Interesting post about the portrayal of pain management and addiction on House
Good post. There's hasn't been enough criticism of the way the show handles all of that.
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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]
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 27, 2009 1:18:56 am PDT #3937 of 11831
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 2:56:37 am PDT #3938 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My only quibble with Castle was they went with the "traumatized kids" trope. But, otherwise, refreshingly non-judgmental. I'd be leery of, say, Bones tackling the same sub-culture.
Barb - Oct 27, 2009 4:27:43 am PDT #3939 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”
My only quibble with Castle was they went with the "traumatized kids" trope
Yeah, but it was nice how they integrated it, within the scope of the art, as opposed to strictly through the subculture. From that standpoint, I thought it was really well done.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 4:31:56 am PDT #3940 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
For lightweight, mainstream-network show, they handled it very well. For instance, the victim's bisexuality was brought up and absolutely nothing was made of it.
Vortex - Oct 27, 2009 6:01:15 am PDT #3941 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And the father/ daughter thing is getting better. he is being more of a dad. I liked it.
I really loved the switch from Happy!Shiny!Castle to Dad!Castle. I also loved that he went and got his daughter, no questions asked until everyone was safe.
sumi - Oct 27, 2009 6:08:18 am PDT #3942 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, that was great.
And they kind of undercut the childhood trauma thing with Castle's story.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 6:12:16 am PDT #3943 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And they kind of undercut the childhood trauma thing with Castle's story.
Yeah, I did like that a lot.
I also loved that he went and got his daughter, no questions asked until everyone was safe.
I liked that he wasn't going to lecture or yell, but he also wasn't going to let the friend off the hook with her parents.
Vortex - Oct 27, 2009 6:17:55 am PDT #3944 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I liked that he wasn't going to lecture or yell, but he also wasn't going to let the friend off the hook with her parents.
exactly. Castle's actually a really good dad. I also liked it when he had the model girl come over to hang out with Alexis so that she would have people to ground her.
eta: not in the "you're grounded, young lady!" sense, but in the "keep your feet on the ground (and keep reaching for the sky)" sense.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 7:29:22 am PDT #3945 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Castle's actually a really good dad. I also liked it when he had the model girl come over to hang out with Alexis so that she would have people to ground her.
Yeah, that was nice too. This and Lie to Me (when they deal with it) are definitely picking up that nice functional father/daughter thing I was missing now that Eureka's on hiatus (again).
Burrell - Oct 27, 2009 8:27:39 am PDT #3946 of 11831
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That was the best Castle episode so far, I think. The tone has been a bit uneven this season, but I really liked last night's episode.
DH is really unhappy with Beckett's hair this season. He keeps whining about it. "Why do they always have to grow out her hair? And for God's sake, why give her a mullet?"