[05/30/08 - 12:22 AM] The Futon's First Look: "Atlanta" (CBS) By
Brian Ford Sullivan (TFC)     (written by Paul Reiser; directed
by Harold Ramis; TRT: 21:54)  The network's description: No
official description was released.  What did they leave out: Be
prepared to use the following phrase - "Whaaaaaaaaaaa???"  The
plot in a nutshell: Jessica (Leslie Bibb) is your typical
directionless yuppie - she's on yet another career (sales rep
for a wine and beverage company), her boyfriend (Hayes
MacArthur) is starting to choose Braves games over evenings with
her and well, that's about all we learn about her. Eric (Freddie
Prinze, Jr.) likewise is drifting along in a non-descript job
amongst a sea of uninteresting women. Thankfully Scooter died,
as it's his funeral that causes them to meet. There, despite
lots of stumbling and awkwardness, they start to click and -
during an impassioned speech by one of Scooter's friends (John
Billingsley) about how life is too short - she gently rubs his
hand, an event which Eric inte