Her Monday must-watch (10/24)

Tonight's must-watch takes us to Bluebell, Alabama, where the heat wave has just (unfortunately) broken. And just before adorable little Zoe Hart (Rachel Bilson) was going to let go of her inhibitions and get her freaky deaky on with bad(ish) boy Wade! That's right, I'm talking about one of my fave new shows, Hart of Dixie (9/8c on the CW).

We were so close to seeing these two take it from flirting to - um - something else. But then the rain came, and Zoe realized she's just not that kind of girl. Sure, she's sweet as a Georgia peach, but it seems she also might have a little something for lawyer George, who's engaged to Lemon. Lemon, by the way, appears to have had an affair with Mayor Lavon Hayes, but ended it 6 months ago. The heat wave almost led to them rekindling their romance as well, but that fire was also extinguished by the rain before it officially started.

Surely, all these folks can turn to the town preacher for some advice about fidelity. Right? Nope! Because in tonight's episode, it comes out that preacher man has an STD - and it's not from his wife!

Maybe there's something in the Bluebell water. Or maybe it's in Lemon's lemonade she keeps pushing on everyone. I personally think Zoe is a better fit for all the hot men of Bluebell than Lemon is. I just can't figure out what George and Lavon could see in this uptight, formal, annoying belle. There must be something redeeming about her, because both of those men are sure catches. But so far, to me, Lemon is pure sour.

Her Monday must-watch

This may be the Fall TV lineup, but tonight marks the return of Summer! Rachel Bilson, best known as Summer Roberts on The O.C., stars as Zoe Hart on the CW's Hart of Dixie (9/8c), tonight's must-watch.

So just how has Summer fared in the post Seth Cohen era? Well, she played one of many is-she-or-isn't-she-the-mother love interests for Ted on How I Met Your Mother (she wasn't), and starred in the movie Jumper with her is-he-or-is-he-not-her-fiance anymore Hayden Christensen (I think not?). But the engagement I'm most interested in is that of an audience with her new show.

Will we buy this former spoiled California teen as a brilliant surgeon? Will the chemistry she has with any of the southern gentlemen she encounters in Bluebell, Alabama compare to that with nerdy, loveable Seth? Will this show live up to the hype I've created in my own head? If anyone can make the answers to all of those questions "yes," it is surely adorable, charming Bilson.

In related news, Bilson's former co-star Mischa Barton was featured in a segment on Access Hollywood tonight. Coincidence? Or the strategic maneuvering of Barton's agent? I'm guessing the latter. Assuming she even still has one.