It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.

Buffy ,'Get It Done'


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 § - Apr 02, 2011 7:13:05 am PDT #7438 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't think the show has anything that sets it apart, aside from Jane. Cho is amazing, but there's no way, I think, that they can write him in a way that stands up to extended screentime. Brusqueness is his thing. How much of that can you do? None of the other characters are remarkable or that interesting. I'm not saying you have to have a gimmick, but you should have *something*. The crimes aren't all that, the rest of the crimesolvers are pretty mundane.

I think they should mellow out Jane a bit, but having him like he was this week is just great.


beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 7:46:07 am PDT #7439 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant

Question of procedure...see what I did there?...Would we be discussing the new CHAOS dramedy here, in comedy or in Natter? (which I have not yet visited this morning so the question might be answered already)


Dana - Apr 02, 2011 2:10:51 pm PDT #7440 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

The thing is, Simon Baker is so ridiculously gorgeous.


WindSparrow - Apr 02, 2011 2:21:21 pm PDT #7441 of 11831
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

The thing is, Simon Baker is so ridiculously gorgeous.

Also, I like listening to him talk.


Barb - Apr 02, 2011 3:36:26 pm PDT #7442 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”

All of the above on Simon Baker.

I like seeing the pretty on my screen.

But I'm with the others who love the more toned down Jane of this week.


brenda m - Apr 02, 2011 3:41:12 pm PDT #7443 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

Just watched, and totally agree.

What was that show with crazy-looking Ray Liotta that he was on? Kind of like Leverage but dark instead of fun. He was a whole different kind of (very hot) psycho on that.


Dana - Apr 02, 2011 3:52:16 pm PDT #7444 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Smith!

Man, if that show had lasted, the slash that would have been written about his character and Jonny Lee Miller's...


WindSparrow - Apr 02, 2011 4:25:15 pm PDT #7445 of 11831
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

But I'm with the others who love the more toned down Jane of this week.

It was nice to see that there might be a hint of human under there somewhere.


le nubian - Apr 07, 2011 4:15:44 pm PDT #7446 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Lady Heather is on CSI tonight.

Hoot!


Cass - Apr 07, 2011 4:21:07 pm PDT #7447 of 11831
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Oh, thaaaat's why my dvr is watching the show later on. I didn't stop the scheduled recording because I assumed there was a reason. But I'd forgotten. Mmmm, Lady Heather.