Score one for the Aussie.Ha! Yeah, excellent differential, mate. Kind of like Falsone Syndrome at that...ie. a bunch of people deciding on some traits that the audience ought to dig/feel sympathy for and putting them all together instead of building a character. Falsone being the Poochie of H:LOTS fandom. And pretty much so hated there was a webpage. And several diehard fans who watched OZ and saw that same actor get burned to death told me later that it kind of made them happy. But then, my fandoms are often callous and strange.

Yeah. In most of these characters, the show was pretty good at creating people who all have a few really unlikable qualities, which makes them way more compelling characters. And there isn't always a reason for it, it's just the way they are. Pretty much everything unlikable or negative we've seen about Thirteen has been explicitly blamed on the Huntington's.

That's true, Hil. I never thought of it though. And Cameron already Decided To Live In The Face Of Death with stupid sex once anyway...maybe Thirteen should have gone skydiving instead of, well, never mind. I was about to say something really inappropriate. Without the mad diagnostic skills to back it up.

ETA: actually, should this be in Natter? I don't think this counts as a procedural, right?

brenda, it's being discussed in Cable Drama.

Oh, duh, I forgot about that thread.

I just Googled Huntington's Disease(You could call it a work thing, as, on occasion, I write postings about depictions of disability in pop culture...I'm debating not writing this one, actually, House has tended to dominate.) But in any event, at least one source lists "hypersexuality" as a cognitive HD symptom. Super-convenient for writing Thirteen, but kind of puts an unpleasant spin on her bisexuality, doesn't it. Not that sleeping with some chick whose name she either didn't, or barely knew, a few weeks ago didn't already do that.

Didn't totally hate Life tonight, except... is it just me, or did Dani's boobs increase by two cup sizes again?

Bwah!

And next week: the Russians!

I've very worried about Ted.

Also, not understanding how that cop slipped the gun and coke onto the seat. Was the window open?

I didn't notice Dani's boobs, but man, that last scene left me with chills.

The cop didn't plant the gun and coke; they were planted before Ted started driving the car, and the cops were put on him to tail him, waiting for him to do something worth getting pulled over for. I'm worried about him too.

I really enjoy Arkin in this role--so many times he plays an arrogant guy, or a defensive guy, or a guy with a level of confidence in him that seems untouchable; and you can kind of see that in Ted, in the Ted that used to be. But it's so very much not Ted now, and I really appreciate that quality in his acting.

Ooh, it's a switcheroo on last night's Law & Order -- I thought Heather Materazzo was the famous-guest-star-actual-killer, but no! Vivica Fox takes the crown. Apparently.