Last night my wife wanted to watch a couple of her girly shows from the DVR so I surfed on over to Hulu (I blogged about Hulu before here) and put on my headphones to catch up on the Daily Show or something similar. On the front page of Hulu was a link to Kings, the new tent-pole show from NBC. I had seen the various ads for Kings and read a couple of articles about it, but was not excited enough to actually watch it when it aired. So I clicked on the link. I thought I would get 10 minutes in and realize it was stupid, and that would be that.
Two hours later I was a Kings fan. I was enthralled with their first episode. It was beautifully shot, the acting was spot-on, there were several plot twists, and the universe the writers have built is fantastic. I loved Ian McShane on Deadwood and enjoyed him as the King, but newcomer Christophe Egan really stole the show. Check it out for yourself:
