Napoleon Solo! That was his name! How could I have forgotten that?
Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.
'Heart Of Gold'
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]
quester - Aug 24, 2010 9:29:12 am PDT #5932 of 11838
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2010 9:32:10 am PDT #5933 of 11838
brillig
Most of my knowledge comes from hunting down the old comic books, Big Little Books (boy, I miss my Big Little Books, which would apparently be worth large money now), and various kid-oriented novelizations. Ilya always came off as wonderfully snarky.
quester - Aug 24, 2010 10:08:29 am PDT #5934 of 11838
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
And he was cute!
There was one episode of NCIS when the subject of what people were like when they were younger, and Ducky remarked in passing that "I looked just like Ilyia Kuriachin." I love the writers for that!
§ ita § - Aug 24, 2010 10:09:01 am PDT #5935 of 11838
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Actually, it's Gibbs who says that. Not quite totally self-referential.
Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2010 10:15:47 am PDT #5936 of 11838
brillig
And the pictures of Ilyia in Ducky's house on Mrs. Mallard's bedside table. I quite enjoy when they use an actor's history as part of the character's history. They do that in Castle, when his mom is occasionally looking at tapes of her old parts and Castle comes in and says something like, "Oh, revisting your prom?" when there was something from Incredible Hulk.
Kathy A - Aug 24, 2010 10:19:03 am PDT #5937 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I also like it when the writers incorporate the actors' personal histories into the characters, or at least reference it in passing. One of my favorite examples was in NCIS S1, when a one-shot character's family money was explained as coming from his grandfather being the Swiss Army knife importer for the U.S. market. That's Michael Weatherley's father IRL.
quester - Aug 24, 2010 10:26:07 am PDT #5938 of 11838
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Tony once made reference to dating Jessica Alba, but I don't remember the context.
Kathy A - Aug 24, 2010 10:45:47 am PDT #5939 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
That's right! I think it was something like, "I have a better chance of dating Jessica Alba than blahblahblah."
And they gave McGee the same background as Sean Murray (dad was an XO on the Enterprise, and he was born in Bethesda).
Toddson - Aug 24, 2010 11:26:17 am PDT #5940 of 11838
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Enterprise? ... oh ... the real ship ...
Calli - Aug 24, 2010 11:57:28 am PDT #5941 of 11838
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Enterprise? ... oh ... the real ship ...
Yeah, that wasn't my first thought either.