Oops. I even read it as American, which I'm assuming is what ita meant.

heh

Thanks, DCJ, for the benefit of the read. Let me edit.

Razor's winning cover art.

It's a decent accent. Which makes me assume that the crap American accents are kept in the UK to use on Spooks, Doctor Who, or Hotel Babylon.

I am running through DVDs of Spooks, and had no idea how bad they could get until this show. Now I empathize with British watchers of American tv!

Also I've finally caught up with Eureka. Everyone has already made the point that Jo should be done with Zane because he's a self-important jackass. But I still don't understand an inferiority complex when dealing with a town full of geniuses. Chances are, they are socially awkward and notably deficient in common sense and other real-life skills. How can you maintain a complex with people like that? Jo should be like paperdol-- just because you work with scientists all day, it doesn't mean there aren't endless opportunities to roll eyes forever at how stupid they can be.

You mean Jo not Zoe.

Zoe is Jack's daughter.

I am running through DVDs of Spooks, and had no idea how bad they could get until this show.

The Agatha Christie dramatizations can get pretty bad too. And Anthony Stewart Head was in the first episode of "Jonathan Creek" playing an American. Remember the episode of Buffy where Spike was a friend of "Xanderrrrrr's"? Yeah.

I still don't understand an inferiority complex when dealing with a town full of geniuses. Chances are, they are socially awkward and notably deficient in common sense and other real-life skills.

Makes perfect sense to me. Not that she should have one, because she's way cool, but when you're (unlike Paperdol she doesn't escape to the internet or leave the boundaries to go home) where brainpower is currency, you might feel poor even though you're more than able to barter your way into the economy.

I was wondering what they'd do with Zoe, and I pretty much agree that making her a stealth genius is the simplest way to go.

But I still don't understand an inferiority complex when dealing with a town full of geniuses.

I think that it's one of those situations where she actually cares what he thinks, so she worries that he won't think she's smart. She doesn't care about the rest of the town.

And Anthony Stewart Head was in the first episode of "Jonathan Creek" playing an American.

How is Jonathan Creek? I mean to watch it because of QI, of course, but haven't gotten a hold of it.

Makes perfect sense to me. Not that she should have one, because she's way cool, but when you're in (unlike Paperdol she doesn't escape to the internet or leave the boundaries to go home) where brainpower is currency, you might feel poor even though you're more than able to barter your way into the economy.

Still not convinced -- one, because one's job does have a lot to do with self-conception, even if you don't live in a company town -- and if you do live in a company town, theoretically your services shouldn't be devalued, because no one else in town does what you do. I know a lot of academics who are insecure and incredibly jealous of other academics. But I've never heard of an insecure university administrator who felt threatened by the brainpower of the faculty.

I think that it's one of those situations where she actually cares what he thinks, so she worries that he won't think she's smart. She doesn't care about the rest of the town.

I think that's pretty much what she said, right? That his reaction wasn't unexpected, because it was of a piece with her dating success in the town. It was one of those moments that didn't make sense-- she didn't blame him for being a jackass, she blamed herself for not being as smart as everyone else in town.

How is Jonathan Creek? I mean to watch it because of QI, of course, but haven't gotten a hold of it.

It's cute. If you like Alan Davies, I'd definitely recommend it. It's pretty typical British mystery stuff, but entertaining, especially when it displays that Davies has a range past "goofy and befuddled."