NBC canceled Medium, CBS decided to pick it up and insulted NBC in the process:
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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]
le nubian - May 19, 2009 12:06:38 pm PDT #3227 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Ginger - May 19, 2009 12:20:12 pm PDT #3228 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
CBS's assertion that NBC doesn't have anything better to offer is not wrong.
Did Medium watchers notice how the storyline last night cut the acting budget for next year?
Dana - May 19, 2009 12:23:19 pm PDT #3229 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Maybe NBC would like to invest in Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Toddson - May 19, 2009 12:43:55 pm PDT #3230 of 11831
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Tonight is also, I believe, the Mentalist finale.
§ ita § - May 19, 2009 1:08:44 pm PDT #3231 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Simon Baker was in what I assume was a typically trite CBS morning show interview where they said that tonight he meets Red John and that Red John will be an antagonist for many seasons to come. So we'll see how that works out. Because it sure looked like they had Red John in custody.
dcp - May 19, 2009 4:39:21 pm PDT #3232 of 11831
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Mentalist: IME "Tagliaferro" is pronounced "Tolliver" in the US. Not so?
Juliebird - May 19, 2009 5:02:44 pm PDT #3233 of 11831
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Was the The Mentalist doing some strange tip of the hat to Life there at the end?
I mean, without that shorthand, what else would one get out of seeing Jane plucking an orange off the tree mean?
Which immediately sent my tired brain into "CBS is gonna be the new home for Charlie and Dani!"
Monique - May 19, 2009 5:16:54 pm PDT #3234 of 11831
Nicholas Brendon's on the finale of "Without a Trace" right now.
Morgana - May 19, 2009 5:17:40 pm PDT #3235 of 11831
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I mean, without that shorthand, what else would one get out of seeing Jane plucking an orange off the tree mean?
I've never seen Life. I assumed it was them saying hey! it's California, or it was just Jane wandering around doing one of those offbeat, lost in his own world things he does so often.
Juliebird - May 19, 2009 5:34:24 pm PDT #3236 of 11831
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Morgana, with familiarity with Life, that scene was a callback to Lisbon yelling at Jane when he was all "I'd prefer to die if it meant the downfall of Red John" and she was all "You're wrong, you choose life, you have people who care about you." The picking of the orange brings to mind Charlie's orange grove, and thus the scene is Jane choosing l/Life. Which fits with Jane shooting (literally) his chance at finding Red John in order to save a friend. Friends/life trumped revenge.