American Idol was over and I was looking for a new show to watch. Flipping channels, I stumbled across Push, Nevada. "That show is so stupid," my mother said.
Now as anyone knows, when your mother says something is stupid it means 1) you have to see/do it and 2) you'll probably like it. I watched Push, and I dug it.
So now I'm hooked, but according to the ABC website, the series finale is this Thursday. Bastards. I mean, I know it's up against CSI, and I admit, I tape Push and watch CSI, but cancelled? Already? That sucks. It never even had a chance to get off the ground.
In any case, Push, Nevada is the story of an IRS agent who recieves a fax from an unknown indivudal containing information hinting at some illegal financial activity. Our agent, Jim Prufrock, investigates only to fall into the middle of something that seems like it exists in the same universe as Pulp Fiction. The camera work is wild and edgy, the story line twisted and perverse, the action strange and captivating. For some background, you can check out enochonline.com (which doesn't work in mozilla).
As an aside, there's a contest involved, where if you can guess the amount of the money stolen in the show based on hints given in each episode, you can win it. Enochonline has a lot of extras that are supposed to help you figure out the right amount. I never really paid attention to all of that, but I did think the show itself was worth watching.