Posted by Dustin on 05.30.2007 at 10:02 pm

So I watched the premier of “Hidden Palms” tonight. It was a bit slow, but interesting.

The show is about Johnny Miller, who at the very beginning witnesses his drunk father blow his brains out. Fast forward a year later, Johnny himself is now out of rehab . . . his mother has remarried and moved them to some swanky California town.

Johnny meets his neighbor Cliff, who claims he was best friends with Eddie, the guy who lived in Johnny’s house and in his room. Eddie died, that’s all we are told for now. He then meets an eccentric girl named Greta, who likes running around the golf course at night while the sprinklers are on.

Clip: Johnny Meets Greta

This episode mainly served to introduce us to everyone it town, which is why it was a bit slow. Johnny learned from a guy he met at the local AA that Cliff is trouble, not to be trusted. Cliff warned Greta to stay away from Johnny, and not to talk about Eddie.

Johnny didn’t stay away from Greta of course. We saw a creepy side to Cliff, who kicked a neighbors poor little dog! It looked like Cliff was a bad guy, yet at the end Greta goes to cliff and cries on his shoulder. Confused!

Very odd show, but I’ll watch next week just because I am intrigued.

Spoilerish Clip! Johnny learns how Eddie died