This was very grumpy-making last night: my Tivo deleted all the new Closer eps for no apparent reason. Grr. I want to see the Kitty one.
Sounds like you bought a Tino by accident.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
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]
Frankenbuddha - Jul 10, 2009 3:54:39 am PDT #3376 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
beekaytee - Jul 10, 2009 4:51:55 am PDT #3377 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
How is it that Life is dead but The Mentalist lives on?
The story is about a former Unusuals cast member joining the show. I liked the Unusuals much more than the Mentalist. Sigh.
brenda m - Jul 10, 2009 4:56:51 am PDT #3378 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
The Mentalist has grown on me. (Also, Direct TV runs Smith right after Mentalist so it's kind of fun to watch Simon Baker go from his Mentalist character to [smoking hot] psycho hit man in quick succession.
beekaytee - Jul 10, 2009 5:10:43 am PDT #3379 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
I like the Jane, Cho and Rigsby characters but the writing...it just grated on me after awhile. Which says something about how winsome actors and characters can only go so far to carry a show.
Now I'm off to think of shows that I watched solely for the actor/character. None leap immediately to mind. Though I will confess to giving certain shows/movies a lot of latitude on that count.
le nubian - Jul 10, 2009 8:08:07 am PDT #3380 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I liked The Mentalist more in the beginning than toward the end of the season. I actually thought we would have more stuff about how fucked up Jane is. Not so much in the whole season.
I'm not sure why I watched the full season and not sure if there is a good enough reason to start watching it in the Fall.
erikaj - Jul 10, 2009 9:36:44 am PDT #3381 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Honestly, if I hadn't loved Hugh-Laurie-as-House so much I'd have given up on it before this. The premise started as intriguing, but has become a bit of a formula now.
beekaytee - Jul 10, 2009 9:46:40 am PDT #3382 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
I had given up on House except for the skippity-fast-forwardy rushing through an episode if I was interested in the guest star...i.e.Marvin Aday!...but was sucked back in through the last two episodes of last season. Now I'm intrigued to see what happens in the institution.
And while I was hugely intrigued by the premise, I'll probably only watch Lie To Me for the Roth moments from now on.
Connie Neil - Jul 10, 2009 9:50:55 am PDT #3383 of 11831
brillig
House actually dealing with his issues is very interesting. I'm glad the producers realized that "nasty but brilliant" only goes so far.
msbelle - Jul 10, 2009 9:52:17 am PDT #3384 of 11831
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I had never watched, but got intrigued with the discussion here on the last season, so I started taping all episodes. I was getting this past season and season 1 and wow, the lack of character development was pretty shocking. in most cases the characters were working through the same type of issues in seaon 1 and the current season, most especially House. So, for me, a no go.
Connie Neil - Jul 10, 2009 10:15:49 am PDT #3385 of 11831
brillig
The character that's changed most, I think, is Wilson, currently, followed, possibly, by Cuddy. Adding another group of minions stood in for development of the first group.