Review of Clubhouse

Clubhouse (2004–2005)
Faltering
13 October 2004
I've checked out this show, because of Dean Cain being in it, and must say it is losing my interest rapidly. What are the producers thinking when they allow minors to drink beer on Stadium property? Alcohol seems to be featured in every episode... "nay, madam, I know not 'seems'" to quote the Executive Producer, Mel Gibson, in one of his earlier roles. (Hamlet) In other words, the illegal use of alcohol is featured in EVERY show so far! Not only is it redundant, it is offensive. Last I checked, Gibson was into a family mentality these days. He's missing the boat here.

I had hopes from the pilot, due to it's "do the right thing" slant, but it has rapidly gone downhill from there.

Watching two inept minors kiss was laughable at best, and disconcerting at worst. There is no real chemistry betwixt the two, and I kept wondering how we went from a gleeful 'thimble' in PP, to this non-chemistry laughability. The line about him being a good kisser was a riot. And is it just me, or is Sumpter looking different in each show?

The continuity gal ought to be fired, as every show so far has had glaring mistakes. The pilot had "Conrad Dean's" poster signed with "Dean Cain's" normal signature, any Little Leaguer; but most definitely any guy from the Minors would be wise to the old "bat-stretcher" and "batters box key" gags by the time they made it to the Majors.

Being dumb enough to pull out a bag of steroids and syringes when one is only looking for a bit of paper, makes me wonder what the kid's IQ is.

In the second episode, there was that dreadful National Anthem mangling; the forgotten bit of bling in the form of the gold-chained "CT ice pendant" (brought back in episode 3, but doing a show, then no-show routine with maddening regularity,) and the whole Pete stealing the bat and sinking it in the water deal. OK, so now we know Pete is dishonest, a liar, and eager to start drinking like his slutty big sister.

Clubhouse is rapidly becoming a show to miss.
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