Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.

Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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]


Juliebird - Jan 12, 2010 5:20:44 pm PST #4616 of 11831
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

That's pretty much the story, java cat. My shift sergeant was having a bad day, stormed into the office, vented at me some, then asked if he could tie me up. I said sure, so long as I could still reach the keyboard. I typed up stuff for an hour or so, and then heard the SFC coming and hid my hands under the desk. After she left I tore my hands free and breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't tape me as securely as Castle's daughter did.

The House/Wilson antics were delicious.

If you ever do finish Life, make sure it's the as-aired-on-TV version, and not the DVD version. The replacement of the final two songs was a travesty. Especially since the last montage was beautifully edited to the unique cues within the song.


Juliebird - Jan 12, 2010 5:35:58 pm PST #4617 of 11831
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Aaaand, milkshake, just rewatched the final ten minutes of Life, and I feel just so so good.


Connie Neil - Jan 12, 2010 6:16:09 pm PST #4618 of 11831
brillig

I was hoping for something a lot more exotic from NCIS. I mean, when you use Robert Wagner, you should get something like a retired jewel thief, or a part-time spy, or something. Not a guy who apparently has just been chiseling people.

But Abby and McGee saying "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" was fun.


§ ita § - Jan 12, 2010 7:03:32 pm PST #4619 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nice to see Gibbs say good things about Tony. Of course, we still have Tony acting like a doof and doing yoga while on duty.

I wonder how the revelation of DiNozzo Sr. being a flamboyantly neglectful conman father will contribute to the fanfic emo manpain of Jr's childhood.

I went out of my way and watched CSI: Orange online. Phoenicks? Burnt to death? Really? Have you no professional shame, writers?


Calli - Jan 13, 2010 6:08:47 am PST #4620 of 11831
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I wonder how the revelation of DiNozzo Sr. being a flamboyantly neglectful conman father will contribute to the fanfic emo manpain of Jr's childhood.

I'm pretty sure that being left in a hotel room for a couple of days at age 12 will transmogrify into being left in a back alley for two weeks at the age of 7. In the winter. In shorts.


Connie Neil - Jan 13, 2010 6:09:38 am PST #4621 of 11831
brillig

I think the Hawaiian hotel room story has been told before.


§ ita § - Jan 13, 2010 6:24:02 am PST #4622 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think the Hawaiian hotel room story has been told before.

Hmmm. I don't remember it.

I'm pretty sure he mentioned his mother dressed him as a sailor at age 10, so I don't really trust the writers ::googles::

Really? So you're saying my intimacy issues stem from my mother? Who dressed me as a sailor until I was ten years old.


§ ita § - Jan 13, 2010 6:31:11 am PST #4623 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I was wrong. More googling does show an abandonment in a hotel room story, but it doesn't fit the two day time period--apparently Sr. was alerted to Jr.'s missing status by incoming credit card bills, which is way more heinous.

My god, googling scarred me. I skimmed past a request for Gibbs/DiNozzo MPREG.


Vortex - Jan 13, 2010 6:34:19 am PST #4624 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

People will write Mpreg about anyone. Whenever I come across it, I always sort of wonder how it works. When I read a lot of fanfic, it was Smallville, so when you have aliens and mutants, the leap to male pregnancy isn't that hard. But, how does Spencer Reid get pregnant by Derek Morgan?


§ ita § - Jan 13, 2010 6:43:45 am PST #4625 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

how does Spencer Reid get pregnant by Derek Morgan?

Lots and lots of practice?

At least...at least those two are allowed to get it on. DiNozzo and Gibbs are not. I decree it.

Which reminds me. The final scene kinda came out of nowhere--I'm willing to accept Gibbs' statement that DiNozzo is hot shit, even though it's telling and not showing, in the worst way, but Tony dropping by for dinner and Leroy cooking in his fireplace? Read like fanfic. Felt unearned to me.