Just a few days ago, I decided to hop on Hulu and check out some new shows that I hadn’t seen yet. Lonestar was one of the shows that had received some pre-premiere buzz and I decided to head in that direction.
The handsome young gentleman starring in the leading role, James Wolk as Robert “Bob” Allen, plays a con-man torn between the love of two women in separate Texas towns.
His father, played by David Keith, taught him the ways of the con early on in life and Robert’s been in the family business ever since. Robert Allen’s wife is part of an oil tycoon family where Jon Voight plays the father and head of the black gold-crazed company. “Bob” Allen’s girlfriend lives in a rinky-dink town where most inhabitants have been exploited by Bob. Before they’re onto him, he must leave the town and establish his true lifestyle with his wife. At this point in the pilot, he kind of had a Dawson Leery-esque mental breakdown in the car which had me questioning his manhood. He pulls it together long enough to be torn apart again when his father tells him he MUST pull a con on the oil company at which he was just hired. Yes, his father-in-law’s oil company. It sounds crazy and not really plausible but hey, that’s what makes great TV, right?
And just like that, the show was cancelled! After a mere two episodes of primetime television. How can you make a call like that? The show aired Monday nights at 9 PM on FOX – same time as Dancing With The Stars (which of course I’m a fan of as well). The pilot episode received rave reviews before it even aired and just because of a small numbers issue (only 4.1 million viewers tuned in), it was given the boot. My point is: why didn’t the show do well? It’s lead-in show was House which seems to be everyone’s favorite medical drama these post-E.R. days. Seems like the target audience should have stayed tuned in. I guess some things are just inexplicable. One less show to add to my viewing schedule, though it’s really unfortunate that I won’t get to see James Wolk’s beautiful baby face on primetime again.
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