But it is a very interesting episode.
Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.
'Out Of Gas'
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 - Jun 02, 2009 12:00:06 pm PDT #3328 of 11831
brillig
aurelia - Jun 02, 2009 12:05:24 pm PDT #3329 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I don't know. I thought that ending was sort of in the spirit of the ending of The Gift. It looked like they created a potential series finale and when they knew they were coming back added the "to be continued".
beekaytee - Jun 02, 2009 12:19:23 pm PDT #3330 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
It was my least favorite Medium of the season. Though I liked the actor who ended up being corrupt!guy . I'm hoping that the network hopping either leads to a 'phew, that whole thing was a bad dream!' or a 'Whuh? What are you talking about, we never saw the episode of which you speak.'
The outcome felt like, Brain tumor. Really? Stupid midichlorians.
Ginger - Jun 02, 2009 1:16:16 pm PDT #3331 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If I were in charge of television, comas would be banned as a plot device. Also on the list: human-alien hybrids, magical pregnancies, undercover assignments in which characters who are attracted to each other play a married couple, promos that say "the team loses one of its own" when the victim turns out to be someone we've met once, hacking into computer systems by typing random keys really fast and people who don't wear seatbelts.
Dana - Jun 02, 2009 1:18:36 pm PDT #3332 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
undercover assignments in which characters who are attracted to each other play a married couple
Aww, I love that one.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 02, 2009 1:22:10 pm PDT #3333 of 11831
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Me too, Dana.
Wierdly, Arcadia is the only episode of the XiFiles I have seen. And I have seen it several times, just flipping through channels.
Liese S. - Jun 02, 2009 1:37:10 pm PDT #3334 of 11831
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
If I were in charge of television, comas would be banned as a plot device.
Hee. In classic Buffista style, I read this as "commas would be banned" and was all, what? No! And then I finished my double take and was fine. Yes. Comas. Fine.
aurelia - Jun 02, 2009 1:38:22 pm PDT #3335 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Arcadia
I love the moment when she suddenly realizes that she was patting his hand.
Morgana - Jun 02, 2009 1:43:14 pm PDT #3336 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
In classic Buffista style, I read this as
promos that say "the team loses one of its own" when the victim turns out to be someone we've met once, hacking into computer systems by typing random keys really fast and people who don't wear seatbelts.
Perhaps in my own classic Buffista style I conflated all the examples in the second quote, and was trying to figure out what stray team member we've seen die because they easily hacked into a computer system and didn't wear a seatbelt. Were they using a laptop? Maybe while driving? And then my brain wrenched its way back to the proper channel.
le nubian - Jun 02, 2009 5:00:39 pm PDT #3337 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh, I would watch Ginger's network. In a heartbeat. I feel like adding to your list, but that may suffice for now.
The problem with the Medium finale is that she JUST HAD a fucking medical crisis like 4 weeks ago - the ep with Jeffrey Tambor. They stack these medical crises on Allison as if anyone normal adult could still be mobile, walking around and employed by the DA's office.