indeed. Ultimate Drew didn't join the staff until season 7, which seems hard to believe.
His first episode was "Selfless," which is interesting if you consider (Cloverfield spoiler)
the heart-ripping out spiders in the frat house vs. the Ebola insects in the subway tunnels
The "House" strike episode had the strikers carrying signs that had the same color scheme/font as the writers' strike signs.
I'm looking askance at Dollhouse for subject matter and casting race issues, but giving it a shot. See Plei re: SPN, though my love for that show has dwindled to almost nothing.
I tend to be a much harder sell. Generally speaking, if the first episode I see of something doesn't grab me, I'm gone. Joss, Tim, and Bryan Fuller get a few extra episodes, though really Drive is the only series by those three that's needed them.
I could only give The Wire two tries.
Really?! Why? (I've never met someone who has seen the show who hasn't loved it. But, obviously, I'm biased.)
The Wire was slow to pull me into it -- it just has such a different rhythm than other shows.
I think it helps to know going in that The Wire does not work in stand-alone episodes. The shows are like chapters, each season is like a stand-alone book, and the series is like a memfault (series of sequential books that tell a broader story.) The beats of the episodes are sometimes much different than regular television.
Really?! Why?
I'm not a big fan of cop dramas and it didn't seem all that different from any other cop drama. And I really wanted to like it on account of I'm a McNulty.
edit: I would have given it another shot if my roommate had liked it but he was meh on it too so I took it off the Netflix queue.
I could have bought the three episodes of
Drive
I hadn't seen from Amazon for $6, but I splurged and bought the whole series for $9.
I know what I'm doing this weekend....
I'll give Dollhouse a shot. Obviously, as I watch Supernatural weekly, I have a fairly high tolerance for skeevy gender issues.
And then there's that. They've been getting worse, not better, and yet I watch. And watch. And watch.
I really want some Whedon on my TV, so I don't know how many episodes I'll give Dollhouse. A lot, I think, because Eliza's so watchable (although now that I think about it, she wasn't particularly watchable for me in True Calling).
meeeeeeeeeeemories...
Sing it, sister tiggy!
But it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember
Flying butt monkeys
I'm with Cindy!
I only travel in the finest circles. Look at the hotness that is
you!
(Also, HI!!! and [link]
Again I make grabby hands. Would their mom like to board them in Boston for a semester? It will broaden their horizons. It's ridiculous that they don't stop getting cuter.
