Yeah, now I know why I mostly avoid CW shows. I'm most of the way thru Secret Circle, but I'm not sure I can finish. It turned dumb somewhere along the line. Various characters take turns making idiotic decisions, the drama and angst are turned up to 11, more love triangles and characters betraying and double crossing each other than I can keep track of. I'm actually starting to kind of dislike Britt Robertson's character, just too much whining...and dumb decisions. Shelley Hennig has mostly been shoved to the sidelines. At least Phoebe Tonkin is entertaining with her conniving and manipulating and pouting. The boys are all so brooding and moody, I forgot about the time when everything was so emo.
As an alternative, I discovered the CW Seed also has Suburgatory. I watched Season 1 several years ago, got it from the library, but they didn't have subsequent seasons. Now I can pick up where I left off. I like Jane Levy. Carly Chaikin does such a good dead eyed, soulless, so bored with life she can hardly talk, rich suburbanite kid.
edit--I think Jeremy Sisto is Seth Rogen's not so homely doppleganger. They even have the same voice almost.
I don't think I can admit to it publicly but I watched a series definitely aimed at a much younger audience that caused me to become aware of several Australian actresses. One of them, Phoebe Tonkin, went on to become a mainstay on the CW, appearing in The Secret Circle, The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. I never checked into any of those. Secret Circle also has Britt Robertson, Shelly Hennig and Natasha Henstridge. Okay, I'm in! A few episodes in kinda creeped me out. Witchcraft makes me a little nervous, demonic possession even more so, and they did it in a quite visceral way. I retreated for a while, but eventually tried again. I'm about halfway thru. It's decent. A bit melodramatic, but that's the calling card for CW, right? They have a number of their shows available for free streaming via CW Seed.
