I am glad to read I am not the only person who will miss NBC's Kings. David Plotz in Slate magazine has a nice article titled The Death of Kings on why we will miss the program and why it is worth checking out the just released DVD. Here is a sampling of his story:At times during its short run, Kings was essentially a high-concept soap opera. Yet it was always a soap opera with genuine intellectual ambition, and at its best, it was a provocative thought experiment: How would a religious monarchy work in a modern, pluralistic society? Could the values that Americans cherish survive in such a system? And would the actual presence of God solve or compound the problems of governing a nation? (When God gets angry at Silas, for example, Gilboa's windmill farms break down.)
I plan to pick up the DVD and rewatch the series. Maybe the interest in the DVD will wake up the studios and let them know that this brilliant show was something special that never really had a chance to win the hearts of America, but is worthy of another season. Stranger things have happened.
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