I latched on to another TV show. I so don't have room in my life for another, but I've seen all three episodes of ABC's Commander in Chief, and I'm hooked.
The premise of the show started simple enough... the president dies and his vice president (Geena Davis), a woman and an independent, takes the oath, despite the urging of the cabinet and the Speaker of The House (Donald Sutherland) to resign. Add the complications of being a mother with three kids, a "first gentleman" husband, her lack of party affiliation, and determination by the speaker and a lot of other people to bring her down, and it's pretty exciting stuff.
Not only is Geena Davis amazing, showing the right balance of character traits (and flaws), but Donald Sutherland is such an evil badass. Already, after three episodes, you want to hate virtually everyone in Washington, because you know this shit really goes on. It's crazy.
So the DVR has to pick up yet another show every week.
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