Most of the series I watch nowadays are programmes that first emerged at least four years ago. Fuck, 'Californication' is between its fourth and fifth seasons and that's something I only got into last year. '30 Rock' has just finished its fifth series for God's sake! Besides these two, the only 'newer' programme I seem to watch is the revived 'WWE Tough Enough' reality show, which originally broadcast in 2001. It's easy to see why the series originally failed as Al Snow does not really have the same audience draw as 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.
'South Park' is two episodes into its fifteenth (!) season, though the second episode was mediocre and the first could have been a surreal disaster if I hadn't have watched 'The Human Centipede' prior to its airing.
Surely mainstream television has not fallen this far? I mean, the 'Interns' series of 'Scrubs' was nearly enough to make me throw my all-episode boxset in the bin but there must be something new and original out there?
I believe the reason for this comes down to one factor. One thing has ruined the entirety of my television-viewing future. That catalyst is The motherfucking Sopranos.
Ever since the screen faded to black and that now-overplayed Journey track came to a halt mid-song, nothing has satisfied my need for more 'Sopranos'. It was just too fucking perfect. Literally too perfect, now everything else is just shitty in comparison.
So thank you David Chase. You truly created an amazing piece of work. It's just a shame that it will never be topped, or even matched. Think of a cheeseburger. Delicious in itself, but then add bacon. Heavenly. You can never go back to plain old cheeseburgers after this point.
'The Sopranos' is to television what bacon is to burgers: mind-numbingly perfect. Just beware that bacon is a double-edged sword. A gift and a curse.
Shit, I'm too tired to think of a real metaphor.
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