Harper’s Island, I Kinda Like You
I’ve always been against using the term “guilty pleasure.” If I enjoy something, then fuck it, I enjoy it. But I’ve never been closer to throwing “guilty pleasure” out there than when I started recommending the CBS show Harper’s Island to my friends. The actors across the board are miserable and I want to punch them all in their J. Crew faces (that’s actually being kind – some of them are more Land’s End). But the show itself isn’t that bad.
It’s about a group of 25 friends and family who gather for a wedding on Harper’s Island off the coast of Seattle. Seven years ago, the island became infamous for a streak of murders that remain unsolved. Each week, one or more people die until the 13th episode when “all questions will be answered.” Picture Scream mixed with And Then There Were None. With assholes.
The show is available on Netflix and on CBS.com after they air every Saturday night. Don’t judge me.
May 18th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
I swear i thought the title said “Hipster’s Island”
May 25th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
So I just started watching this. The acting is downright awful… like daytime Soap level, but the show is still somewhat compelling. I truly need to know how stupid and convoluted the mystery of John Wakefield will be.
May 25th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
P.S. the show has only one likable character. The British dude who is a cross between our own Henrik AKA Skinny Digital and David Hyde Pierce.
Also why did they kill off the most recognizable actor on the show in the first episode!?
May 25th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
They’re on episode six now and the basic need to know who is wetting dewds on this pseudo-soap is the only thing keeping me tuned.
Crook, did you see episode six? I was pleasantly surprised with the “reveal” at the end.
May 26th, 2009 at 12:38 am
what was the reveal!?? Did you mean that John Wakefield is a Cylon?
May 26th, 2009 at 6:10 am
That the burn victim who may be Wakefield is BFF with inverted-pentagram tattoo kid.
Fuck this show.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:20 am
I’m pretty sure the burn victim dude is not Wakefield… even on the half of his face which isn’t burned he doesn’t look anything like Leoben.
You just fell for the most obvious of red herrings!
May 26th, 2009 at 11:31 am
I said “may be” Wakefield. Whether our old Cylon buddy is burned up or not, I doubt it’s Wakefield doing the murders. It’d be such a cop-out. If Darkman isn’t Wakefield,it must be an old friend of JD’s from when he used to summer there.
What do you think about the Sheriff? I don’t trust that cat.
May 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am
I trust the sheriff and so did Molly Parker back in Deadwood!
I think the killer is that dude Jimmy who is trying to get back together Abby. Him and his brother got a whole Skeet Ulrich/Matthew Illiard circa Scream thing going on.
May 26th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
The sheriff is also awesome as Bobby on Supernatural. Yeah, I like that show too. Missed the last half of season 4 though.
The sheriff might be committing the murders to lure Wakefield back to the island.
What do you think Jimmy’s motivation would be?
The Chloe/Cal side-story was the best part of episode six. I hope Cal sticks around till the end.