"Cane" 1x1

CANE 1x1 "Pilot"

The government is now ready to support the production of ethanol from sugar instead of corn, it's ten times more efficient.

How happy I would be if that were true, and this show gets a bonus star for that line. Corn ethanol is a sham. Something "The West Wing" went into in it's final era, which also starred Jimmy Smits. The wheel comes full circle...

I sort of put this one off. After hearing everything about how dense and overstuffed the pilot is, I was wary. This was a real marginal pick for me to begin with so I didn't need much of an excuse to put it off. However I decided that as I try to get sleepy (I work overnights now) and there was nothing in the DVR but this and "Private Practice" (which is essentially a 3 hour commitment to view including the backdoor pilot), and so I threw it on.

One FANTASTIC surprise, the wonderful and underrated Ken Howard appears as the evil patriarch of the rival sugar family - I had no idea he was in this until I saw him. I was happy enough to see Polly Walker (another "Rome" veteran) as the daughter of this family, but seeing Ken perked me up to this show incredibly. I've had the opportunity of working with him in LA, and he's just great.

I don't think it's as hard to follow as some have made out, but, aside from the abovementioned guest actor, I don't feel any great connection to this one. it's still on the roster but more of a utility player, not a star.

*** (including sugar ethanol and Ken Howard subsidy)