Caught in the Act

I don't know whether it needed more running time, or more time in the proverbial oven, but this episode showed some decent potential to be great which was really only half cooked.

The cast were good - Alyssa Milano, Jason (not Jeremy, I STILL get them mixed up) London, and Saul Rubinek are always worth watching (so is Jeremy London but he's not here, this is Jason. Jason is also worth watching so it's good that he's here) and again, the premise has potential for them to shine. Sadly, it's just not quite there. And no, there's no "naked Alyssa Milano" except from behind and above the waist, so if you're looking for actual bits then you'll be disappointed.

Still, it's worth watching for the cast and maybe one day when Hollywood gets tired of remaking every movie they can think of, they might turn their attention to shows like this and make full-length movies out of episodes that deserve that. Like this one.

This has a somewhat interesting setup, but the logic that follows just never seems to work. The plot has to do with a virginal young college student and her boyfriend. They are waiting until they are married to have sex. One night after they have been together, he leaves, and a very phallic artifact comes through her ceiling, sticking to the floor. When she investigates, a green, ghostly thing is released and clamps itself over her face. She is now transformed into a sex starved vamp. She seduces men and when they are engaged, she absorbs them, literally. Apparently, she has to continue to find more victims (like "The Wasp Woman" or the plant in "The Little Shop of Horrors") to feed her voracious appetite. Of course, it's not her; its the thing commanding her body. The episode continues with the boyfriend/biology TA trying to figure things out. He has found the strange object and takes it to his boss professor who analyzes it. Meanwhile, our young man is taken into custody as the jealous murderer of the missing victims. What happens at the end is so hokey as to be laughable. See it and draw your own conclusions. Other than the obviously voyeuristic things, I'm not sure what there is to recommend this.