I like Christian Slater and can't figure out why he can't get a TV show to fit his talent but Mind Games isn't it. Slater is the somewhat saner of two brothers: Ross Edwards. His job is to try to get someone to buy into his brother's, Clark played by Steve Zahn, plans to manipulate people into doing what someone wants by tricking their minds into believing it is what they actually want to do. I can live with the premise. I can't live with Zahn's character who is so ADHD that I get a migraine watching him imitate Robin Williams on steroids mixed with Aderol and Ritalin turning him into a super frenetic Dervish whose only calmative is Ross' ex-wife. I was so worn out that by the middle of the pilot episode, I had to turn the show off. Maybe there is an audience for this 1, 2, 3, brought to you by the letter G fast moving grown up Sesame Street short attention span theater show; but it ain't for me.
Review of Mind Games
