I found everyone pretty unlikable too, and no one in a magnetic way. The segue from the sexist drinking to the guy dying to her asking for his job was just...ugh, people.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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 § - Sep 25, 2011 1:09:23 pm PDT #8153 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
erikaj - Sep 26, 2011 6:59:25 am PDT #8154 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
My thoughts on the American Prime Suspect. [link]
Toddson - Sep 26, 2011 7:27:49 am PDT #8155 of 11831
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I watched a little bit and then turned off. Seriously - if they'd changed the name it might not raise expectations they can't meet.
erikaj - Sep 26, 2011 7:40:08 am PDT #8156 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, Mirren's "Prime Suspect" is like, the ultimate non-Wire procedural. This one was a decent hour of TV, IMO, but nothing else.
le nubian - Sep 26, 2011 4:24:27 pm PDT #8157 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
who watched the premiere of "The Mentalist?' Well, I did and I find the whole plot with Jayne to be really troubling. First there was the way they wrote off Langston on CSI where his killing the man was hand waved and "oh well'd" and now something similar happened to Jayne.
I don't like the messages they are sending about law enforcement or about how we should really feel about these rogue agents of the law enforcement system. It makes me really uncomfortable.
Am I overreacting? Because at this moment, I'm thinking I will not watch "Mentalist" any more.
Dana - Sep 26, 2011 4:28:44 pm PDT #8158 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I watched it. You mean Jane's acquittal? I think I'm more unhappy with the Red John thing.
le nubian - Sep 26, 2011 4:37:33 pm PDT #8159 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay, I'm unhappy with both things, but why are you unhappy with the Red John thing?
Dana - Sep 26, 2011 4:38:42 pm PDT #8160 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It just seems like a cop-out to me. And a waste of Brad Whitford.
brenda m - Sep 26, 2011 4:52:50 pm PDT #8161 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
I officially do not care and really never want to hear one more thing about who a)is Red John, b) killed Kate's mother or c)how anyone met anyone's mother.
At this point they will only ever recapture my interest if they all turn out to be the same person.
JenP - Sep 26, 2011 5:04:07 pm PDT #8162 of 11831
Ah, ha, ha, ha!
I only watch The Mentalist sporadically, but I did watch the premier, and I was kind of stunned that the jury essentially said, yeah, we get it; we'd have wanted to kill him, too. I mean I get feeling that way, I just don't think I would ever get off of a murder conviction for it. So, yes, LeN, I found it troubling, too.