So far interesting beginning and premise for Cold Case
Wesley: I stabbed you. I should apologize for that. But I'm honestly not sure how. I think it'll just be awkward. Gunn: Good call. Wesley: Okay.
'Time Bomb'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Barb - Oct 12, 2008 4:34:37 pm PDT #1903 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”
sarameg - Oct 12, 2008 4:59:29 pm PDT #1904 of 11831
Oh yeah. CC nearly always makes me cry, and this is no exception. For more than just the story.
Barb - Oct 12, 2008 5:22:24 pm PDT #1905 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”
I know, doesn't it? And because this same kind of storyline is a secondary thread in the sixties story I'm working on, it's hitting even closer to home than usual.
As usual, I nailed the whodunnit early on, but not the exact reason why-- that's what this show is so incredibly brilliant at.
sarameg - Oct 12, 2008 5:32:01 pm PDT #1906 of 11831
They tend to have a mystery that, well, it isn't that it isn't important, but the path and character of the people is more important. The murder mystery is only a tool for us to get to know the people and circumstances.
It reminds me (especially this ep, because of the time period) of Sena Jeter-Naslund's Four Spirits. Drenched in a time, but what sucks you in and twists you up is that not only do you care about the historical character still mourned (and you know how that ends), you sign on to the fictional ones as well. CC builds the fictional in a realm known. And you don't know how it ends for the fictional and it is wrenching.
Scrappy - Oct 13, 2008 9:52:28 am PDT #1907 of 11831
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Watched LoM last night. I liked Jason O'Mara, which I didn't expect since I loved John Simm so much. The DH and I both thought Keitel blew, though. Maybe it's because Philip Glenister's Gene Hunt was so impressively organic and real. Keitel seemed to be all bluster without much behind it.
erikaj - Oct 13, 2008 9:54:49 am PDT #1908 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
He did kind of dominate the scenes too much.
Barb - Oct 13, 2008 10:00:45 am PDT #1909 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”
Like I said earlier upthread, the one place I really enjoyed Keitel was in his interaction with the grandma. He really understood what made her tick and what would get her to talk. If they have a better balance between the bluster and the old-school insightfulness, it might really work as a nice counterpart to O'Mara's by the book approach.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 13, 2008 10:13:01 am PDT #1910 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That's the one bit of re-casting I regret. I like Keitel, but I really would have liked to see Colm Meaney give it a go.
Barb - Oct 13, 2008 10:19:25 am PDT #1911 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”
Ooooh... yeah. That would've been something.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 14, 2008 3:30:15 pm PDT #1912 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Dammit! I keep losing my Fox series subs on my DVR, and when I reset HOUSE I didn't notice I'd done the high-def channel. I missed the first 15 of this. Was House's dad the one who was the opening incident, or was it the chick who Kumar (I can't remember the newbies characters' names to save my life) is doting on?