Epitaph for "Drive"

[spatch]

"Drive" was a show broadcast on the FOX Network.
It starred Nathan Fillion and was produced by Tim Minear.
Previously, Nathan Fillion was on a FOX show that the network ignored into oblivion.
And Tim Minear had produced a show for FOX that was cancelled four episodes into its run.

So when the two got together for a FOX show of their own, the network behaved exactly as you'd expect: It ignored the show, then cancelled it four episodes into its run.

I am reasonably sure there are high-level broadcast executives who never even knew this show existed.

Comments

[lno.livejournal.com]

It wasn't high-concept art, to be sure. I wondered from the very beginning why the only "real" police officer we saw was in the first episode. So you've got cars flying down the interstate at 100+ mph, and no one calls 911 about a reckless driver? No spike strips, no roadblocks?

Still, it was Captain Tightpants, and I watched it religiously for that.

[annilita.livejournal.com]

Obviously you have never driven in Arizona where drivers like that are not uncommon at all, and seeing roadside stops is extremely rare. I had no problem believing that part. ;)

All I really wanted resolved from that show was where The Abused but Psycho Mother's child was. The Race Overnight Camp for Infants? At first I thought it was sorta kidnapped, but they gave her a number to check in with him, but then she turned around to get him in the last episode, so was it Foster care? No idea what was going on there.

[lno.livejournal.com]

Some sort of daycare run by a friend of hers that her husband didn't know about, I guess.

And the worst part is, I picked up on the clue in the last episode pretty early, and I got to feel smart. Now I don't get to feel smart any more!

[skatiemom.livejournal.com]

I thought it might be a safe house for children/wives of abusers.