I really like this show. I thought it was going to be another Harlequin Romance novel from the promos, but I was wrong. I screamed in shock when I finally realized they were sneakily doing a show based off of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' relationship and Scientology. I loved the main character. The actress who play her does a phenomenal job of making you feel and care about Meghan. Because this show is ultimately about the story of Meghan, a struggling actress trying to break into the industry with hardly any luck. Right before she is about to on vacation with her boyfriend of two years,she finds out he cheated on her with a potential baby on the way and ends the relationship. After getting a hangover after a wild night of partying with her friends to drown her sorrows the same day she breaks up with her boyfriend, she gets a call to addition for new movie the following morning called the Kill Plan, starring Kyle West, the hero of the show. She audition reading lines with her and he is immediately smitten with her and take her out for a romantic date leaving him to offer her contract marriage. I love how realistic Meghan reaction are to being offered a $10 million dollar contract to be the perfect wife/girlfriend after a 24 hour rendezvous, being thrown into the glitz and glamour of Kyle ' s life, dealing with having a boyfriend being apart of a religious cult - like institute with agent/mentor/stalker-like best friend Terrance played perfectly creepy by Michael Vaughan, betrayal by friends, and being haunted by the past. You root for her character and how she has to play along sometimes to survive the craziness her relationship with Kyle brings her. There were times I worried she was going to get suck into the cult because she played the characters and the audience so perfectly. Season one had me holding my breath the entire time wondering if she had joined the cult and the final scene left me speechless.
Another thing I liked about this show is the analysis of the fakeness of Hollywood. How image is everything and sometimes manufactured to promote a show or actor even relationships. If everything is beautiful and glamorous to us, the regular folks then I am glad I'm not apart of that lifestyle because these beautiful people with photogenic good looks and beautiful clothes and fancy lifestyles are only walking advertisements of an illusion. I don't know if Season Two can surpass Season one, but I look forward to seeing the inevitable showdown between Meghan and Terrance.
This show isn't for everyone. You're either going to love it or hate it. I enjoyed it, love the heroine of the show and look forward to next season.
Another thing I liked about this show is the analysis of the fakeness of Hollywood. How image is everything and sometimes manufactured to promote a show or actor even relationships. If everything is beautiful and glamorous to us, the regular folks then I am glad I'm not apart of that lifestyle because these beautiful people with photogenic good looks and beautiful clothes and fancy lifestyles are only walking advertisements of an illusion. I don't know if Season Two can surpass Season one, but I look forward to seeing the inevitable showdown between Meghan and Terrance.
This show isn't for everyone. You're either going to love it or hate it. I enjoyed it, love the heroine of the show and look forward to next season.