I would watch Hugh Laurie read the phone book every week, and I agree with -t that there has been some excellent episodes.
And now my boy's in love. All hearts and flowers. But, doesn't it freak you out that she used to change your diapers? I mean, when you think about it, the first woman you boned is the closest thing you've ever had to a mother. Doing your mom and trying to kill your dad. Hm. There should be a play.
Angelus ,'Damage'
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]
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."
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.
Java cat - Jul 16, 2009 3:08:37 pm PDT #3399 of 11831
Not javachik
That sounds logical, and the other does not. Now I wonder what (if anything) the vertical lines on nails mean. Does the hivemind know?
There's something screwy with how my cable connects with my Tivo, drat. I am sad about all the Closers I have missed, but help has been called.
I've always thought CSI:NY was the lamest. I'm excluding Miami, which I cannot be paid to watch, for that is how much I can't stand D. Caruso's thespian-ing. I was glad Lt. Dan got a TV gig and the guy who was on Friends is always eye candy. Yeah, too lazy to IMDB. And mem fault. eta: are there just the three? Prime/Las Vegas, Miami, NY? I guess so.
erikaj - Jul 16, 2009 3:58:12 pm PDT #3400 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
I think you can learn a lot about someone's health that way, but I don't remember specifics.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2009 4:44:47 pm PDT #3401 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think there's much of a coin toss between NY and Vegas, really, other than which cast you prefer. Miami just sucks.
Kristen - Jul 16, 2009 4:58:32 pm PDT #3402 of 11831
I watch CSI: Agent Orange during the off-season.
I just saw this episode where Delko was staying at some fleabag motel and there was a shooting. I noticed that Horatio put ON the SOJs as he was talking to Delko and I thought, "Delko is a suspect! Horatio doesn't want him to see his eyes!"
Then I laughed my ass off.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2009 6:28:20 pm PDT #3403 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Enjoyable when viewed as a comedy. They are the singular worst TV show team ever. More incompetent than even Primeval.