So fucking stupid. So fucking good.

You've gotta admire the gormless simplicity of it. Some executive at ABC four years ago was actually dumb enough to say, "we should do a dramatic version of Survivor," and now, some executive at Fox outdid him by saying "well, what other reality shows could we do?"

I don't much appreciate seeing Amy Acker get downgraded from flamethrower-wielding shieldmaiden to hostage-on-a-stick, nor having Nathan spit dialogue so fucking clumsy it's amazing he could get his tongue around it. But it was nice to see Richard Brooks again and Charles Martin Smith was awesome, and what can you say about Melanie Lynskey other than "give me more." I loved the closings of both episodes, for I am an admitted whore for the obvious sentimental flourish. (The fucking space shuttle?!) I could watch this all year. But then, I'm the guy who liked Smith.

Let's see... Firefly was cancelled after 8 episodes, Wonderfalls after 4, and The Inside after 2, so Drive should have been cancelled at about 9:01 pm Eastern, just as the dumb blonde's parents were being spin-dried out of their station wagon. Let's assume no news is good news.