Shark Bytes

I would LOVE to see this show again. I at one point had all of them recorded on my DVR, and then transfered to my computer to burn to dvds for myself, and in the process I lost everything.....i to this day have been trying to find somebody with this show on tape/dvd/pc to get a copy of....if anybody could help me out, I, along with many others would be greatly appreciative!

Same goes for the show "Airline" that used to be on A&E...

LAX was the most "nice time passing" tv series. No big shots, no much drama, nice cast, the only one showing what is going on in an airport. Maybe not as reality but, come on, which tv series or movie is that real?
I recorded all episodes and keep on watching them with friends.
Wish i could find dvd of them.
Great song!!

Dynasty meets The Love Boat!I loved this junk.I was DEVASTATED,JUST DEVASTATED when it was cancelled by NBC(Numbskull Brainlessness in Cranium.)What more do people want?What?It had it all,all I tell you....exept the ability to convince us that flying is "glamarous"like smoking but a pain in the a..!If Locklear can't save it then all is in vain.Sniffle.....

LAXative

Any show that Heather Locklear can't save was not meant to be saved by the apathetic and pathetic NBC brass.The cancellation of this show was a great loss,especially in these times.

A scene that made me wonder about this series is where they have everybody strip naked and walk through a hangar behind white barriers waiting to be decontaminated. They might as well have shown everybody, like Heather Locklear, actually naked because the show was going be cancelled anyway. That was a lame attempt at of the most titillating and gratuitous decontamination scenes ever filmed. The writers must have written the most salicious material possible just to make the network censors figure out how to censor them and still shoot the scene.

How could they cancel a show this great!The possibilities for it would have been endless.Washed up has-beens and never were's could have guest starred and we could have all pretended that air travel was glamarous and hassle free.Have those NBC exec's no sentimental,gushy bone in their bodies?Imagine the plot possibilities!No end!Adding a theme song by Steve Lawrence or Dionne Warwick might have been too schmaltzy but does every damn show have to revolve around 22 year old Barbie dolls?44 to 55 year old Babie dolls are much more fun.

Great show.

Cause of death: NBC's apathy.

Besides the cheesy plots, how high can you pile it? A big airport like LAX and everyone knows each other? Please! Cheers OK but not an airport. And what really pissed me off was the fact they got all the aviation details wrong. The one episode where the plane almost crashed, they showed a 727, 737 cockpit and then a wide body airplane cabin. If you are going to do something do it right! It seems airline shows can't suceed.

This disjointed piece of crap annoyed the hell out of me right from day one. Their story always had waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much going on, and not a whole lot of it made any sense at all (I'm not sure I could tell you what the damn show was about if my life depended on it). But mainly, I get it: Heather Locklear is hot. You don't have to keep shoving it in our face as if trying to convince us over and over again. And who cares if Blair Underwood's character cheated on his wife to get with her (BLECH). Or the "no driving" punishment her boss gave her because she's such a hot little thing with a leadfoot in a hot little ride. God, this show PISSED the hell outa me!!! Aaaah... so glad it got cancelled. Now my Monday evenings (or is it Wednesday?) are free!

This show has two main problems. The characters are not likable and the stories are not believable. Typical ridiculous scene ... (Harley's cell phone rings) "Yes... (dramatic pause for explanation of current crisis) ...OK I'll be right there!" And she WILL be right there because, thank god, the crisis is always just a few gates down from where she happens to be instead of in one of the other NINE terminals at LAX. It would be a bitch to have to run from terminal 1 to terminal 7 in those heels. Of course, if it is a little too far to run she can always hop in her SUV and careen across runways to get there. Typical ridiculous scene #2 ... (Roger's cell rings and he is informed that a terrorist is on the loose somewhere amongst the huge airport) "I'm on it!" And then, no sooner does he hang up when the terrorist makes his mad dash RIGHT in front of him and he is caught. As to the likeability of the characters, let's review: Roger cheats on his wife, is a compulsive gambler, and just an all around pompous ass. Harley (c'mon HARLEY?) has slept her way through all nine terminals and half the parking decks. The airport cop is a raging alcoholic with an anger management problem who can't even keep track of his gun. And while the geeky baggage handler is likable enough, does anybody believe the other characters would even know his name much less be friends with him? Make these people likable and put them in believable scenes. Oops, show cancelled, never mind.

...when NBC cancels it! Too bad now that it's hitting its stride. No wonder we are getting Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes back to back together and there isn't time for quick New Year's and Easter shows. When a tv drama is "preempted" for five weeks we are talking "hiatus" which in turn means CANCELLED! Too bad a prime time drama must feature cops,docs or lawyers."Hotel"made it but that was in the 80's.Today it would go the way of that "The Love Boat Returns" with Robert Urich.So Heather can't save everything. I forgive you..you tried.

Wow! The Thanksgiving episode showed this show has depth and quality. It was building up its momentum, characters and emotion and I found it amazing how fast this show grew to become a hot commodity with a lot left in it. Watch it and give it a chance. You'll see.

I was surprised to find that I liked this "Lax". And even more delighted that it made a perfect double feature with Las Vegas on Monday nights. Two amusing, sexy, light dramas. And I will miss it now that I will probably never see it again, now that it's been moved to Wednesday nights to fill in for the cancelled "Hawaii". In the 8:00 PM time slot (eastern). Opposite "Lost", one of the top rated and undisputed smash hit break-out series of the 2004-05 season and one of the first shows to get picked up for a full year (along with "Desperate Housewives" and after "Joey"). "Lax was a pretty good, fun little show. Just not strong enough to go up against a ratings blockbuster. What was NBC thinking? "If people like a show about one plane that crashed, they'll love a show about a whole bunch of planes that don't"? (Note to NBC: I am never watching your new reality "$25.00 Hoax" show. You have driven me back to CSI: Miami.) Sorry, "Lax", but as David Spade used to say on SNL (in a recurring sketch that also had an aeronautic theme): "Buh-bye!"

Of course, the premise of shark jumping is that a program veered from a successful formula. This show has not really "taken off". Now, the reason the show finally tanked is the introduction of political correctness: asylum for a homosexual. There is no way a Customs agent, an employee of the Federal Government, would walk around the terminal looking for the airport director, a city employee, and ask for a lawyer for a suspected alien. The writers have gone overboard, appealing to the bestowers of emmy awards, rather than the audience. I will no longer waste my time with this pathetic show.