Can someone please tell me not to buy the five-season set of Criminal Minds, even though I found it at Deep Discount for only $149?
Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!
Mal ,'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]
Kathy A - Aug 13, 2010 4:54:13 pm PDT #5878 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
le nubian - Aug 13, 2010 5:04:17 pm PDT #5879 of 11838
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
don't buy it!
Barb - Aug 13, 2010 5:31:48 pm PDT #5880 of 11838
“Not dead yet!”
I sensed a certain Willie Wonka tone to le nub's exclamation.
Rayne - Aug 13, 2010 5:52:50 pm PDT #5881 of 11838
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Oh how I wish CM was available on Netflix livestreaming.
quester - Aug 13, 2010 6:01:17 pm PDT #5882 of 11838
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Me, too, Rayne! It would be so much simpler than the way we're watching now!
Barb - Aug 13, 2010 6:17:19 pm PDT #5883 of 11838
“Not dead yet!”
As far as S5 eps, there's a very good *ahem* on YouTube. If you search CM 5.1 (or whatever the episode number you want) you'll find them. They're usually in four or five parts but the quality is really good.
Kathy A - Aug 14, 2010 8:18:13 am PDT #5884 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
OK, I think I'm going to restrict myself to just getting one season, which I do believe will be S4, my favorite overall.
§ ita § - Aug 14, 2010 12:49:30 pm PDT #5885 of 11838
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I kinda find Ms. Bear likes the show too much. It seems that everything, to her, is all justified and in character (at least in the ep reviews I read). I got tired feeling there was not going to be any critical review, just really eloquent squee every week.
Kathy A - Aug 14, 2010 1:01:40 pm PDT #5886 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Her review of "Paradise" wasn't favorable, but she did squee over the casting of Wil Wheaton and that they went against type with Mapother.
I like her focusing on themes, both season and series-wide, and her concentrating on character consistency. Those aspects of Reid's character that I quoted above were stuff I think I had noticed but never articulated to myself, so it was nice that someone else did.
Kathy A - Aug 14, 2010 5:38:19 pm PDT #5887 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Thanks for the YouTube suggestion for Season 5! I've just made my way through half of the season, skipping The Performer (since it'll be on A&E tomorrow) and 100 (which I've already seen most of on YouTube already). Just watched Uncanny Valley--oh so creepy! Loved the diabetic victim. As soon as the unsub left the ladies behind, she's ditching the IV and saying, "Let's go." I love this show when the female victims (of all ages) fight back and try and save themselves. (Also, loved when the boutique's owner got all snippy over the dated "doll" dress, but then got pushed out of the way by the seamstress who pointed out that it was handcrafted by an artist with the needle.)
Reid is already pissed at Dr. Daddy Frakes before he has his "inference" confrontation with him (again, already seen that on YouTube) as soon as he found out he'd subjected his 10-y.o. daughter to electroshock. Character consistency is such a great thing to have on a long-running tv series. Reid being the defender of the mentally ill has been around since the beginning, and I love it when the writers use it.