Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.

'War Stories'


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]


§ ita § - Feb 04, 2010 4:38:44 am PST #4865 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That was a remarkably bleh episode of CM. I admit to a pulse-quickening when it was revealed he had a family--I wasn't expecting that. But I find the ones where we track the killer face on from the start among the weaker.

And very little team interaction.


Vortex - Feb 04, 2010 7:50:04 am PST #4866 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I admit to a pulse-quickening when it was revealed he had a family--I wasn't expecting that. But I find the ones where we track the killer face on from the start among the weaker.

yes, that was unexpected. And we still didn't really understand why the real estate agent made him snap. And in such a personal way. Strangling someone is very intimate and there's usually a lot of emotion behind it. I didn't see what triggered it besides "I'm calling the police". I think that it would have been more believable if he had pushed her, she'd fallen and hit her head, and then he beat her up with an object.

And very little team interaction.

got a little Morgan and Garcia, which always amuses me.


§ ita § - Feb 04, 2010 7:56:03 am PST #4867 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

a little Morgan and Garcia

And a good line from Morgan to Reid about being normal, but it mostly felt like Prentiss on her own. I like Prentiss, but I like interaction more.

And what happened to Morgan and Reid for the end of the episode? I feel like they just wandered off.


brenda m - Feb 04, 2010 7:56:25 am PST #4868 of 11831
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I think that it would have been more believable if he had pushed her, she'd fallen and hit her head, and then he beat her up with an object.

Yeah, his flip out when he accidentally gave the next guy the wrong name was more believable, and by that point you could feel how it must have seemed to be all crashing down around him. But the first was a little out of the blue.


Juliebird - Feb 04, 2010 5:48:56 pm PST #4869 of 11831
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

The yellow toy car going off the cliff was hysterically awful on The Mentalist. Robin Tunney's/Lisbon's broad protests of how she has a life just gets more and more painful. Rigsby and Van Pelt make me want to stab out my eyes, but Jane and the rich playboy are gold.

eta Currie Graham was absolutely delightful. I'd watch a Baker/Graham show. So glad that Mashburn wasn't the killer (yet).


§ ita § - Feb 04, 2010 9:01:09 pm PST #4870 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Mashburn wasn't as personality-rich as I know that actor can be. This episode didn't really stick with me.

However the preview for next week--CHORIFFIC!!!


Jesse - Feb 05, 2010 3:38:57 pm PST #4871 of 11831
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm just excited they called back to, "There's no business like Cho business," because I think that EVERY WEEK.


sj - Feb 06, 2010 5:01:14 am PST #4872 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Numb3rs: Larry!


Vortex - Feb 06, 2010 10:26:25 am PST #4873 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

See, I didn't get to see this weeks Numb3rs because they preempted it for Snowpocalypse Pt. 2 Electric Boogaloo. Decided to show it at 2:30AM, but of course, i didn't realize it until this morning.


sumi - Feb 06, 2010 10:57:27 am PST #4874 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!

Comcast puts Numb3rs on demand. If you have Comcast you may be able to watch it on demand already.