Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.

'Shindig'


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]


Ginger - Sep 27, 2012 6:48:19 pm PDT #9227 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I'm afraid Elementary just made me cringe and long for Goren and Eames. Also, rice allergies are extremely rare in Americans. It develops after years of eating a rice-based diet. Normally, rice is used for elimination diets when looking for food allergies, because allergy to rice is so rare.

Also, I doubt if the phone would be admissible in court.

I thought Last Resort had more potential than I expected, but I can't see the premise lasting beyond a season.


le nubian - Sep 27, 2012 7:13:39 pm PDT #9228 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Last Resort was okay, but I felt the final few minutes kind of ruined the pilot for me. Beau absolutely HATED the show.

I might drop back in because of Braugher, but I don't know.


Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2012 7:25:23 pm PDT #9229 of 11831
brillig

Elementary dragged in places, but I'm figuring that's New Show Info Dump. I liked the police captain, he doesn't have the adversarial relationship with Holmes, and the detective had an open mind.

I'll give it another shot.


brenda m - Sep 27, 2012 7:59:39 pm PDT #9230 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

but I can't see the premise lasting beyond a season.

I'm not sure the premise lasted an episode. We had to keep rewinding to say "wait, what just happened?" Could not make sense of who was trying to do what (or how they were doing it all so fast). Seriously, they parked their boat, made some phone calls, killed a guy for making a phone call, took over a NATO station, ran back to the boat, made a speech, nuked DC, and WHAT? And all in what appeared to be about 20 minutes? I can't even figure out what they're after - any of them. Braugher and co., the SEALs, the whoever [else] is shooting off missles.

Best fun I've had all week.


Typo Boy - Sep 27, 2012 9:27:24 pm PDT #9231 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Elementary - I did enjoy it. Part of it is shallow. I think that as a Lucy Liu has moved into her forties she has developed a much more interesting face.


Typo Boy - Sep 28, 2012 3:27:51 am PDT #9232 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

In terms of why people who normally dislike Lucy Liu but don't here - I think it is because she is not playing into the racist stereotype "Asian Bitch-Goddess".


§ ita § - Sep 28, 2012 5:39:03 am PDT #9233 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Lucy has played her share of bitch. If that's what they need from her, they can find it. Her TV role before this was high on the cold bitch scale.

I am super rolling my eyes at H50. Why did Danno drive (I'm assuming at ridic speeds, or did he observe the law?) to tell Steve such important information? Did they cover why phones and police radio were out of the question when he knows he's seeing his mother off, and that his mother's complicit in the Wo Fat shit? How long are we supposed to be sympathetic to that kind of heart-thumping revelation? I just thought they were stupid.


Dana - Sep 28, 2012 6:03:23 am PDT #9234 of 11831
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I will believe whatever Andre Braugher wants me to.


-t - Sep 28, 2012 6:31:43 am PDT #9235 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm with Dana.

That's a good point, ita, but I have already forgotten what the revelation was, so...that whole helicopter clampy rescue was pretty sweet...


sumi - Sep 28, 2012 6:43:34 am PDT #9236 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!

I'm guessing that (in the tradition of melodrama) that Steve and Wo Fat are half brothers.

Missed the Braugher show.

I enjoyed Elementary.