WESTERN EXPOSURE.('Everwood')(Television Program Review)

Now that the phrase "jump the shark" has entered the culture and given us a name for the point at which a TV series has peaked and starts heading downhill--the phrase is a reference to the episode of "Happy Days" when Fonzie, for some reason, attempted to water-ski over a shark--we're all hyperaware of the moment when things go sour (an element of preposterousness is often involved) and our loyalty is severed. Most TV shows, unless they've been prematurely cancelled, have a natural life span, and yet we take their demise personally: here we are, willing to show up week after week for years--how dare they decide to stop working on our relationship! Then there are the ...