I have been in fascination and intrigue with Roth since Rob Roy.
Lord, what an utterly loathsome character. I mean that as a compliment. I'm trying to think of someone more vile - Gary Oldman in Leon comes to mind (I swear they were having a competition for a couple of years there for who could out sleaze who, before they went into who can direct the most depressing debut movie). Maybe Jason Issacs in The Patriot, but with Mel Gibson as the hero at that point in his career it makes it hard to hate him quite as much.
Yes, that character was utterly loathsome. What made him worse was that Roth managed to find some bits of vulnerability to play, before he turned on a tuppence and drove you right back into revulsion that such a being could be spawned and had managed to prey on weaker or less observant beings and survive so long.
Roth holds the screen, no matter who he's playing, no matter who shares that screen. On Lie to Me, he shares, deliberately, generously, with the actress who plays his daughter. She's good at her role, but not good enough to take focus from Roth without his willing participation.
Preserve me from ever having Cal Lightman bend and peer up into my face. I'm aware it's a trick. Still, brrrr.
Everyone set their DVRs for Chicago Code? Good good.
Oh, I need to do that! Thanks for the reminder.
Done!
I've been having issues because there are three shows that I've been following that air at the same time: but one of them is Being Human so that one should default to one of it's other airings and yet. . . so I made sure that Chicago Code was above Being Human in the rankings.
Apparently instead of sending critics Chicago Code T-shirts or other swag to promote the show, they shipped out Lou Malnati's pizza.
...Maybe I should get back into recapping.
Oh, yes, Futoncritic twitted that. A good plan, I think.
You know, I set my dvr for Chicago Code but I seriously thought it was debuting tonight but I'm listening to the Ryan and Ryan podcast and they say it debuted after the Super Bowl. So I hope I got it.
You were right the first time; it premieres tonight at 9. Glee aired after the game last night.
