Bad Boys

Yes, Chyna has been watching The Tribe again. Watching & remembering why I got hooked on this little show from New Zealand.

For me? Well, sure, great premise & great plot & creative approaches & a total package that compelled your attention ep after ep. Then again...ok, I admit it--hard to beat the attraction of all those Bad Boys.

C'mon, you know the type. Brash, uncontrolled, thoroughly unpredictable, slightly mysterious & totally charming. Bray, Lex & Zoot led the pack. (You had to wait for Season-5 to get another who qualified--Slade.)

Bray came on the scene a mysterious loner stuck with Trudy, trying to do the right thing. He just couldn't quite stay on track. Alas for us female viewers, the minute he & Amber hooked up he totally lost his "bad boy" qualities & moved to the "hero" category. He slipped back just once, in Season-3 after he gave up trying to find the kidnapped Amber. (Drunk-Bay-in-shades in the casino had to be a blast for Dwayne Cameron to play!)

Zoot was Bray's brother, leading one to believe bad-boy-ness ran in the family. At least Zoot never pretended to be anything else! As leader of the Locos, he could be as bad as he wanted. The "love of a good woman" wasn't about to save him--Trudy couldn't tame him & Ebony sure as hell couldn't predict him or even try to control him. Still thinking the show's Master made a HUGE mistake killing Zoot off so fast.

Then there was Lex. Ah, Lex. He started out as a classic bad boy & just got better 'n better. Will anyone ever forget his hooked-on-booze period after Zandra died? Priceless. Oh, sure, he slipped into "hero" mode every now & then. But he did it HIS way--never quite controlled (even by Taisan), and you were never ever sure when that twinkle in his eyes meant he was about to revert to type. Lex didn't wear a leash for anyone.

It's only right so many of the memorable characters in KTDARPG are modeled at least a little bit on one of our classic Bad Boys. "Xeno," "Sid" & "Prince" come immediately to mind. Quite frankly, some new characters in the game are showing great promise. :)

So you can keep your Good Boys. Dal, Jack, Ryan, Patch, even Pride & Jay--sure, we need these types for the story to run true & be full and rich. But, still... Sorry, guys. Too tame.

Hey, I'm entitled to my opinion. And quite frankly? If they would admit it, I'm thinking a lot of the girls reading this would agree with me. Ha ha!

-Chyna

Photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"