I think it is one of the best shows on tv right now.

I'm enjoying Justified more than anything else on tv right now.

wrod. By the way, hate The Americans. Not that the two thoughts were related, apart from Yost.

Is it something they did today? I liked last week.

I'm behind on Justified, but White Collar is a perfect pre-Supernatural amuse bouche. No one not working a Kripke legacy is doing a bromance more justice. I love those two crazy kids, and the wife and the sidekick. An OT4 seems excessive, but if the hats fit...

Tim DeKay directed this one--weirdly once he got injured I wondered if he'd have a low screentime episode, aka the actor/director's excuse, but he seemed to be plenty present in this one anyway.

And Diahann Caroll singing makes up for Bill Bellamy's really signposted acting.

Just saw the pilot, ita. It just didn't do it for me, and I'm not sure why(although part of it is the hooker wig and the cutaway to the mark's...I don't know, blow-job face. But if I already liked the show, I doubt that would shake me to my foundations or anything.)

That wasn't just a blow job face. That was also a losing-my-butt-cherry face.

I'm curious to see if they can portray sympathetic anti-US spies without showing them drink the Constitutional Kool Aid. If they manage that, I might stay around. Also depends on Felicity's attitude towards sex. If she suddenly starts associating it with intimacy and it in any way prevents her from using it as a tool, I'm out. I hate the whole Sabine I've-been-trading-sex-for-money-for-years-but-now-that-I-love-never-again bullshit. I don't believe there's either a switch or a one-way door. They're moderately able to let men sleep around to get things that aren't financial security or love, so please to let women do so also.

To be honest, half of my appreciation of the show is tied up in its attitude to sex (FX--finger up the butt, revenge anal, M/M handjob--hello Skinemax lite) and its attitude to patriotism. Those can change on a dime, and so goes my nation.

Among all of the other things to love about White Collar, I love how/how much they've used Diahann Carroll. I feel like that kind of character either disappears forever, or somehow has to become "part of the gang," when in real life, you do know people that you see sometimes, sometimes spend more time with, sometimes see in passing, etc.

She was used to great effect in this one! I'm a little disappointed in El's lie to Peter to keep him safe stance, but I think it will probably resolve more to my liking eventually.

I am 14 minutes through this episode of Suits, and I need to take a break and get a screencap of Jessica flipping the bird.

I know that shows tend to give lawyers superpowers, especially our heroes and their nemeses, but I especially love the way they've given one of these lawyers an actual "power" and he's still not the best (although remarkable) in the room--in fact, pretty white dick doesn't have the biggest balls in any given room (to use Zane's epithet). It's an interesting way to have a barrage of competence porn, but we're talking 1 profession, 2 jobs, max.

And also so little court. That's also nice.

Makes me wonder though--which law shows have the least. I'd imagine L&O has a pretty decent guarantee of courtroom every week, but each show has their typical formulaic amount per 42 minutes. I'm curious about that breakdown.

Okay, off to find the unexpected competitor for best screencap of the week (a week which includes sassy golems and M/M tango). And also finish watching the episode.

If anyone has exceeded the bar for suspension of legal disbelief that Drop Dead Diva set, I've yet to run across it.