Voyage to the bottom of the ratings

I am pleased to be appearing for the first time as a guest blogger on Billie's Blog, especially since I was initially stumped about what to write about. The problem is a simple one, all too often I feel like Billie is reading my mind with her writing. We seem to agree on most science fiction and have for many years now.

Surface, as in what lies beneath the

Watched Surface last night.

I was sort of turned off by the Jaws-like opener, and it went downhill from there. Monsters lurk beneath the surface. Are they aliens? Sea monsters? A previously undiscovered species? The Loch Ness monster with a huge flashlight?

Will the archetypal characters -- the gutsy single mother, the curious kid, the older professor-type, and the tough fisherman -- figure it out before the monsters take over the world?

Will I tune in next week and find out?

Probably not. Man, I'm harsh.