Chemistry

Chemistry is a super-feel-good drama about the relationship between a man navigating a complicated personal and professional life, and the attractive manic pixie dream cop who rescues him from a car wreck using mouth to mouth. Lots of sex and nakedness ensue.

One of Cinemax's last attempts at original scripted programming for the After Dark segment, this is last-decade-era late night adult-oriented cable TV schlock and it makes no pretense of being otherwise. The soap opera-like plot developments are silly and none of the characters behave realistically, but everyone is likeable and, while this isn't a straight up comedy, there's a healthy level of self-awareness present - often conveyed in direct fourth wall breaking - and a sense that everyone's doing their earnest best to tell a story with heart and entertain and engage the viewer, even the buddy character with the annoyingly bad fake English accent.

Ana Alexander is a sight and her on-screen chemistry with Jonathan Chase is legit - they're both extremely easy to look at, especially together. It's unfortunate (if completely understandable from a career development standpoint) that she walked away from the series after one season, however, as it seemed like there was still a good bit of story left to tell. To fans of this particular kind of programming it's even more disappointing that she left the genre altogether, but that just makes her work in this series that much more special.

... this just defies all reason... taking what amounts to a soft-porn-production, making it a thirteen-episode-series of bodies-slamming-together... totally-bad in most any-all-manner, right down to her unnaturally enhanced form(s)

... (mercifully) a planned second season was not produced as Ana Alexander announced that she would not be continuing in her role stating she 'disliked the high level of nudity and sexually-explicit-scenes' required for her character... really, so it took her all of thirteen episodes to get to that shattering decision... nothing she could ever say absolving her of her choice being a part of this train-wreck.

Have you ever seen bad porn? Well? Get ready because you're about to. This show is about "couples" who basically just cheat on each other with other people all day long and try to fit a plot line somewhere in there so they can pawn it off as a show. The truth is if there is a hell for retired porn stars this show is it.

Where to begin, The acting looks like they're reading teleprompters, that is to say they have the emotional depth of the plot line they're supposed to have, and yet never seems to quite ever be there. Even in spite of all this it would still be a half decent show if they made the sex scenes good and yet... no, just failed outright. The absolute worst part though is the main actors, every time they have some kind of situation, they seem like the're attempting to figure out what the reaction is, and the second they have, they do the exact opposite. To say that this show is predictable would indicate that there's a shrivel of sense in it somewhere, there isn't. 1/10 don't waste your time, watch a bad porno instead at least that way the actors don't have to pretend they know how to read a script.

We got rich, successful, really good looking, and sexual competent people trying to navigate love. Even with all their material advantage and sexual prowess, happiness is still fleeting. The love scenes are authentic and energetic and reminds us what a successful life can be like. It is amazing to see how in each episode the characters struggle with change and try to find a way to love each other. The actors realistically and accurately show us a roller coaster of emotions. If you have a healthy perspective about sex, enjoy the emotions of falling in love, like seeing really attractive people, then go for it. If you are miserable judgmental type better to pass it by. You will just annoy the rest of us.

This is the latest Skinemax addition to its Friday late night adult fest. It deals with a guy and his on going affair and how it develops into another relationship. It's nothing out of the ordinary in terms of this genre. There's a good amount of eye candy, nudity, and sex, but that's where the positives ends. The acting is dreadful (not that you expect Oscar worthy performances). The show looks and feels dated from the cheesy opening credits, to the horrible and obvious green screens during the driving sequences. Chemistry feels like a combination of a bad 80's soap opera and an 80's infomercial combined. The cut scenes are pointless and Liz and her partners' cop scenes are after school special bad. I'm sure you can appreciate it more if you're 12, (for obvious reasons) but if you're an adult and haven't watched Chemistry, you haven't missed anything.