Yeah, I pretty much leave NCIS:LA on because it's right after NCIS. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. I think I watched the first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes and got all I wanted from this last episode.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
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]
SailAweigh - Oct 08, 2009 10:29:37 am PDT #3743 of 11842
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Connie Neil - Oct 08, 2009 10:31:38 am PDT #3744 of 11842
brillig
I like the girl and the newbie on NCIS:LA, the angst between G and Sam makes it seem like the producers are hoping the slash writers will take notice.
SailAweigh - Oct 08, 2009 10:33:54 am PDT #3745 of 11842
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I know! It seems like they set it up just for that and it kinda grosses me out. I wanna come by the slash naturally, if you wanna call it that.
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2009 10:37:51 am PDT #3746 of 11842
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The girl dry cleans her jeans. I'm not sure I can get over that. The newbie's kinda sweet, though. Even if his emotional arc is telegraphed from a couple miles away.
I don't see angst between Sam and G, I just see slightly forced bromance. They're trying to force the chemistry, and I'm just not feeling it yet.
§ ita § - Oct 09, 2009 3:04:36 am PDT #3747 of 11842
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like the break of structure in last night's Mentalist. People stepped out of their places. I'm not a big fan of Tunney's range, but I think she played the breakdown well.
And I totally got that it was the psychiatrist from early on. Not how or why, but I figured he can mess with her memory and he can mess with Jane's hypnosis results.
Barb - Oct 09, 2009 3:37:53 am PDT #3748 of 11842
“Not dead yet!”
And I totally got that it was the psychiatrist from early on.
Strangely enough, that didn't ping for me until fairly late. I think it's because I was just so caught up in everyone stepping out of their prescribed roles a bit. It was really interesting and I like what they didn't show us almost more than what they did show us.
§ ita § - Oct 09, 2009 4:11:21 am PDT #3749 of 11842
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking of changes of structure I don't think the CSI one worked nearly as well. Too much (boring) time with the perpetrator/flashback to the victim, not enough crimesolving.
sumi - Oct 09, 2009 5:22:41 am PDT #3750 of 11842
Art Crawl!!!
Man, Southland has been canceled - two weeks before it's season 2 debut.
Need to rewatch Mentalist (I fell asleep) and also, watch CM. . . FB is eating my tv watching time. Although, actually on Wednesday it was shopping that was eating my tv watching time.
Kathy A - Oct 09, 2009 7:06:57 am PDT #3751 of 11842
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What I liked about last night's CSI was their casting of Tim Blake Nelson, who's one of my favorite nerdy-type character actors. But, the overall structure of the show was definitely not very successful.
le nubian - Oct 09, 2009 7:13:15 am PDT #3752 of 11842
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Speaking of changes of structure I don't think the CSI one worked nearly as well. Too much (boring) time with the perpetrator/flashback to the victim, not enough crimesolving.
Yes. IMO, if they had just done it "straight" - it probably would have worked better.
Problem is, I wasn't rooting for the victim. I wanted him dead myself and so therefore there wasn't a lot of tension.