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Brick uses a pretty classic form that actually works pretty well. Following in the tradition of movies like Chinatown, Brick follows a relatively strait forward crime story. The lead becomes curious about something, wants to go off and find that thing, and spends the rest of the movie trying to determine what happened and why, all the while finding himself deeper in and deeper in the underworld. However, Brick lands us in a world we have no idea about. This is a version of High School that none of us have encountered, and the movie does little to give us grounding in it. But far worse, far far worse than the world (some people may even find themselves attracted to this world, enjoying the new environment) is the dialog. Everyone is speaking in this oh so trying to be clever pretentious quick dialog. Throughout the entire film, we can't focus on the story because we're just trying to figure out what the devil everyone's saying. The dialog thing just isn't really something you can get past. It's really annoying and for me, it made me not care about anyone in the film and just want it to end.

Let me start off by saying that I adore this show. Really, I'm absolutely enthralled by it. Here's the thing, it's not really a sitcom. If you're a fan of straight zannyness and a brand new plot with each episode, this isn't really the show for you.

Sitcom, or situation comedy, is comedy of the moment. It is to say that nothing that has happened previously in the series is the reason for what's happening now. Scrubs, on the other hand, involves a rather strong continuing plot line and character arcs that encompass a season. The characters change and grow over time.

For me, since, as I said, I am devoted to the show, this is fantastic. I watch it every week and I get a bit more of the story to file away in my head thing. However, if you're just tuning in for the first time, you might not like the show quite so much. All I can say is, give it time. Let it grow on you a bit before you cast judgment. Because really, the show is good. But tuning in for one episode won't really tell you that.