. . . or at least the concept.

But it's got holes in the execution that Ned could drive his MB through. For instance, the hero, at age 9, revives his 3-year-old dog after it's hit by a truck. Nineteen years later, as the main story begins with the hero as an adult, *he still has the same dog*. Huh? Golden retrievers don't live to be 22, do they? If it's possible the hero's touch confers long life, as with the mouse in King's "The Green Mile," please have a character speculate on that.

Also, he can't pet the dog, or (in the rules the show sets up) the dog will die. First off, you know that at age 9, he'd have been overjoyed to see his dog alive again, and would have hugged him. Oops, dog is dead again. Besides, in 19 years, this dog has *never* jumped on him or nudged him in some way?

Okay, you say, it's fantasy. But fantasy, even comedy fantasy, needs to get us to suspend our disbelief. It needs to keep us from asking such questions, at least while the story is unfolding.

Then again, maybe my fantasy-appreciation module is on the fritz.

(I like Anna Friel -- and Kristin Chenoweth, too. Ned must be a really daft clot not to notice that his blonde employee/neighbor has the hots for him.)
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