Opposite Sex Elevate Hex

First, a brief history of British TV sci-fi. In the 70's and before, British fantasy TV was good. There was Doctor Who, Blake's Seven, Space 1999, The Survivors and The Avengers and all was good with the world. And then in the early 80's, the quality dipped; Doctor Who turned sour and Star Cops was crap. Only Red Dwarf weathered the storm. That storm evaporated in 2005 when the reinvented Doctor Who returned to our screens. Since then it has been (mostly) good with the likes of Primeval, Torchwood and Life On Mars. Even faliures like Merlin, Demons and Robin Hood were in no way as lifeless and dull as the BBC's 1998 mini-series Invasion: Earth, perhaps the low-point of the wasteland years.

One of the shows to appear during this wasteland period was Sky TV's Hex, a supernatural serial featuring teen-girls in a posh bording school.
The first episode, setting up the characters, backstory and main-storyline is perhap the least interesting and compelling TV pilot I've ever seen. And staying true to it's staus as a wasteland period series, the rest of the season one episodes aren't much better. The problem is the creators have a story that is interesting upto 90 minutes. But stretched to 3 times that length, there's very little reason to continue watching.

Well nearly. For a UK series, it's a handsome production and the young cast are watchable. Georgina Roper spices things up as a lesbian ghost and Zoe Tapper does her posh snob thing very well. But it's the gobsmackingly gorgeous Christina Cole as the lead, Cassie, that pulls one back to watch the next episode. All Tv and movies should be driven by great plot and great characters; first and foremost, no arguements. Casting attractive blonds should be considered extremely shallow. However, with a series as boring and as virtually unwatchable as Hex, it's a testament to shallow casting that I managed to watch the whole of the first season before giving in to common sence and turning it off. Producers, I salute you!