Well, the character was a small town prosecutor in VA. Even if they hadn't been too late, he still wouldn't have been around (unless they did some lame "join mrs. lightman's firm" crap)
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
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]
Vortex - Oct 05, 2009 7:29:19 pm PDT #3700 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
§ ita § - Oct 05, 2009 8:05:52 pm PDT #3701 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They went and set him up with the backstory with Zoe. I totally wasn't expecting him to buy it. In fact, I thought the father was going to go after her and not him.
Ah, well. Onto his next guest appearance.
sumi - Oct 06, 2009 4:35:01 am PDT #3702 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
And he was actually TALLER than Tim Roth.
Ha.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 06, 2009 5:16:04 am PDT #3703 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You know, I finally figured out who Tim Roth is reminding me of with his weird posture/head tilting on Lie to Me - Chianna from Farscape.
Kathy A - Oct 06, 2009 7:00:17 am PDT #3704 of 11831
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I loved last night's Castle--probably one of my favorite eps yet. Great stuff with his mom (nice to see her getting some plotline), and the interplay between the two minion cops whose names I can never remember and Beckett was hilarious. They picked up on her knowledge of the modeling world really quick (it went right past Castle), and can apply their research skills to embarrassing effect. Finally, seeing how Castle took his foray into said world to heart was very sweet.
victor infante - Oct 06, 2009 7:26:15 am PDT #3705 of 11831
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Castle's gift is that he can walk right up to the line of being completely inappropriate before the streak of decency ropes him back in. Of course, his daughter's usually in that equation. Anything that reminds him of her tends to put the breaks on.
Also, "House" was interesting. I'm hoping the overwrought dictator storyline doesn't play out too long, although I suspect it will. That being said, I could watch James Earl Jones and Jesse Spencer talk about baseball scores.
erikaj - Oct 06, 2009 7:54:24 am PDT #3706 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
I like Castle and the cop but the cases are pretty weak. Maybe they should have them be full-on goofy, like "Monk" cases. Dag, I missed James Earl Jones? Gotta watch KO early on Mondays...
Kathy A - Oct 06, 2009 8:04:04 am PDT #3707 of 11831
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I just handwave the level of case difficulty on Castle. I've been recommending it to a lot of customers at the bookstore if I see them buying mystery books, but I tell them it's more about the characters than the cases. Definitely more of a '80s crimesolving tv show vibe than a 2000s police procedural.
Connie Neil - Oct 06, 2009 8:09:08 am PDT #3708 of 11831
brillig
"We're investigators." "We called your dad."
And Castle's line to his Mom: "Unemployed divas who live in glass houses--rent free--shouldn't throw stones."
It's nice to see family interaction without angst.
aurelia - Oct 06, 2009 8:10:19 am PDT #3709 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Definitely more of a '80s crimesolving tv show vibe than a 2000s police procedural.
It's certainly got some parallels to Remington Steele.