Leave it to FOX to come up with mindless escapism in this critical time. Enter "L.A.'s Finest" and "Filthy Rich". Both are not too deep but not too shallow. They make for a good hour or two of not thinking about anything. "L.A.'s Finest" is your basic buddy cop thing with the wild child and the by-the-book partner discovering that their chemistry helps them to solve crimes. The twist here is the buddies are female, with Gabrielle Union as the loose cannon and Jessica Alba as the (semi) grounded one. Alba's fans will be happy to see that she can still kick ass, 20 years after "Dark Angel". Gabrielle's character has indiscriminate sex which lead me to wonder, for a moment, if it would seem as salacious had her character been male, but that thought came and went. Enter the shoot-em-ups and car chases. If the first show doesn't satisfy your junk-TV cravings next up is "Filthy Rich", yet another incarnation of a tale about corrupt televangelists facing their dirty little secrets as they come home to roost (literally). Headed by Kim Cattrall, who is maturing beautifully, the show may have the tension of your average soap but provides plenty of laughs as well. A couple of terrific diversions. Grab a bowl of popcorn and settle in.
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