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.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
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]
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
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.
beekaytee - Jan 22, 2009 12:52:29 pm PST #2316 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
Oh man. I had just started to like Knight Rider...much against my own better judgement. Then, this last episode? Defined the shark jump on a level the Fonz could never have imagined. I was quite actually squinting at the screen with a whattheeverlovingfuck expression that frightened my poor dog.
Pass the brain bleach and a judgment upgrade chip. I am so ashamed.
Wait. Is KR more appropriate in Boxed Set?
Juliebird - Jan 22, 2009 1:12:50 pm PST #2317 of 11831
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
damn you bonny, like I needed another show to watch! But I share your disappointment with The Mentalist, so caved and checked out Lie To Me.
Really really liked it. Instantly liked all the characters, the pace, the dialogue, the relationships, Brendan Hines! (*misses Middleman) Tim Guinee! (be squishable like Tobin, please? and not nefarious) the fabulous sets (lots of clean whites and funky lines), the fact that there is in fact a character that proclaimedly always tells the truth. Loved how the various truths bounced around who the killer might be.