Animal Practice 1×01 ‘Pilot’: There’s no such thing as a sexy George

Ok, so I don’t watch Weeds, but I’ve got to assume that Justin Kirk doesn’t always look this disgusting. Though I’m usually a fan of redheads, even fake ones, they seriously need to figure out what to do with his curly hair if this show actually manages to make it to series. Hint: see Daniel Sharman in Teen Wolf or Matthew Morrison in Glee. The way I see it, there are two types of roles for leading men in television no matter the genre, romantic (Clark Kent on Smallville or Jim Halpert on The Office) and non-romantic (Zeke Braverman on Parenthood or the titular character of House). What I’m trying to point out is that they did nothing to hide Kirk’s advanced age in the pilot and made it worse by pairing him with a very cute love interest, played by Reba’s Joanna Garcia (I thought she was Anna Kendrick at first, she looks so youthful). He’s a great actor, I just don’t think he has it going on in the looks department, at least not enough to play a romantic male lead. Read more…