this is a pretty persuasive article about "moonlighting" and that leads having sex aren't a death knell.
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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]
le nubian - Oct 21, 2009 5:36:50 am PDT #3877 of 11835
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Vortex - Oct 21, 2009 5:38:46 am PDT #3878 of 11835
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think that it's not necessarily that the leads having sex is a death knell, it's that when they decide that the leads should have sex, it's usually a last ditch effort to save the show because nothing else (including the sexual tension) is working. So, the show is probably ending anyway, and the sex is an attempt to save it.
Connie Neil - Oct 21, 2009 6:13:33 am PDT #3879 of 11835
brillig
I hope Booth and Bones don't get together because that relationship would be a train wreck. They don't connect on some fundamental levels, most importantly religion. One of them would have to change in a major way to keep religion from being a nasty divider. Some people think fights and drama make a relationship exciting, but it makes things in the real world nasty, and the whole lab would take up sides, and it would turn into even more of a soap opera than it is.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 21, 2009 6:37:37 am PDT #3880 of 11835
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think that it's not necessarily that the leads having sex is a death knell, it's that when they decide that the leads should have sex, it's usually a last ditch effort to save the show because nothing else (including the sexual tension) is working. So, the show is probably ending anyway, and the sex is an attempt to save it.
Vortex nails it. It's pretty much the same as Poochie & Cousin Oliver.
Scrappy - Oct 21, 2009 7:09:51 am PDT #3881 of 11835
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Loved the hug and kiss at the end of Lie to Me. It's what I would do with a friend, but the way the actors worked it so the hug was more romantic than the kiss was perfection.
sumi - Oct 21, 2009 9:59:37 am PDT #3882 of 11835
Art Crawl!!!
CBS is going to play the episode of Cold Case that was originally scheduled for October 18th on October 25th.
And they're going to repeat the Sunday episode of Three Rivers this coming Saturday at 8 pm Easter/7 Central.
(From The Futon Critic.
Hil R. - Oct 21, 2009 2:59:59 pm PDT #3883 of 11835
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Interesting post about the portrayal of pain management and addiction on House: [link]
msbelle - Oct 21, 2009 4:38:08 pm PDT #3884 of 11835
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
East Coasters who watch Criminal Minds - I am on about 20-30 minutes delay. Are they trafficing babies is this going to be an adoption nightmare show? Not sure I can watch that.
sarameg - Oct 21, 2009 4:54:31 pm PDT #3885 of 11835
There's no custody fight thing or child ripped away from non-psycho adoptive parents but it this is a seriously fucked up concept.
Hil R. - Oct 21, 2009 4:56:35 pm PDT #3886 of 11835
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Why is the prosecution lawyer not objecting to pretty much every single one of these questions that the defense is asking Rosie Perez's character?