WILD PALMS, 1993 (Grade F)

Six episodes starring James Belushi; Angie Dickinson; David Warner; Bob Gunton; Nick Mancuso; Robert Morse; Ben Savage; Kim Cattrall; Dana Delany; Brad Dourif; Charles Hallahan; Robert Loggia
Bebe Neuwirth.

sez says: this 6 episode series started off looking interesting. The costumes were inspired the sets stylish, the dialogue snappy.  But it descended rapidly into schwarmy trash.  The story is about 'bad guys' trying to take over the world via 3-D TV, tied to a pseudo-religious group that would keep people from thinking--as this 3-D virtual (aka false) world would replaced the good real word.   But before long gratuitous violence and unwieldy story twists takes the whole thing out on a limb that it never gets back from.. So it ends with some trite material saying all that matters is family.  Sure family matters--but that is a dud of an ending for what started out looking like a smart and slightly off kilter-artsy show.
I am warning you: Don't bother with this -- if you watch the first episode you will think -- "this is interesting", than you'll find the second episode slips a little but you figure its worth checking out the third episode, which drops off just a little bit further.  By the time you get to the 5th episode you realize you are lost but you'll  feel obligated to watch the 6th.  At that point you get to see not just the story but the acting fall  to pieces. Then you'll remember you were warned to not get started with this one. (Grade F)