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Coming home from my stint at Junior High Camp means putting away a ton of camp game paraphernalia, like pool noodles, 60 padlocks, 600 dominoes, some stop watches, and some play dough. But it also means sitting down in the comfortable spot on the couch and catching up on what the Tivo caught for us while we were out. No commercials, no surfing, just vegging out in front of the TV. One of my new personal short-lived favorites is Studio 60. The characters have stories that make them human. It’s been canceled, and I’m pissed. Not enough to actually join a message board or anything drastic like that, but I really did like the show. The ‘Christian’ character Harriet Hays, played by Sarah Paulson, had an interesting scene with Danny Trip, played by, Bradley Whitford. Danny is about to lose a fiance and a daughter in one night, and she is going to teach him how to pray. He leaves the chapel because he feels it’s wrong, and makes some valid points to why it is wrong, but in the end, he caves. All alone, on his knees, in the middle of a hospital. It hurts so good. I wonder at the awkward portrayal of Harriet as a christian, and how it is received by people at Focus on the Family or Christianity Today. Not enough to actually go look for it, but if I stumbled upon it, I think I might read that article. Either way, it’s been a good one season show. I’d buy the DVD’s if I were you, but if you don’t want to cough up the dough when they come out, you can borrow them from me.