One of the things that I don't like about procedurals is the way that they broadcast the villain with casting. Tonight, when I saw Bruno Campos, I knew that he had to be the villan because they wouldn't waste a throwaway part on a good actor. Maybe I watch too much TV.

Lifetime thrillers are worse. I was visiting a friend, she had one on and paused it. I said "the blond lady did it."

"Have you seen it?, cause if you have that is not cool". my friend said.

"Oh no", I replied, never see it. "But one of the characters is the viewpoint heroine. One is the sensitive love interest with the rough-hewn exterior who can't be the bad guy. From body language, the three other women are supporting characters. So the blond is the only one left who could be the murderer. "

I don't think Hardison is fucked up at all. Wacky and nerdy, but not fucked up. Eliot has some anger issues.

Of course, that's true. I don't think Hardison is fucked-up at all. (Though given his tendency to choose crime and irresistible attraction to attractive criminals, Sterling might disagree! Hell, Nate might disagree.) But while Eliot has anger issues, he's managing them, which in my book means, "not fucked-up". Fucked-up would be not managing them and letting them fuck up his life, which likely is what happened to him to set him on this particular path. But yeah, still more fucked-up than Hardison.

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I've just been catching up on JR's blog, and this made me laugh and laugh (addressing Elliot's relative togetherness compared to some of the team):

But I have no problem with a character who's got it pretty together compared to the others. I'm not Whedon, for chrissake.

Frank, I'm now wondering what it says about me (us) that I love Whedon characters so.

It's not like John's not writing Nate as a bastard. He's hardly sunshine, unicorns, and puppies.

Also, he's a Whedon fan.

I noticed last night's White Collar had an insurance company called Sterling Bosch. I couldn't help but wonder if that was a Leverage ref.

Also, he's a Whedon fan.

Oh, I figured as much. That's part of why I laughed.

I noticed last night's White Collar had an insurance company called Sterling Bosch. I couldn't help but wonder if that was a Leverage ref.

I was thinking the same thing. It amuses me, intentional reference or not.

Nate is totally sunshine, unicorns, and puppies! Sunshine burns. Puppies bite. Unicorns have pointy horns. Like Nate, they're adorable but you don't want to fuck with them.

How is Nate even remotely adorable?