If the new CW wanted to keep viewers like me who followed One Tree Hill over from "the old" WB despite other faves like Everwood being cancelled, then giving up on Runaway so early in the season was a mistake.

The show needed time to build, and suck in it's audience, but it had the potential to be a Prison Break for all ages, with dynamic family members, and an interesting struggle to pull together as a family despite having been a less than fully functional family before all hell broke loose in their lives, and pass themselves off as the all American small town family.

We saw a brother step up to protect his sister, even when he was mad at her, and we saw a sister say that which she knew would salvage her brother's ego... even when she would have liked to see him suffer for basic sibling differences, but when it came right down to it, the family was there for one another, cared for one another, and was ready to stick it out while dad did whatever it took to find out the truth.

Was dad the best role model on tv? No! He skipped out on bail instead of letting the justice system do its thing... but that was "dealt with" and explained in your typical tv conspiracy way such that a new generation was going to be introduced to the ins and outs of the great government conspiracies of old, the type of plot that has kept multiple generations entertained!

I can't help but hope after having switched the show from Mondays (aka Prison Break night) to Sundays (aka Desperate Housewives night) and only given regular viewers the one chance to find the shows new location the CW will rethink the decision to pull the show and bring it back sooner rather than later!

posted by Kay Wednesday, October 18, 2006