Monday, June 24, 2013

Whodunnit? Episode 1 Review & Skywire Mini Rant


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Sunday night was a busy night of TV for me at the 8pm Central hour. Not only there was a replay of the GLORY World Series 9 from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, which was held Saturday night, on CBS Sports Network (evidently, there was major competition in NYC that night with the Golden Boy card on SHOWTIME, featuring SHOWTIME analyst Paulie "Don't brag about my sidepiece" Malignaggi and Adrien "I am now a problem" Broner), there was also the first ever episode of the new reality show Whodunnit?.

13 checked in, two 'killed' off. This is how it stands after the first ever episode of the American ABC series Whodunnit?, the reality show from CSI: creator/executive producer Anthony Zuiker (follow him on twitter @zuiker).

Unlike the CSI: franchise series, Whodunnit?'s theme is not by The Who. However, it starts off as 13 civilians entering a mansion. The next day, as Sheri, a former NFL cheerleader, came out the shower, she reads a message on the mirror, precipitated from the steam from the hot shower she took. The supposed 'killer' is luring Sheri to the fish tank. Then from there, it gets very interesting. Someone took a crowbar, went out onto the lawn, and unlocked the box. There, it was a slingshot and musket balls. The unknown person quickly stashed the crowbar back into the box. The unknown person would use that slingshot and eventually, let the musket ball go with full force it hit Sheri in the neck. Sheri would later hit the fish tank head on, it cracked the glass of the fish tank. Sheri fell down, and down wires await. Her ass got fried! This is where the investigation begins.

Her blood on the carpet, the water, possibly from the fish tank, and the musket found on Sheri's neck at autopsy. I was thinking about the autopsy part. "Wait...the morgue is located in the mansion?" All of which cultivated some division and tension amongst the civilians whilst the civilians ate finger sandwiches at poolside.

Once the butler distributed the cards, fear and angst ensued. The remaining twelve at the dinner table opened their cards. Everyone got spared--except Dontae and Don. So we all know who the killer will strike next.

It's late at night, and the alarm sounds. Everyone evacuates with the butler doing a roll call of the civilians. Don came out late, but Dontae never came out. Dontae ran out in a goodness gracious, great ball of fire. Dontae, an insurance investigator with a personality similar to Carl Weathers' Apollo Creed character from the Rocky series, ran into the pool to cool. It was too late. Judging by the preview for the next episode, the butler declared Dontae as 'deceased.'

In summary, two deceased in the first episode of TV's newest version of the board game Clue. It is a good action pack start to this series. I feel sad for those who watched Nik Wallenda's stupid tightroping across the Grand Canyon, as opposed to the Whodunnit? premiere, where unlike the Whodunnit? cast, he could have been really dead. Mr. Wallenda, leave the Grand Canyon crossing to Kaptain Robbie Knievel. At least he knows when it's safe to go and did so safely:


We could all laugh if Wallenda fell down the Grand Canyon. Now that I have my rant on Skywire, here is the Whodunnit? scorecard after 1 episode:

ELIMINATED
13. Sheri (electrocution, blunt force trauma)
12. Dontae (burned)

Remaning: Don, Dana, Cris, Adrianna, Geno, Kam, Ronnie, Sasha, Lindsey, Ulysses, Melina

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