I thought this show was fairly interesting . Not in the least since McShane's dialogue seems partly stitched from the oddly Shakespearean mannerisms memorable in his Deadwood role. Once a regent, always a regent.

The problem was trying to watch something that kept shifting to different time slots. Miss one episode and you lose the thread a lot more than usual with this sort of plot.

And to add insult to injury, when I tried to catch up using my cable on-demand channel, there was a 99 cent per episode fee. For network programming.

Since I am already paying an exceedingly stiff per month cable connection, I didn't see why on earth I should be adding to the bill. I figured, just like the rest of American viewers, it would be a lower cost on Netflix and I could watch the whole season at once for the price of one episode, if I were to be putting any more money into watching Kings.

It was interesting, but when network TV starts milking it's viewers AND making us sit through all the limitations that commercials inflict on plot, then it is time for me to go put that money into reading a book.

There was always an awkward air of compromise around this show. It was so obvious that the goal was to imitate cable standards while trying to talk down to the limited intelligence level too obviously targeted by network TV.

Gilboa wasn't the only place where the plot hinged on convenience. NBC is hanging itself on its own 99 cent per foot rope.

-gala1