Hah. Not finding the pretty with CC or Gina myself. I think it's all* in the smile for me.

• Well, not all.

Not finding the pretty in CC, okay. But GT?!? Really? Even at the end of Serenity? How is that possible?

In Kevin's world, anything is possible. Even flying. Whilst drunk.

I've met Gina, though, and she's a sweet heart.

Characters hanging around for no reason has happened before -- Spike being a good example in season 4 of Buffy (and season 7) (and season 5 in Angel).

For the record, Spike hanging on (and on, and on...) long after any justification for his presence or continued existence had fled? Not that effective in convincing me that the same tactic should be used with other characters. By early 2001 if a television could have conducted sharpened wood into the show's fictional setting I'd have happily sacrificed my 20" Quasar's screen to stake him myself.

I loved Spike. But after a certain point, even I couldn't figure out why he was still there. Except that the fans loved him, and well, that serves something other than the story...

OTOH, character-wise, wasn't hanging around long after he was welcome or had a purpose kind of...in character?

Oh, I'm not trying to convince you of anything, Matt the Bruins fan, just demonstrating it was a reoccuring thing. I was kinda hoping by season 7 time somebody was going to call him "The Fonz" in an episode.

Well, his original character was sort of to be Sid to Drusilla's Nancy and freeboot about the globe, causing iconoclastic mayhem as they went. Spike himself seemed to want to range free once his immediate goals were either achieved or made impractical, at least until he took on barnacle-like traits.

I'm not sure if this is the best thread for this, but I'm leaning with it being on topic because of the Firefly references and because it deals with the kind of show that Tim tends to do (that is to say, good ones).

Ok. I've just been watching Keen Eddie, and I just love this show. Reading online, I guess it would be even better with the original music that didn't make it on to the DVDs (I would go on about how shows should get DVD rights for music when they create the shows in the first place, but that's a rant for another time). But I love the dark, the humor, the snappy writing and the clever acting. Love it. Of course, it would be yet another Fox show that was cancelled after 13 eps. Grr. But aside from that, I've been thinking about what makes me like this show so much. What's similar to other shows that I love (like Firefly ) and liked a lot (it reminds me a lot of Eyes )? There are definitely things that I don't like about the show. In particular, I think that the visuals, and often the sound effects, are too choppy. I know that style is popular, but it tends to give me a headache. Still, I really like this show. I have decided that it comes down to a few things. The acting and writing are outstanding; it's dark, but that is relieved with humor; and the setting is just fun. Ok, having a pretty cast doesn't hurt either, but Baywatch had a pretty cast, so I'm not counting that one.

So, writing, acting, dark with humor, and a bit of pretty. Who would have thunk that these would be the things that are important to me in tv. I just find it interesting that the specifics of genre, style, etc., aren't all that important to me as long as they're done well.

I would go on about how shows should get DVD rights for music when they create the shows in the first place, but that's a rant for another time

If they could afford it, I'm sure they would.