Fire bad. Tree pretty.

Buffy ,'Chosen'


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]


Frankenbuddha - Apr 19, 2010 6:40:25 pm PDT #5354 of 11834
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

A very bromantic episode of Castle, I must say.

In unrelated portions of the ep, Castle may regret teaching Alexis what poker face is.


§ ita § - Apr 20, 2010 8:30:04 am PDT #5355 of 11834
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Beckett needed to keep her chin down when she worked the bag.

That opening scene was hot.


Barb - Apr 20, 2010 9:42:31 am PDT #5356 of 11834
“Not dead yet!”

DED from the cute.

This.

And Ryan is a COMPLETE WOOBIE.


beekaytee - Apr 20, 2010 11:38:10 am PDT #5357 of 11834
Compassionately intolerant

I loved that I got to see Michael Ironsides, who may be longer in the tooth but is still sexay...and Scott Cohen on my screen at the same time.

Casting like that reminds me of when radio stations do 'deep cuts', where they go back and showcase the good stuff we may have overlooked.

I'm glad to see those guys working.


Juliebird - Apr 20, 2010 2:14:00 pm PDT #5358 of 11834
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I'm watching the Bones pilot. When did Zach lose his personality? I don't remember this level of snarkiness in the few later eps I've seen.

Or am I being insensitive to RL issues?


aurelia - Apr 20, 2010 2:52:51 pm PDT #5359 of 11834
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

The writing of the characters on Bones has been way inconsistent. Some actors can probably compensate and/or argue their way to a more consistent character. I suspect he was not in a place mentally to be able to do that. I don't know what Deschanel's excuse is.


§ ita § - Apr 20, 2010 3:05:46 pm PDT #5360 of 11834
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Some actors can probably compensate and/or argue their way to a more consistent character.

Has anyone on this show done it? Neither Bones nor Booth (especially Bones) is particularly consistent. They were finding their footing, and I think they decided to go with more stereotyping for most of their geeks. Only Hodgins gets to be socially ept.


aurelia - Apr 20, 2010 3:10:50 pm PDT #5361 of 11834
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

TJ Thyne and Tamara Taylor are the only ones on that show that I'd give much credit to.

I give them all a pass for the first season, but once they've played a character that long they really should take some ownership if there are things in the writing that they question.


Kathy A - Apr 20, 2010 5:09:28 pm PDT #5362 of 11834
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

once they've played a character that long they really should take some ownership if there are things in the writing that they question

Which is the problem I have with how NCIS writes most of its characters, especially DiNozzo. That ep when he posed as a john and fumbled it completely was waaaay off considering his established backstory as a competent and experienced former cop and go-to undercover guy.


Vortex - Apr 20, 2010 5:16:03 pm PDT #5363 of 11834
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

OH MY JESUS, Raylan shirtless in low slung jeans with no underwear. Lord, I love the iliac crest.