I can always watch The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Simpsons). My favorite, though, has to be Firefly. It incorporated two of my favorite genres: Sci-Fi and Western. I said I have to cheat a little because Firefly was cancelled before a season's worth of shows were aired, and I didn't even watch it while it was airing. Instead, I watched it on DVD. It showed immense promise, but the network (Fox, whom I have not yet forgiven) never gave it the chance to grow. The characters (and actors) were amazing, the stories were enthralling, and I think it may be the one series whose episodes I could watch back-to-back, first-to-last, and not get bored.
