Summer Television

Summer time also means new TV shows. My favorite television season has always been that winter into spring season because all my favorite shows air at that time: How I Met Your Mother, Community, Dance Moms, The Office (RIP :'[ ), The Big Bang Theory, Grey’s Anatomy, Castle…I think you get the picture, I’m a bit of a television addict. This has always proved somewhat problematic because of the whole school thing. Spring television means that the season finales were always around finals time, which proved detrimental to my studying at a critical time.

My school also had something called “Dead Week” which was a week before finals where classes were cancelled and it was, in theory, a week for students to take the vast amounts of time they were given to study. But in reality, we all used that time to catch up on some social activities (that may or may not have included various forms of a liquid diet) or in my case, start new series of TV shows.

My summer viewing schedule has yet to be planned but I’m looking forward to the finale season of Breaking Bad. I don’t watch much drama but last summer before school started, I gave in and started the season, curious to see a television show where the main characters moral compass actually declined.

Look at those collage skills. I'm really getting the hang of the crop and magic eraser tools.

Another show that’s riding on my radar is “The Goodwin Games.” Its main selling point for me is that it’s created by the same guys who made “How I Met Your Mother.” The premise is that three estranged siblings are brought back together by their father’s death and in line for a humongous fortune. The catch is that because they’ve fallen apart as a family, their father has arranged from them to inherit the fortune in a non-conventional way – by playing a game. It’s very “The Westing Game” (remember when we had to read that in the 5^th grade?) meets the three kids in Modern Family. I can see the series being a bit dragged out – I guess Bays and Thomas are good at taking a could-be simple plot and prolonging it, as evident in HIMYM. The pilot has been intriguing enough so I’ll at least give the season a try.

What summer shows are on your viewing list? I’m open to suggestions and recommendations!