Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


Experimental TV: Network Drama  

This thread is an experiment to discern the Buffistas' interests in television discussion. It will close on June 1st, 2007, after which our community will assess our future direction. Discuss network aired drama here. [NAFDA]


sumi - May 03, 2007 11:57:33 am PDT #339 of 820
Art Crawl!!!

I like how everytime that Hodgins would go to put his feet up on Booth's desk, Booth would just look at the feet and Hodgins would remove them.


Toddson - May 03, 2007 12:12:34 pm PDT #340 of 820
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I watched Criminal Minds last night and the opening sequence was amusing. The three women in the unit are out at a bar and two are commenting on how the third, going to the bar to get drinks, has managed to snag a man. She comes back to the table, hands around the drinks and tells them that this is (name) and he's an FBI agent ... and they start grinning. They're all wide-eyed and admiring, asking him what Quantico's like, whether he has to carry a gun, what he does. He smiles and tells them his work is classified. They ask to see his FBI ID and he gives some excuse, at which point one of them pulls out HER FBI ID and says "does it look like this?" and the other two do the same. He sort of sputters and fades off into the crowd.


Morgana - May 03, 2007 12:26:56 pm PDT #341 of 820
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

I wonder if Angela shouldn't tell Hodgins some version of the thing she told the shrink: because I bet he would get that for her it was too soon. (I mean, waiting a week or two and trying again really isn't the answer.)

I was wondering if another issue for Angela might be that she's already married. (There was an episode during the first season that had a subplot with an officious woman who interviewed everyone at the lab - it had something to do with security clearances, and trying to determine how much of a threat they all were to national security. Zach was mainly annoyed, and she was trying to talk to him as he was examining evidence and just muttering to her on the side. Hodgins was really irritated because the officious woman didn't feel she needed to interview him, as he had already been reviewed earlier when a relative of his had been involved in politics. (I think the upshot was that he was determined to be a conspiracy nut and essentially harmless, and he announced that he was NOT harmless; he knew many ways to kill people, thank you very much.) Brennan finally got rid of her by making a phone call to Someone Important when she inquired about a case Brennan had consulted on in a mysterious country somewhere. But when the woman talked to Angela, she mentioned Angela's husband. Angela kind of laughed and said, "Oh, that took?" and started talking about fire dances and Tahiti, I think it was.) So there may actually be a husband kicking around out there somewhere. Not that Hodgins couldn't afford the lawyers to track him down and divorce him.


brenda m - May 03, 2007 12:32:19 pm PDT #342 of 820
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh, I'd forgotten about that. I'll bet that's it. I mean, among her other issues.


Sean K - May 03, 2007 1:39:20 pm PDT #343 of 820
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I missed the opening of Criminal Minds last night, Toddson. Sounds funny.

Gilmore Girls is over.

Aw, bummer. I totally found this show after the fact (S has watched it for a while, and since it's one of the shows that gets rerun all the time on cable during the day, I'm now pretty much caught up), but I've really enjoyed it, and it's made me laugh lots and lots. I'll be sad to see it go.


Connie Neil - May 03, 2007 2:32:06 pm PDT #344 of 820
brillig

Oh, yeah, Angela's fire ritual "marriage".

I get the idea that Angela really despises anything that defines her future, whether it's pleasant or not. She loves the idea that anything and everything could happen to her. I mean, she flashed her tits at the airline counter clerk--that's an intro to a character!

I think she'll run to escape the very attractive "trap" she thinks staying with Hodgins will put her in.


Jessica - May 03, 2007 2:37:31 pm PDT #345 of 820
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I totally found this show after the fact (S has watched it for a while, and since it's one of the shows that gets rerun all the time on cable during the day, I'm now pretty much caught up), but I've really enjoyed it, and it's made me laugh lots and lots. I'll be sad to see it go.

I think it's for the best, honestly, and I've been watching since the beginning. This season in particular has been very rocky, with the Palladinos gone. Not to mention Alexis Bleidel has been pretty public about wanting to move on, leading to conversations at the studio level about continuing the show without the creator AND without the main character...I can't imagine any good would have come of another season.


quester - May 03, 2007 4:23:02 pm PDT #346 of 820
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

We're missing an episode of Bones that was yanked because of Virginia Tech. so the relationship between Angela and Hodgins appears to be moving faster than it should.


sumi - May 03, 2007 5:59:56 pm PDT #347 of 820
Art Crawl!!!

Well, we missed the first proposal.


sumi - May 03, 2007 9:04:21 pm PDT #348 of 820
Art Crawl!!!

GA: It was odd hearing the GA cadences from non-GA characters. Also, oddly my cousin had beagles named Pete and Tillie.