That's why I gave up on Monk, too. I wanted to see him getting better, not worse.

oh and all of the "surprises" in the pilot (Perception) I pretty much saw coming. I watch too many procedurals so I am not sure it is possible to surprise me any longer, but some of this stuff was SO obvious. dang.

Def this. I liked it okay. More of a "watch while doing sudoku" than a "pay very close attention" thing so far. I liked the notion of "imaginary" advisors at the same time my psych-minor brain keeps going it's vanishingly rare for one person to have both audio and visual hallucinations. Then I tell my psych-minor brain to shut up and enjoy them like I did Paul Bettany in A Beautiful Mind.

I liked it...it reminded me of Numbers, I think, more than anything else...my mind wasn't blown, but it was decent.

I liked the notion of imaginary advisors better as it was done in Raines, but I think I'm the only one who even saw that show. But I do enjoy the idea.

I'll probably give it a couple of episodes to see where they go with it. If it turns into dealing with balancing problems stemming from unmedicated schizophrenia vs. problems caused by the not inconsiderable side effects of the meds--and they already are showing that it takes a village to support the lead in lieu of medication--that could be done well.

But the whole unmedicated schizophrenia issue could be handled in ways that I'm not comfortable with. Oh well. Lots of other cute actors to watch if that happens.

Why are we whitefonting? This thread is NAFDA.

Not sure how I feel about Perception. First ep was glaringly obvious, but pilots are sometimes like that. I dont want his mental illness to be used as a plot device when its convenient.

Also, I watched Raines and loved it.

The thing about Perception - isn't that the show they did with Jeff Goldblum a few years back and did it better? I think it got killed by the writer's strike, but I remember really liking it.

Why are we whitefonting?

She started it! I don't know, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Also, I watched Raines and loved it.

I was waiting for someone to say that!

Having suffered through a relationship with an unmedicated schizophrenic, it's hard for me to watch a show where the main character is one and is not dangerous and is having no more difficulties than forgetting things and hallucinating helpful people. I'm not entirely comfortable with a portrayal of schizophrenia as amusing-eccentricity + super-brain-power.

OTOH, maybe I should get over it and just enjoy the show with its ridiculous premise. It's Hollywood. All their premises are ridiculous.

Frank, yes, that was Raines! Except he wasn't schizophrenic, he was just a genius who, um, hallucinated helpful people.

I thought that it was implied that he was undiagnosed with "some" mental illness