What kills me about the show is that Neil has more chemistry with just about any other actor - male and female - on the show than Kate. Including Moz AND Peter's wife.

I don't know what it is about Kate (is she just a bad actress?) but if you can't believably be in a passionate relationship with Neil, you are dead to me.

He's the new BBOC, only it stands for clay now, since the sculpting thing. Kate is just a bad actress. She has really unusual eyes, so I think that's why she was cast.

OH! And I have to say, I was disappointed that the painting required a shirt. I don't think Neil wants to get his nice white undershirt all painty, do you? I mean, c'mon, people.

Yeah, he's total BBOC.

I like Kate's eyes, and I like looking at them, but yeah, there's nothing else there.

I'm still distracted by the fact she looks so much like El. Why?

And by the fact that she sucks.

Huh. It occurs to me that this show is really light on blondes.

I'm still distracted by the fact she looks so much like El.

Oh, good, it's not just me.

Yeah, I thought that a lot too.

I thought maybe it was on purpose? For future conflict?

But then I remembered that was probably just my OT3 brain, and not in the writers' headspace at all.

There's a mention of that in the commentary for one of the early S1 episodes, in that others have mentioned it but that it was not intentional casting.

One of the upsides to being sick is checking out new TV shows. Fairly Legal is pretty fun. I hope it lasts.

Really? I find that actress kind of annoying, and I didn't change my impression from the previews.

I find her less annoying on the show than in the previews. But I liked her a lot on Life.