Emerald City Season 1, Episode 5: "Everybody Lies." Teleplay by Naomi Hisako Iizuka--not Shaun Cassidy--and it seems to be her first produced work for the IMDb crowd. If so, I think she hit it out of the park, as once again Emerald City delivers the goods.
My favorite bit this time around was having Pink Floyd's "Breathe (In the Air)" playing at the end of the episode. (If you don't know why, take a look at Wikipedia's "Dark Side of the Rainbow" entry, then settle down in front of the tv & stereo with the movie, the album, a tab of acid and a hella bag of popcorn and let the good times roll and turn you around. )
But there was plenty of other stuff to like. Oliver Jackson -Cohen, who plays Lucas (who may = The Scarecrow from the original, though there seem to be conflicting signals on that) is really good doing the dark brooding hero (?) thing. He also reminds me of another high profile actor, but I haven't been able to put my finger on who it is. Maybe a young Mel Gibson. (If you figure it out, let me know and I'll sleep more soundly tonight.) Vincent D'Onofrio--who played Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin on Netflix's Daredevil, but is unrecognizable as such here--does a good job as The Wizard. And (you knew it would come to this, right?) there are at least two super hot girls: Adria Arjona, who plays Dorothy Gale, and Ana Ularu, who plays The Wicked Witch of the West. And the dog who plays Toto really holds the line.
Halfway through its ten episode run, I'm saying Yes to this excess. But it looks like I'm in the minority on that, as I've just some stuff online that said (1) EM's ratings continued to slip, (2) there were oh 2.7 million viewers for episode 5, (3) it is about to become NBC's lowest rated drama, and (4) it probably won't make it to a second season. Further proof that my approval is the kiss of Death. So catch it while you can, brahs and tahs.
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