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Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

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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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Barb - Sep 03, 2008 6:25:38 pm PDT #1621 of 11831

“Not dead yet!”

Mark Valley did that Booth role a lot more naturally and subtly in Keen Eddie. Way too over the top.

Well, and the way that Keen Eddie was filmed, in and of itself was sort of over the top and Monty was such a great foil for him (love me some Julian Rhind-Tutt). If Mark had overplayed it would have really stuck out, don't you think?

brenda m - Sep 03, 2008 6:27:33 pm PDT #1622 of 11831

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

Man I wish that show had lasted. It was like an inverted DueSouth.

Barb - Sep 03, 2008 6:56:14 pm PDT #1623 of 11831

“Not dead yet!”

Man I wish that show had lasted. It was like an inverted DueSouth.

Oh yeah-- it was so completely and utterly bent. I would've loved to have seen where they would have taken it.

aurelia - Sep 03, 2008 7:07:51 pm PDT #1624 of 11831

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Was the Gravedigger plotline ever resolved?

Connie Neil - Sep 03, 2008 7:11:57 pm PDT #1625 of 11831

brillig

Was the Gravedigger plotline ever resolved?

No, darn it.

edit: I wonder if we'll see Max again. I like Max Keenan.

Sheryl - Sep 04, 2008 3:10:42 pm PDT #1626 of 11831

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Meh. Too much soap opera for my taste last night. If this is the direction they're going this season, I'm out. (It doesn't hurt that a show I'm looking forward to will be airing at the same time in a few weeks)

Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2008 5:13:48 pm PDT #1627 of 11831

brillig

I think Clark leaving with "I want to work in real lab!" was an acknowledgement of the heightened level of soap opera. Maybe that's why they broke up Hodgins and Angela, unless the writers drag in some sort of family-oriented drama, the two of them being married doesn't advance the show.

Morgana - Sep 04, 2008 8:04:17 pm PDT #1628 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

Or the writers will just put them back together again two episodes from now.

fialka - Sep 05, 2008 2:15:43 am PDT #1629 of 11831

I am leaving. You are about to explode. ~Teal'c, 'Talion'

the two of them being married doesn't advance the show.

I think I'd be happier if they'd stop 'advancing' the show and remember that even a character-driven procedural needs some vaguely logical procedure. I really don't think Scotland Yard would allow the FBI anywhere near the murder of one of its own, let along bring the body to a dimly-lit wine cellar to be autopsied by a civilian foreigner.

Between that, and the American Idiot in London stereotyping, I just couldn't wave my hands fast enough to enjoy this one, though I really really wanted to love it.

Barb - Sep 05, 2008 2:30:38 am PDT #1630 of 11831

“Not dead yet!”

Maybe that's why they broke up Hodgins and Angela, unless the writers drag in some sort of family-oriented drama, the two of them being married doesn't advance the show.

There's a definite reason they broke them up and I'm not crazy about it, from a not advancing the story POV. It's been all over the preview magazines but just in case no one wants to be spoiled, whitefont following:

Having established last year that Angela's bi, she's going to have a female lover through at least part of the season.

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