Are there only three women on Coupling? I can only remember Susan, Sally, and Jane.

ETA- nevermind, I was remembering 4 men, but that is because Jeff was replaced.

I don't really care what he says in interviews - just watching the awfulness of gender relations on Coupling was enough for me to get very nervous when he took over DW.

On the whole, I thought his first season of Who was pretty good and not that sexist. But this season, oy. Having Amy be so horribly violated (separated from her body, denied the experience of her body and her pregnancy) and then get rescued by two men just horrified me. Not to mention the idiocy of making the question "who is River Song?" just be about her parentage and not about who she is as a person and what her story is - (plus, the Doctor is going to seek her out as a girl and then fall in love with her as an adult?) well, that just made me think that Moffat's version of Who is getting really boring and really creepy at the same time.

So is anyone else watching Falling Skies?

I'm 4 or 5 eps in. It's all a bit Manly, and the women still have ridiculously good hair and makeup. It's set outside Boston, which is kind of amusing (although sometimes laughably wrong).

But they do seem to give a damn about actual tactics and long-term strategy when dealing with an oppressor they can't hope to understand, or even communicate with.

Yes. Beau and I have been watching it and have been unimpressed. I think the writing quality has been uneven and they have a horrible habit of telling, not showing. all the fucking time.

I think this show would really benefit with the use of flashbacks, but I get the idea they are on a limited budget.

I think this show would really benefit with the use of flashbacks, but I get the idea they are on a limited budget.

Yeah, the ep I just watched was the one where they killed off wassname, Steven Weber's character, and I was a bit boggled that they wasted his appearance. And that whole business with the death of Dr. Carter's wife would have made an excellent flashback.

I did like the way the pilot started with the kids telling stories, but I'm getting dreadfully bored with Moon Bloodgood's character. I do like Maggie the rape survivor, though--they're not glossing over her damage (much). (For tv.)

I've been watching Falling Skies. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm mostly interested in the aliens, frankly.

Quick Fringe rant, don't mind me:

GRR PETER WHY ARE YOU SO DUMB, CAN'T YOU SEE THAT'S NOT REALLY OLIVIA?

Had to get that out of my system somewhere.

Oh, Zuisa, we all had it at some point. Joinnnnn Usssssss!

Not to mention the idiocy of making the question "who is River Song?" just be about her parentage and not about who she is as a person and what her story is - (plus, the Doctor is going to seek her out as a girl and then fall in love with her as an adult?) well, that just made me think that Moffat's version of Who is getting really boring and really creepy at the same time.

Yeah. This is why the dig at her in the original blog entry didn't ping me like it did others- I think that River had SO MUCH AWESOMENESS and potential, but it's been pissed away by Moffet for reasons stated above. However, Alex Kingston continues to pwn.

PS- where do we (if we do) talk about The Guild?