What annoyed me from the first episode about "Burn Notice" were the lectures about spycraft, which sounded like bullshit to me. I'm sure some of what they said was coincidentally true, because that is always likely with extended bullshit, which is indifferent to truth of falsity. At any rate, the "spycraft" annoyed me so much I never got into the show. I gather that is not the only annoying t hing about the show. And no doubt it has its virtues. Just one of those irrational things where a particular minor annoyance kept me from every weighing overall pros and cons.

Burn Notice was one of those shows that I watched without being into. I don't really like any of the characters other than his mother, and she gets the stupid ball handed to her way more than makes sense. Michael is not as perfect as the text says, and the slow burn of hooking back up with one of TV's least convincing badass women (who spent the start of the series whining and overstepping ex-girlfriend status (she's now dating someone else, but threw a fit at Michael for sleeping with someone as part of a con-I don't get spy sex morality, clearly--they should have a speechover about that)). And I don't love Bruce Campbell as much as people are supposed to.

But, I kept watching casually because...action??

I don't know how much of the spycraft "tips" were bullshit or not--I just know when they got near anything I knew about, the level of smugness in the tone wasn't quite warranted.

Grabbed an ep of King & Maxwell because Kane is on it. As is Dichen Lachman, it seems, in a more regular role. I often forget that CK isn't part of the Jossian cohort like many of the co-stars.

As is Dichen Lachman, it seems, in a more regular role.

Rain check.

I'm sorry?

I always liked the spycraft tips in Burn Notice, not really caring if they were in any way accurate. Vaguely Macgyverish is good enough for me. They've been less fun the last couple of seasons or so, though.

Did you see Michael being the bestest little spy ever thanks to abuse from his father?

I wanted to stand up and yell "THIS IS NOT JOHN WINCHESTER. IF IT HAD BEEN, WE'D HAVE BEEN TOLD. THIS IS WHAT THE THING YOU'RE WRITING HIM AS LOOKS LIKE."

Don't know how often it translates into immunity from head games and shitloads of drugs, but enh.

I absolutely made the John Winchester comparison in my head!

::rationalist high five::

So many fics write Papa Winchester like Papa Westin, and the canon is markedly different. Just sayin'.

I've read a lot about Orphan Black lately, mostly people hoping Tatiana Maslany would get an Emmy nod for acting (she did not), and was pleased to discover the show listed in the normal Comcast On Demand list. I'm not sure where it airs; is it a cable show, and belongs here? I'm three eps in, and enjoying it more than Dexter or True Blood - the fun of something new, I suppose.

It's been discussed in Boxed Set.