BlackholeTraveller I watched this show on TV, it was okay then, now I'm re-watching my DVD set and have to tell you that this show has done it all wrong. Kevin Williamson did a fantastic job developing "Dawson's Creek", he originally intended to write this show as a drama, but the network (The WB) wanted to have a boring murder of the week show, so they got one, and I'm happy that it lasted only for 9 episodes. Let's start with the positive aspects: I like the cast, the actors do their best I think, they could do better, but those crappy scripts prevent them from having much to do. Every episode is a stand alone complex, what happens is forgotten next episode. The characters are interesting, they could be better, but what should they do if 90 % of every episodes revolves around a boring Case of the Week, when again a person is murdered or a freak shows up? There are almost no character moments or development, the best we get is a boring subplot about Zane or Sara dating some person that is gone by the end of the episode. And it's totally unbelievable how often the main characters are involved in the crimes, Sam gets kidnapped, Rudy gets locked up for killing a woman he had a date with, the pattern is always the same: We have a crime in the beginning, then Rudy and of course Mike, who can't sit still, who has to be a bit or sometimes a bit more annoying to find out what's going on, try to figure out who did it. There's always a first person, then a 2nd candidate and it's always the last person (or almost always) who is the criminal in the end - 4 of the first 6 episodes ended with the bad guy pointing a gun at some of the good guys - dear writers, that's soooo boring! I only bought the DVD set for good money (9 episodes for like 40 bucks is expensive) because I'm a huge Emily VanCamp fan, she had her first television role and I really like her character Sam, she's cute, sassy, an interesting character, let's not talk about the fact that almost all her scenes are with her maybe BF Zane. I'm thankful to Kevin Williamson for putting her on the show, because she got the awesome role of Amy Abbott in Everwood immediately when Glory Days was canceled, but this show is really boring, it's more fun to watch CSI something something (and I hate those shows) then a crime show with drama that tries way to hard, but the results are boring and sometimes even stupid. The setting of Glory is really nice, it could've been better, if it had been a drama.

WiSH-on-the-StArS This show was truly an accomplishment for the WB, giving a nice break from their sap-dripping teen shows that only Gilmore Girls and Smallville have seemed to accomplish otherwise. The dry humor was wonderful and refreshing, and the romantic tension between Mike and Ellie was fun and edgy, avoiding what many other shows do not - jumping into it too fast, leaving no room for anticipation or appropriate development. Also, the weekly obstacles created not only something to look forward to, but something that truly held one's interest for the entire hour. The characters were great in each aspect, often going outside the lines while not being outrageous, just delightfully quirky. Unfortunately, as the WB often does, this show was canceled due to "poor ratings" in nearly impossible and illogical timeslots, being a midseason replacement for the popular Angel and jumping between airing after 7th Heaven and Dawson's Creek, who's audiences would not likely be interested in this show, of a very different genre, in that place. Well, we can always hope for a video release.

notstudyinglaw Like everyone else it seems, I was looking forward to this show. But, I hate to say it; it is just plain old bad dumb TV. Bad plots, bad dialogue, bad production values. Sad, sad, sad. For some reason I thought that the name "Kevin Williamson" would indicate some level of quality. Then I looked back at Williamson's filmography- is he really all that? The Scream series is brilliant and witty, and Dawson's had moments. But beyond that, when you add Glory Days to the pile, his inane juvenile panderings are seriously starting to outweigh his insightful fresh offerings. Yes, Glory Days has been cancelled. It did have potential- I'll admit I watched beyond the dreadful premiere. But it never seemed to realize that potential was not enough. In order to succeed and satisfy, it desperately needed to honestly evaluate what works and what doesn't from the genres it was drawing on. Perhaps if they had left behind the unbelievable soap-opera-ish set-ups, which are the annoying hallmark of suspense shows directed at the older set, including Murder She Wrote and Diagnosis Murder, I could have swallowed it? After all, it ain't the gray hair that keeps me away from those shows, it is the endless parade of Scooby-Doo like "mysteries." Yes, the amusement park owner, or the new boyfriend, or any number of stock "killers" really DID do it. Did the fun twists of Scream wear Williamson out? Or what if they'd tried harder to make us care about the main characters, as Williamson was somehow able to do in Dawson's? I fully acknowledge that Williamson is no Whedon, so I knew better than to expect anything actually thought provoking. But even slightly believable, or engaging, or entertaining, could have kept this show afloat. Good Riddance. But here's to hoping the WB will try its hand at the genre again.

Jayme I wasn't even going to watch this show, until I found myself one Wendsday night with nothing to watch, flipping channels. I fell onto the premiere of Glory Days, and after watching 10 minutes of the show I Was hooked. Wow! Amazing show. I don't know what it is, but somehow the writers, the cast and everyone made this show so good. I like the suspense in the show, and also the times of comic relief. The WB should not do a thing to change it, only let it grow. Wonderful!