I think Kathy means "Masterpiece" which is the S4 episode featuring Jason Alexander as the UnSub. Wonderful episode.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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]
Barb - Aug 29, 2010 8:45:04 pm PDT #5967 of 11838
“Not dead yet!”
quester - Aug 30, 2010 6:10:19 am PDT #5968 of 11838
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Oh, yes, I've seen that one a couple of times.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2010 6:42:58 am PDT #5969 of 11838
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I came to CM thinking of Mandy as Inigo Montoya, so there was nothing but love.
Gone now.
I agree with the assessment of ZenKitty. He was just too good and too great and too aware of it all. And then the whole leaving thing just made it ten times worse.
Kathy A - Aug 30, 2010 7:13:02 am PDT #5970 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oops, yes, I meant "Masterpiece"--sorry about that! And quester, insent to your profile addy about Uncanny Valley.
quester - Aug 30, 2010 7:24:37 am PDT #5971 of 11838
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I got the email and will check it out! Thanks for enabling my addiction!
Kathy A - Aug 30, 2010 8:40:17 am PDT #5972 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
bt mentioning his favorite (so far) ep as LDSK made me look at my favorite eps. I think my favorite S1 ep is Derailed, with LDSK being a close second and Riding the Lightning third. S2 is Revelations, followed closely by Ashes and Dust and North Mammon (and Sex, Birth, Death an Honorable Mention). S3 is Seven Seconds, then Elephant's Memory, Penelope, and Tabula Rasa.
For me, S4 is my favorite in the number of really strong eps. Instincts/Memoriam are tied for first, then Minimal Loss, Normal, and Amplification gets the Honorable Mention.
S5 I haven't seen often enough (yet), so I'll reserve judgment there. But, I do love both Uncanny Valley and 100, as well as The Internet Is Forever.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2010 8:50:50 am PDT #5973 of 11838
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Season 1:
- The Tribe
- LDSK
- Riding The Lightning
Season 2:
- Empty Planet
- Lessons Learned
- Ashes & Dust
Season 3:
- Seven Seconds
- Lucky/Penelope (cheating, I know)
- Tabula Rasa
Season 4:
- Mayhem
- Minimal Loss
- To Hell...And Back
Season 5:
- 100
- Uncanny Valley
- Exit Wounds
I feel bad for leaving out Profiler, Profiled and Revelations, but I pretty much stand by those choices (they're in airing order, not preference order (except for The Tribe, which is just the best)).
Kathy A - Aug 30, 2010 8:55:37 am PDT #5974 of 11838
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My list is definitely biased in favor of Reid (as if you didn't notice!), otherwise I would definitely have put The Tribe higher up on my list. I think the Hotch/Blackwolf vs. Mansonesque Family showdown at the end is my favorite action sequence in the entire series.
ETA: For me, as much as I love the Reid monologue at the end of Derailed, that ep is all about the unsub. Ted Bryar is so well portrayed, and so pathetic for all that he is "whacked out of his mind" (as the drunk kid says), that he steals the entire show.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2010 8:58:15 am PDT #5975 of 11838
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Blackwolf is my favourite local LEO, I think. The LA guy played by Ian Anthony Dale is second, and Gina Torres is third.
bennett - Aug 30, 2010 9:48:52 am PDT #5976 of 11838
"The Tribe" has one of my favorite Reid scenes - When Reid can't help answering the questions Blackwolf (as teacher) is asking the class until Hotch has to say: Reid, is your name Samuel?
Rang so many bells.