the last time I ever liked Stark.

And how. Man, did I grow to hate him.

My favorite episode is still Nerve/The Hidden Memory. (What? They can't be separated into two!) Just, realizing that the series was willing to go there, and to engage in its setting as a canon and an arc -- watching it first run, in 1999, that was so thrilling.

It's interesting because on first viewing, I was actually a little disappointed with "The Hidden Memory" as an episode because it felt like a cop-out whatever thing, but as the series progressed, I grew to appreciate it as the moment the arc of the show was born. (What "there" are you referring to, that the show went to, specifically?)

What "there" are you referring to, that the show went to, specifically?

The first season was an odd mishmash, as the show worked out what kind of show it was going to be. The torture scenes in those episodes were the first hint to the apocalyptic variety show we were eventually going to get.

(Actually, I liked it better than the later incarnations of both Peacekeeper/Scorpius excesses and the John Crichton Psychotic Mania Show, because those things were new and frightening, and played very, very straight. The show went OTT, as things went along, and I'm much less receptive to an OTT presentation than I am to a subtle one.)

Fucking SciFi Channel. I really am canceling my cable.

Farscape did start to get OTT as things went along, but somehow I never minded. I rather enjoyed the escalation of John's psychosis. BB does OTT well, and I think it worked (works) in the setting of the Farscape universe. I can't imagine BB getting away with screaming his lines in an extended and melodramatic bellow anywhere else, but I adore it on FS.

What bugged, and what may have been due to the aborted extra season and things/stories/subplots suddenly needing to be shortened/deleted/wrapped-up (but maybe not), was the mind-bendy, deeply political/scientific/philisophical finish.

Farscape pretty much left me in the dust as far as understanding all the machinations and maneuvers going on, which left me holding on tighter to what I knew, which was John and Aeryn, but even their relationship had hit all sorts of weird bumps and twists that kinda left me breathless or scratching my head.

Either way, I was still on board and along for the ride --which ended too soon. Peacekeeper Wars or no.

I absolutely loved the cheesefest that was Meltdown, horrid Kenny G soft jazz and all. Because, really, how many couples on TV get together and are still hot? Cuz: smokin'. And funny.

Naughty mist. Bad mist. The mist must be spanked...

Fucking SciFi Channel. I really am canceling my cable.

Oh dear, Zenkitty. What did they do now?

hugs SciFi tight. I couldn't live without it. Eureka, Stargate, BSG, Doctor Who, badmovies, repeats of old favorite shows the bastards cancelled. Without SciFi there would be almost no tv in my life.

They canceled Dresden Files, even though it was getting ratings matching BSG, because it was pulling in the wrong demographic, namely, me. It's not even that it was a super-great show; it was just fun, but damn. I don't care about anything else on cable except Eureka and Dr Who, and I'm content to wait for DVDs. Well, and Dirty Jobs, but I can live without that too. They don't want my old-lady money, so I should be saving it and reading books instead.

Hmpf. flounces off

True, none of the networks want my even older lady money either. Poopyheads. Downloading and/or waiting for DVDs works better for my schedule anyway. Cable appeals to the lazy just want to plop down and push the remote part of me. Too often that yields no satisfaction and I have to go to other entertainment options. Again, poopyheads.

Yeah I'm really tired of the whole

hey! Watch our great new show! You'll love it!

ooh I do love it. When can I watch it again?

psych! we cancelled it.

Just caught up on the last (US) DW and liked it a lot. Much as I enjoyed Rose, Martha is shaping up to be my favorite companion. Granted, any memories of the pre-9 companions I did see are a distant memory (didn't even remember Sarah Jane any, though I appreciated her reappearence on principle). And I'm not ahead of the game episode-wise (though I'm vaguely and not-so-vaguely spoiled for some bits and pieces of what's to come).

I was seriously afraid Martha's sister was toast there at the end when she went back after the two of them (if only to cement the mother's antipathy for 10). I was actually relieved when that didn't come to pass.

I love Martha differently than I love Rose. Besides vague childhood memories of the original DW, I only really have the new Who to go on. I think with Rose there was the infectious (or annoying, depending on your mileage) joy and love of simply being with the Doctor, almost unexplained, but with Martha we get more of an independent person who is awesome in her own right, appreciated by the Doctor for what she brings: her knowledge and appreciation for what she's experiencing "We could die, but we're on the moon and we could die, but, THE MOON!".

I love them both. And I love that they're so different and individual.