Friends 'Til The End

I have a confession. I love made-for-TV movies. For ones like Oil Storm, I am proud to proclaim my love. Now, the less well written, poorly acted ones cause me to harbor some shame. But when I flip through the channels and see Elisha Cuhbert battling a gambling addition or DJ Tanner being raped by Zack Morris, I can't resist. I must stop. Today, I found one of my all time favorites on Oxygen: Friends 'Til The End. It is the story of one girl's obsession with Shannon Doherty. Jennifer Blanc plays Zan to Shannon's Heather (hee, I know). They met on the kid talent show circuit. Now, Heather is the president of her sorority and the lead singer of a RAWK AND ROWL band. They sound very similar to the Cranberries. Of course, Heather has a gorgeous boyfriend/lead guitarist played by the dreamy Jeremy London (or is it Jason). And Zan, poor, crazy Zan. She wants to be Heather so bad. Slowly she begins to weave her way into Heather's life, first the sorority, then as a back up singer in the band. We quickly learn that Zan is not only a obsessed, but also chock full of Crazy. She kills her first groupie because he knew her secret: she had recently been released from a Mental Institution. I know. Fabulous.

Zan starts to take away Heather's charmed life piece by piece. She switches Heather's Very Important Essay with an obviously plagiarized one. Then, she starts driving wedges between Heather and her friends and bandmates until soon everyone loves Zan and not Heather. Well, Eric, the drummer with a heart of gold, senses that Zan is a little heavy on the Crazy.

Anyway, it is FABULOUS!!! If you happen across it, you must, must watch. So good! I wish I could own it or at least the soundtrack.