I actually thought we would have more stuff about how fucked up Jane is. Not so much in the whole season.
Right? Of course, the last time I wanted a show to be darker, I got season 2 of Eureka.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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]
Juliebird - Jul 10, 2009 11:18:14 am PDT #3389 of 11831
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
le nubian - Jul 10, 2009 11:30:46 am PDT #3390 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
hahaha. damn.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 10, 2009 5:29:33 pm PDT #3391 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I pretty much just watch House for Laurie (not so much House so to speak, more of watching an actorly exercise) and Wilson (definitely the character).
Since I've been sloooooowly getting through my box set of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" it's making things so surreal. I'm sure there are several House fans I could drop that on that would make their heads explode.
Also, I'm completely in love with Stephen Fry's various shaker dances. Those who have seen the series (last two) will know what I mean.
I'd known Laurie before from a number of things, but when I first saw previews for House I didn't even quite recognize him (and I don't remember if he was named in the early previews). When I read it was him it made it a must watch for me. I honestly didn't think it would make it a whole season. Heh.
I figure this must be all somewhat akin to those who knew McShane only from Lovejoy, and then stumbled into Deadwood (smoochies to Erika), only even more extreme.
erikaj - Jul 10, 2009 5:37:57 pm PDT #3392 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Aw, shucks, really? Although offering smoochies while talking about Deadwood could be a scenario where your mouth writes checks other parts can't cash.(But I can't do that...you take krav with my wife, right?) Maybe the Lovejoy moment was a lot like watching Major Dad be super-evil and try to destroy a community? Because that was kinda "No way!" about Deadwood for me.Well, that and my watching a Western. But then I also intended to watch House to mock Laurie's crip impression. Which I could not manage; he's too good at it, and the writers don't usually have him super-mobile for his situation, but I and my tens of readers were on the alert.
-t - Jul 10, 2009 5:56:47 pm PDT #3393 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, Laurie makes House seem like a much more interesting character than he's written to be. House has had a few really excellent episodes, so I will keep watching in the hopes that the next one will be one of those.
sj - Jul 10, 2009 6:03:22 pm PDT #3394 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I would watch Hugh Laurie read the phone book every week, and I agree with -t that there has been some excellent episodes.
erikaj - Jul 10, 2009 6:34:26 pm PDT #3395 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
And he can do (what seems like) most of the shit that actors put on their resumes but never seem to get really asked for. like juggling.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 10, 2009 7:48:00 pm PDT #3396 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
But I swear, watching Laurie on House is like the equivalent of watching one of the Pythons play, oh, say Buntz on Hill Street Blues (not that the shows are remotely comparable). It just doesn't compute on a certain level. Yet he pulls it off.
Actually, I'm loving in the fourth series of Fry and Laurie that they are giving Hugh a musical bit every week.
erikaj - Jul 10, 2009 8:23:25 pm PDT #3397 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
OMG, no. Although the thought makes me chuckle... But if I didn't think Hugh Laurie was hilarious I couldn't like the stuff House says. If anybody else(except maybe Piven, who plays another character who is funny enough to be fucking horrifying on a weekly basis and make us love him anyway) said most of that stuff, I'd turn the channel on him.
Ginger - Jul 15, 2009 5:34:09 pm PDT #3398 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't normally watch CSI:NY, but I just saw the beginning and I must rant. They notice lines on the murder victim's nails and deduce that he had chemo. The lines are from the cuticle to the tip. Ummm, no. The lines go across the nail and represent the nail that was growing during each chemo dose.