but I suspect that side is probably equally crazy-making.

Oh, yes. You should stop by Nos' LJ once in a while: she tracks the crazy for the rest of us. And mocks it freely; it's very entertaining.

I finally caught up on Spooks last night. Danny pretty. And why did no one ever tell me that Keeley Hawes was in Tipping the Velvet? I saw her on the cover of the dvd in Amoeba yesterday and had to blink.

it's just that the first one back was so much better, so I'm being kinder to the subsquent eps.

Hmmmm. Maybe I should downloade that first one back and wait for the others... I hear it's McKay- centric? With angst and character development?

Vonnie, seeing the eps early has nothing to do with being spoiled. You can't be spoiled by the stuff itself.

Heh. Yes, Jedi master.

I finally caught up on Spooks last night. Danny pretty.

Oooh. 3x07, right? I'm surprised by how much I'm loving the post-Tom episodes. I'd have had trouble with the accelerated Danny woobiefication if it weren't done with such flair--God, all that pretty suffering. I'm defenseless against the stuff. The final hug between Danny and Zoe in ep 3x06 was just heartbreaking. And 3x07 made up for the somewhat awkward set-up about Ruth in the ep with the choir, because the aftermath of Ruth's rescue, her cry to Danny to never be broken and bitter like that hacker guy, just wrecked me. God, I love Ruth. One good thing about Tom and Zoe leaving is that Ruth is getting more screentime and meatier characterization.

Vonnie, I don't remember it as being McKay centric. I was mostly struck by the badassification of Shep. Total smooth operator. Teyla continues to be really stupid, though.

I just watched Spooks 3x08, and I didn't so much love it. And then I went to the BBC discussion board, and bumped into a vague casting spoiler (a who, but no when). We'll see. They can buy me off with some more like 3x05 (is that the one with the cricket? ) and the one after.

Ha! Yeah, badassification is a good word for it. I'm mildly bothered by the "but he's a pilot" aspect of it all, but I give SG-1 a pass so I guess I need to do the same for Atlantis.

Plus, he prowls with a gun well.

There was good McKay, and decent Weir. ita's right that Teyla was kind of stupid, and I continue to be off-and-on annoyed by the mugging on Beckett, but Ford actually got to have a little bit of a personality so that was nice.

I watched 307 and 308 last night. 307 was the one with the hacker and 308 was the one with Andy Serkis as a very bad rock star and his Courtney Love-esque wife? Right? Clearly Adam and Fiona are getting set up to be the angsty field team, which makes me grumbly because they would never have a married couple working in the same unit. But then, as my friend F said, these are the world's worst spies. *g*

I am loving what they're doing with Ruth, though. It's nice to see her get some screen time.

Badassity is to be approved of. Perhaps I will torrent.

I don't think they're quite as bad as they were when Tom was around. The tech is certainly impressive. I cast very strong aspersions against the decision in 3x07 for Danny to tell the whiny BF where Zoe was. I'm not sure what that says about me, but I am sure I'm right.

And, yeah, 3x08 definitely looks like a setup for the new couple in town getting a lot of screentime. I got a little addicted to all Danny all the time, and resent anything that changes this.

I cast very strong aspersions against the decision in 3x07

I do, but... Ah, I dunno. It seems to be the arc for those doing this work: enthusiasm followed by cynicism and humanity-fueled rebellion. I guess he felt the need for a leap of faith, and Will's accusations probably hit fairly hard. He may have felt this was atonement for bungling the business with the photographs and the brother.

That said, the photograph they sent was deeply stupid. And I'm with you on wanting more Danny, more Danny. He's simply marvelous.

Ah, he didn't bungle the photograph thing in my view. He made the same assumption that Ruth did, and Zoe didn't pause to reassess the information. I think it was presented as a reasonable conclusion (one I was rooting for, but there you go), but the wrong (and unromantic) one.

I didn't even know 3x08 was up! I saw the preview and said, "Hmm, that dude looks awfully familiar," and did a double-take when I recognized him.

I don't know how I feel about Adam and Fiona. On one hand, it's refreshing they're showing a married couple on a show like this, but what little I've seen of Fiona kind of grated on me.