Even though we share a common language and history with our British cousins across the pond, there are some things they do that are simply perplexing. Cricket instead of hockey. Tea instead of Tim Hortons. Coldplay instead of, you know, a band with testicles and stuff.
Now comes Hex (tonight at 8 on Space, Cable 43), an import from England's Sky One satellite network that's part Buffy the Vampire Slayer, part Mean Girls and undeniably British. It's the teen dramedy as seen through a scary Gypsy's crystal ball, yet with more adult content than The O.C. could ever hope to get away with.
Carrie should probably be added to Hex's list of inspirations, what with naive heroine Cassie (Christina Cole, Amanda Bynes's wicked stepsister from What a Girl Wants) being an outsider who is suddenly bestowed with telekinetic powers. Just you guys wait until prom!
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