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This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]

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Morgana - May 21, 2008 5:00:18 pm PDT #1332 of 11831
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

The criticism of "House" that I've seen, that it follows a format so closely and predictably that it has become stale and uninteresting, was not alleviated by the finalists. They just introduced a large cast of people I knew I didn't need to bother to care about, since most of them wouldn't last, and frankly I still don't care about them. And the format of the show stil has not changed. Patient shows up, House isn't interested, has to be forced to take the case, and the team makes a wrong diagnosis (or two or three) before saving the patient just before almost inevitable death. I know there were a few (very, very few) episodes that deviated (House goes to the CIA site, the doctor at the south pole, and the finale), but really the formula is as set in concrete as that of "Law and Order." I watch mostly for the House and Wilson interludes.

SailAweigh - May 21, 2008 5:03:00 pm PDT #1333 of 11831
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I watch mostly for the House and Wilson interludes.

Amen.

billytea - May 21, 2008 5:04:42 pm PDT #1334 of 11831
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I watch mostly for the House and Wilson interludes.

That's definitely something I'm enjoying more this season. Wilson is more fun than he was in Season 3.

Jesse - May 21, 2008 5:06:31 pm PDT #1335 of 11831
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

In other Criminal Minds news, HOLY CLIFFHANGER.

billytea - May 21, 2008 5:08:59 pm PDT #1336 of 11831
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

In other Criminal Minds news, HOLY CLIFFHANGER.

The Pope's on life support, Terri Schiavo style?

le nubian - May 21, 2008 5:33:47 pm PDT #1337 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

man. I'm not liking the season finales this year. I cannot recall being more depressed or dissatisfied in any tv season.

Criminal Minds just adds to my dissatisfaction. If "Lost" is fucked up, I will be in a mood for weeks.

Jesse - May 21, 2008 6:06:29 pm PDT #1338 of 11831
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The Pope's on life support, Terri Schiavo style?

Yes! How did you guess??

I'm assuming it's the New Orleans guy who'll bite it, but he wasn't in the truck, was he?

sumi - May 21, 2008 7:45:38 pm PDT #1339 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!

No, he wasn't.

Evil cliffhanger.

And how is it that wherever they go, they always have giant black SUVs to drive? (Seems impractical in NYC, for instance.)

L&O: Looks like there are going to be plenty of political shenanigans next season.

sj - May 22, 2008 6:30:56 am PDT #1340 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

L&O: I don't like how they're moving away from the random people finding a body in the beginning. The start of this episode was more L&O:CI rather than L&O.

sumi - May 22, 2008 6:36:04 am PDT #1341 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!

They've been doing that fairly consistently this season. I don't know why.

Although, how random could the person be when the body isn't out in a public place?

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