It was excellent and, I believe, brought up an earlier case from the show.
Also, may have been repeated on Saturday night.
I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning.
Snyder ,'Showtime'
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]
sumi - Jan 19, 2009 6:06:48 am PST #2306 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
dcp - Jan 21, 2009 5:21:11 pm PST #2307 of 11831
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Did anyone else watch Lie To Me?
I only watched with half attention, had to get some cooking and some laundry done in prep for tomorrow, but it seemed interesting. A little more narrow gimmick than The Mentalist, I don't know if that will turn out to be a strength or a weakness. Just like The Mentalist, though, I think the more interesting stories would revolve around what happens when their conclusions turn out to be wrong. Infallibility is boring.
SailAweigh - Jan 21, 2009 5:29:52 pm PST #2308 of 11831
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I watched. I enjoyed it enough that I've added it to my season pass for now. I think it could become very johnny-one-note quickly, but I think they also put in enough interaction between the team members to make that a decent portion of the show, too.
tiggy - Jan 21, 2009 5:31:00 pm PST #2309 of 11831
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Infallibility is boring.
not when Simon Baker looks that adorable being infallible.
le nubian - Jan 21, 2009 5:32:09 pm PST #2310 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I didn't care for it actually. If I hadn't been watching the Mentalist already, I might feel differently, but two of the same kind of show? No can do.
sumi - Jan 21, 2009 9:25:18 pm PST #2311 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
I was going to record it but tivo can only grab two things at once and it ran into the 9 pm or Law & Order timeslot. (I was already recording Lost.)
If it doesn't do that next week, I might try it then.
See - I know I don't have Le nubian's problem because I already watch The Mentalist and Psych.
le nubian - Jan 22, 2009 5:38:45 am PST #2312 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ha! yeah, I can't get into Psych - but I'm not much for comedies except 30 Rock.
BTW, L&O has been firing on all cylinders lately. I liked this week's ep also, especially the last 5-10 minutes.
sumi - Jan 22, 2009 5:47:38 am PST #2313 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, L&O has been excellent.
(BTW, I thought Jack's dad was a NY cop - but now he was Chicago cop. Huh.)
Hil R. - Jan 22, 2009 8:02:25 am PST #2314 of 11831
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
On House this week: Foreman is a lying liar who lies. Not cool. He seems to keep jumping back and forth over the "don't want to be like House" line, and lying to Thirteen about changing the appointment times is definitely on the wrong side of it.
beekaytee - Jan 22, 2009 9:55:18 am PST #2315 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
Turns out Lie to Me is educational!
It's ripped directly from Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink, down to the Kato Kailin footage, the scorn look in marriage...even the lead character's name...Lightman, versus Gottman (the scientist who studies facial expression and truth).
eta: 2 more things. I'm grateful that Roth is using his own accent and I'm wondering how rigorous the casting for this show will have to be. Being able to mimic specific micro-expressions can't be a universal skill.
Despite my rampant Simon Baker love, The Mentalist has sort of lost me...what with the crummy writing and cliches. I like the sciency aspect of LtM. It's less magical and handwavey.
Plus. It's DC. And cool music. And moral amiguity-a-mundo.
Okay. Going on record with: I like it.