I love the CBS mini-series event Harper's Island. It's basically a horror movie spread out and broken up into one hour episodes for our viewing pleasure. It's a (to my knowledge) untried format which I hope is doing pretty well. It's all the shock and intrigue of who killed Laura Palmer with none of the creepy midgets and the added satisfaction of knowing that after 10 episodes it'll all be over. Plus, it has totally awesome gross-out murders.
The story centers on the impeding nuptials of Trish Wellington (a moneyed beauty) and Henry Dunn (a grown-up former boy from the other side of the tracks) on the island of Harper's Bay. Sounds scenic, right? Weeeeeeel, there's the small detail of a bunch of peeps being brutally murdered and hung up like damp drawers ten years ago---amongst those deaths the mother of Abby Mills---our story's narrator, island native turned run-away and Henry's BFF. There are a slew of tertiary characters most acted well enough (my favs include recently engaged British Cal and socialite Chloe) and are annoying at worst (little girl Madison isn't so much creepy as she is bothersome). I love Henry and Trish best though. Christopher Gorham has been a favorite of mine since his days on Popular and Katie Cassidy (yes, that Katie Cassidy who I first saw on a VH1 special about her father, the girl who dated Jesse McCartney, the one in both Black Christmas AND When a Stranger Calls, the girl who's about to be in the new Melrose Place revamp) is actually pretty decent---and she looks much better with brown hair.
Only a few more episodes left, I'd recommend you pop a bunch of popcorn and watch it all on CBS.com. And for my money, I think that Henry did it all. Tune in to find out.
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