Ever since I learned of Scott Bakula on Quantum Leap and then again on Star Trek Enterprise I wanted to dig into his filmography to see what this talented man could else do and I saw the name "Mr & Mrs Smith" up there but somehow couldn't lay my finger on this show for a while but a couple of weeks ago I finally found it and boy oh boy what a joy it was. Even though I had a copy of the show with questionable quality I still enjoyed the hell out of this little TV series that should have been one of the best of its era but now is unfairly forgotten.
Scott pairs for this one with Maria Bello (I only knew her from The Mummy's third movie which was OK at best but here she shines much brighter) and they play a couple of spies, each week on a different mission but staying on the same one throughout - to learn more about each other's past and a little bit for each other while they're at it.
To tell you the truth I hate 'one week - one case' rule of any TV series but Mr & Mrs Smith makes it all worthy of your time. It's funny and charming, and you fall in love with the characters instantly and by the last episode you can't help but feeling you were robbed off the second season because the show is really great. I just can't put my finger on what was happening in the executives' heads when they cancelled the show midway its freshman season, after episode nine, and left four more episodes unreleased at all. Were they blind not to see the finest potential in the series which clearly had it? Beats me.
But at least we had that much, 13 episodes of strong character building, some interesting adventures and tons of entertaining moments in which Scott Bakula and Maria Bello delivered a lot of fantastic moments that I won't ever forget.
Scott pairs for this one with Maria Bello (I only knew her from The Mummy's third movie which was OK at best but here she shines much brighter) and they play a couple of spies, each week on a different mission but staying on the same one throughout - to learn more about each other's past and a little bit for each other while they're at it.
To tell you the truth I hate 'one week - one case' rule of any TV series but Mr & Mrs Smith makes it all worthy of your time. It's funny and charming, and you fall in love with the characters instantly and by the last episode you can't help but feeling you were robbed off the second season because the show is really great. I just can't put my finger on what was happening in the executives' heads when they cancelled the show midway its freshman season, after episode nine, and left four more episodes unreleased at all. Were they blind not to see the finest potential in the series which clearly had it? Beats me.
But at least we had that much, 13 episodes of strong character building, some interesting adventures and tons of entertaining moments in which Scott Bakula and Maria Bello delivered a lot of fantastic moments that I won't ever forget.