My Own Worst Enemy

[Mr. Brown]

Is anyone else watching this. I caught the 1st ep and it has potential. It has potential to be a good re envisioning if Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

[comicfan]

Yeah... saw it on monday. Not bad. Kind of liked the feel to the show. I agree it definitely has some potential. And the acting is pretty good as well.

[dirtbag]

Did they ever give a clear explanation of why they created the second personality in the first place. So they can live normal lives they don't remember? Someone help me on this one.

[Mr. Brown]

i figure that if an operative is captured like Henry/Edward was the would not crack under torture. also you don't have to worry about them becoming a double agent b/c their only "awake" when sent out on sanctioned ops. i think that edward has not been going to sleep when they though he was and that's when he bought his apt and such.

[Archetype]

Holy shit, Christian Slater? Seriously?

[hooshies]

ya, first two episodes have been decent...although some of the acting is terrible.

i'm not sure if i'm alone in this, but at times during the epsidoes, i can't quite figure out if he's in henry mode or edward mode. perhaps it's the subpar acting, or the writing just doesn't make it clear, or maybe i'm just dense...

[DeMartini Sands]

man Slater could use a hit, he's been kinda "Dead career walking" lately........

[fuldstændigamok]

i'm not sure if i'm alone in this, but at times during the epsidoes, i can't quite figure out if he's in henry mode or edward mode. perhaps it's the subpar acting, or the writing just doesn't make it clear, or maybe i'm just dense...

Number 3. It's fairly obvious at all time who he is. Just concentrate on the brows.

[Archetype]

How could you not?

http://www.blogissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/christian-slater-1.jpg

Christ, I just realized his head is an arrow. What's it pointing to?

[Mr. Brown]

I like the way the show is developing. Not so much on the spy missions, but more on the inner battle. I'd love to see an episode done where Henry finds out that he's the real person and that Edward was the created personality. They lie to Henry so he'll be kept in check.

[Draven X 23]

Aaaaaaand Cancelled.

That was fast. NBC has cancelled My Own Worst Enemy (http://tv.ign.com/objects/142/14241243.html) after just four episodes, says the Hollywood Reporter. Enemy, starring Christian Slater (http://stars.ign.com/objects/915/915486.html), came into the season with a lot of hype, and while reviews were mixed, the show certainly had its fans – including some here at IGN. However, the ratings had been declining since the premiere, hitting a new low this past Monday, which lead to NBC pulling the plug.

My Own Worst Enemy had Heroes (http://tv.ign.com/objects/827/827560.html) as a lead in, and while Heroes' own ratings may be down, they're still notable on NBC's overall weak schedule – and what hurt Enemy even more was its failure to retain Heroes' audience. This past Monday, 7.82 viewers watched Heroes (which gives it the distinction of being yet another record low for that show's dwindling audience), while My Own Worst Enemy had only 4.3 million viewers right after it.


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Christian Slater in My Own Worst Enemy

What's not clear is whether My Own Worst Enemy will be pulled from the schedule immediately or not – the show is currently shooting its ninth episode, which will be its last.

Also cancelled by NBC, per the Reporter, is Lipstick Jungle (http://tv.ign.com/objects/887/887598.html), which also had seen increasingly low ratings. That show has shot its entire Season 2 (http://tv.ign.com/objects/142/14244641.html) order of 13 episodes.