As passionate person, I innately get pissed at a lot of things. My most recent upset was the Fox show, Red Band Society. After watching it —against my will, mind you — all I could say was, “oh, hellllll no.” I only  watched it because I couldn’t find the remote to change it from Modern Family which had aired two hours earlier.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the premise of the godforesaken show, it is about a bunch of trifling sick teenagers running around a hospital like it’s Chuck E. Cheese. For the first half of the show they focused on the sick kids with cancer and such. Of course they were sneaking out of the hospital and stealing medical marijuana. I still couldn’t really relate, so I was not too bothered. However, the second they revealed a new character who needed a heart transplant, all hell broke loose, because I knew just how fictional and convoluded this show really was.

The heart transplant character is of course named, Kare, not Karen. Like really?My boyfriend said “Kare” is the bad-ass version of “Karen,” but I just think it’s the truncated version. Anyway,  she was a blonde cheerleader into smoking and diet pills and she was a bitch to everyone, including herself. They revealed she would be listed for transplant, but at the bottom of the list because there was THC in her system. WHAT?! I wasn’t even approved for a transplant the first time I was evaluated and this girl who is practically killing herself with risky behavior made it.

My problem is that this show is making the reckless behavior of these “sick” kids look cute, fun and acceptable. Of course MTV, the channel that glorifies teen moms and airs shows where parents laugh when their kids do drugs, called Red Band Society a show “you should be watching.” I only recommend it if you want to loose a few brain cells. There is zero medical accuracy. Not one of the kids looks or acts remotely sick enough for their extended hospital stays, and this is coming from someone who has been defying the odds for a long time. Not one kid is supervised or hooked up to a single machine, yet they got sponge baths. If you aren’t hooked to monitors, you can take a shower… The only remote accuracy is that pediatric rooms are indeed huge, and I have always gotten massive singles. Yes, you can wear street clothes, but these kids were fully decked out in hats, scarves, and fancy shoes. I prefer to keep it comfy in maxi dresses and pajamas, because where else can you wear PJs all day?

Entertainment Weekly says that the kids “cheerfully endure their medical hardships,” but as someone actually fighting for her life those kids are stupidly ignoring their medical hardships. Beer and weed. Really? If the show is trying to show the compromised quality of life of teens who don’t have ready access to these illegal substances, then they have a screwed quality of life. They are living in a hospital and instead of trying to cure themselves they are harming themselves. It’s no wonder they are all still there. Alcohol and medicine do not react.

The LA Times smartly draws a comparison to The Breakfast Club, but the thing is hospital setting are nothing like detention on a Saturday morning. I wish it were. The fact of the matter is sick kids are not that interesting of a plot line for a show. If it were accurate, it would be depressing and boring. I’m sorry Fox, but this a fail in my opinion.

The show is clearly supposed to be “inspiring,” but I was highly uninspired. I am sure the characters are enduring is difficult and there will come a point where they all deal with the “why me?” complex, which got me thinking. And I really came to the conclusion that all this hospital stuff just makes me a stronger person. Some people lift 400 pounds to get strong and I don’t know in the world why anyone would want to do that. I just deal with this.

The only redeeming quality of this show is Octavia Spencer. I love her. But let’s be honest, I love all black actresses making moves.