Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.

'Destiny'


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]


Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2009 7:03:54 am PDT #2952 of 11831
brillig

I saw a LOL of Hugh Laurie as Prince George from Black Adder, with the caption "It's never lupus!" So, so weird to realize those are teh same guys.


Java cat - Apr 24, 2009 5:29:04 pm PDT #2953 of 11831
Not javachik

I could see the plot stretching out to the end from the beginning of Medium, but enjoyed the flashback as a device to shake up their storytelling. I'm starting to feel for the writers. There's little that they've done lately that isn't a variation of something they've done before. Still, I like their family, and being a lightweight in this department, it's the only show that I'll watch that's a little scary. It's kind of fun being a little bit scared.


-t - Apr 25, 2009 6:55:37 pm PDT #2954 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

other characters aren't acknowledging missing people except for the cousin that didn't show up and the girl who was hanged.

Uncle Ripped-in-Half "sent" a text message to the groom saying he was shacked up with some woman and not to worry. Which puts a damper on my rogue alligator theory.

I can kind of see everyone just thinking that whoever is missing is just somewhere else and surely they will run into them again soon. The nonchalance about the traps is pretty strange, but I'm enjoying everyone acting suspicious all over the place and people getting killed when only we can see, so I'm okay with it.


§ ita § - Apr 25, 2009 8:12:22 pm PDT #2955 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Harper's Island still isn't a procedural, is it? Have we extended the "figure out the case" past an episode? While i understand it's a mystery, I didn't think it met the definition of the term as we were using it.


le nubian - Apr 26, 2009 4:38:23 am PDT #2956 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Well, the sheriff is now trying to figure out what is going on. It actually may become a procedural in spite of itself. It would help if they start acknowledging the murders.


-t - Apr 26, 2009 8:07:56 am PDT #2957 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

No, I guess it isn't a procedural. Should all that be whitefonted, or should we just not continue the off-topic in here?

On topic: Lie to Me: I think my favorite part of this show is the blog by the guy that Lightman is based on [link] .


brenda m - Apr 26, 2009 8:24:26 am PDT #2958 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

We should move the discussion to Natter, ideally.


le nubian - Apr 26, 2009 8:47:49 am PDT #2959 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

too bad! I'll miss the discussion here. Carry on!


-t - Apr 26, 2009 8:56:17 am PDT #2960 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

No, right, sorry, I meant do we move the discussion or move the discussion and also wf previous discussion. That's usual for off-topic but aired on TV stuff, right, whitefont?


Jesse - Apr 26, 2009 1:20:56 pm PDT #2961 of 11831
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't think it needs to be whitefonted, but HI is definitely not a procedural. FTR.