Oh, and elsewhere somebody reports that the oldest son on Joan is played by John Ritter's son.

A boy so traumatized by his car accident, he does not believe in hair products.

Feh on SciFi's schedule. I hated Taken when it was a first-run soap opera about the godly inevitability of breeding pairs back last year; now it's a rerun soap opera etc. etc. I mean really. It cost probably more to produce those 20 hours of soap opera than has been spent in the entire 40+ year run of Guiding Light. And that's what ate up SciFi's budget for that year, and contributed to the silly decisions they've been making since. Sigh.

I have to say, I really enjoyed Joan of Arcadia, more than I expected to. Pretty good cast, halfway-decent writing, and a ton of familiar faces. Arthur! I hope he's a recurring character.

I also liked it that the deal with the murderer was kind of underplayed at the end. And I liked the lunch lady.

And remember, this is the cliché that gave us Evil Willow.

But no, it's not. Because no one dragged Buffy there to show her how important she'd been.

And almost, if they had, I'd have given it a pass, because she's THE CHOSEN ONE. Duncan, less so. Most of us? NSM.

Joan Of Arcadia was okay. I wasn't that pulled in, except for clone!O'Neill, which is all about the actor, and not the character.

The kid is a good actor, I hope he gets featured.

He was a brilliant O'Neill -- one of the best "body swap"ish type portrayals I've ever seen.

There didn't, by any happy chance, happen to be a video camera recording this as it happened?

Sorry, all extant footage has been destroyed.

Methos/Richie! Whoo!

Wow. Really?

Hmm. My trouble with Methos/Richie is that Methos doesn't really ever give Richie the time of day. He's got MacLeod tunnel vision, yo.

Although it would be entertaining to see Methos wham-bam-thank-you-Richie à la Kristin, and then have MacLeod find out...

...and now my brain is already writing the fanfic. Argh!

Wow. Really?

Hmm. My trouble with Methos/Richie is that Methos doesn't really ever give Richie the time of day. He's got MacLeod tunnel vision, yo.

In the alternate Duncan timeline, the remaining Horsemen (Kronos and Methos) are dark, roaming, and find Richie. Methos ends up being Richie's teacher.

Go ... write.

Please.

There's leather.

Go ... write.

At the moment, I'm in the middle of a rather entertaining conversation between Duncan and Methos, but we'll see. My brain is being evil and it's getting me to do bad things.

Maybe I shouldn't have changed my frelling tag.

So there was a hugely positive review of the KAREN SISCO series in EW this week. Compared Carla Gugino very positively to the J-Lo character in OUT OF SIGHT and said she was truer to Elmore Leonard. It's debuting at 10pm after the Angel premiere - I think I'll be watching.

From Tachyon TV's "Doctor Who is back!" issue:

Heartened by news of Doctor Who fan's landmark victory, Ben Browder and Claudia Black promise to keep their diaries clear in 2017.

bwa!