My personal apologies to Mitchell Hurwitz
In one of those cruel coincidences, Erika and I decided to rent the first season of Arrested Development the weekend the show itself got cancelled. After having digested the first twelve episodes — and still laughing about them 48 hours later — I feel I owe an apology to creator Mitchell Hurwitz. I clearly belong ...
In one of those cruel coincidences, Erika and I decided to rent the first season of Arrested Development the weekend the show itself got cancelled. After having digested the first twelve episodes -- and still laughing about them 48 hours later -- I feel I owe an apology to creator Mitchell Hurwitz. I clearly belong to a large swath of viewers who would have enjoyed the show and yet mysteriously chose not to view it when it counted. My only defense is that a large groups of us have small children, and by the end of the weekend have little energy for anything more sophisticated than My Mother, the Car. Why the show failed to merit any coverage by the Television Without Pity people, however, is beyond me. Sorry, man -- we let you down.
In one of those cruel coincidences, Erika and I decided to rent the first season of Arrested Development the weekend the show itself got cancelled. After having digested the first twelve episodes — and still laughing about them 48 hours later — I feel I owe an apology to creator Mitchell Hurwitz. I clearly belong to a large swath of viewers who would have enjoyed the show and yet mysteriously chose not to view it when it counted. My only defense is that a large groups of us have small children, and by the end of the weekend have little energy for anything more sophisticated than My Mother, the Car. Why the show failed to merit any coverage by the Television Without Pity people, however, is beyond me. Sorry, man — we let you down.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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