Unlike other sci-fi shows that use space to find the new and freakish in the outer limits, Battlestar Galactica has spent the last two seasons searching for the familiar, us. Even their "aliens" are mechanized copies of ourselves. The pigs are walking and they are Cylons.
In the This Girl family, there is a divide over the Cylons. I am a fan of Sharon, the one that loved humanity enough to stay, to carry the child of a human and put her stock with this group. My husband was against Cylon Sharon from the start, hoping Adama would have her thrown out of the airlock. We engaged in many conversations about prisoners of war, loyalty, and war itself, all because of this little sci-fi show. I am sympathetic towards the cylons we see try to be "good". No cylon is good in my husband's book.
Which is why the season finale was so... interesting, to say the least. Arresting. As they were all standing in the room after following the music, Chief says, "That's all it takes..." Up until that point, I knew that I should know what was going on - kind of like an "on the tip of my tongue" type of feeling - but then it was clear and the first word in my head was FRAK! For my husband, what would this mean for our "love" of these characters? Are we going to spend the next season wondering when these characters will be activated? Why are these characters not known?
Battlestar Galactica has proven that, even in a season with so many missteps, that the ability to write gripping shows has not been lost. From Apollo's speech to the President's vision, from new cylons to seeing Starbuck, the writers of Battlestar Galactica, who sometimes made us feel we would rather watch Blood Ties instead, made us long not only for the 4th season, but for any bit of Galactica goodness we could have. I know we're all still hoping that interest in Caprica would resurface and we will take the Battlestar movie we get until the new season, but oh, how I long for the new season. I wonder what will be happen next? Who is the 5th Cylon - Laura Roslin or Starbuck? Or will the writers get us after all and make it Adama? Will the other Cylons now sense that the 4 have been discovered? How will they continue to hide their new status? What about this new half human half cylon baby? Will Tyrol apologize to Sharon? And oh my word, is this going to make Col. Tigh more of a pirate than he already has been? What will earth be like? If any of you have questions or speculations, I would love to have something more to think about as I wait for the 4th season.
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Sunday, December 03, 2006
What Have YOU Been Watching?
The course of true television never did run smooth, as I've had several incidences with my cable. As such, my television viewing was severely limited. But now, I live in television nirvana since we've purchased a big screen television with HD output. It is amazing what a big screen has done for my overall television enjoyment because I could not have imagined that love could grow. It has, exponentially. And I can pass the enjoyment on to you. Well, possibly not, but I'll write more, so that's a start.
Mondays have become must see TV night at our house. Despite many people's thoughts of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, I find that I am LOVING that show. Mainly because I am Matt Albie in real life. I am slightly neurotic about my writing and I can get into a tizzy when it comes to getting it done in time. I am personally and forever thankful I don't have my own countdown clock. The way the characters interact is beautiful, like a dance. It doesn't matter that real people don't talk "like that". It is a television show with interesting and funny dialogue (although my husband points out they laugh very little for being comedy writers and actors). I love the way this fictional set gets along, the flow of conversation, the peeks into their lives and their heads. I enjoy ever installment and I think I will continue to do so. I never fell for the reality show mindset. I like my shows with a lot of unnecessary drama, fantastic character development, moments that make me think or laugh, and people who could never really exist. Which is pretty important because I LOVE Heroes. My husband is growing bored with the show, which is this weird mix of absolutely fantastic moments surrounded by dull pacing and uninteresting character development. Sometimes, it feels as if, each week, the writers find one big moment (recently, the scenes where Peter saves Claire and the interaction of all the characters in that group of scenes) and then try valiantly, most times in vain, to come up with something to put around that moment. That moment makes you hold your breath, the rest of the show makes you roll your eyes. But it is those breath taking moments, those little twists, that make me keep coming back. And Hiro. I love Hiro and can't wait to see him grow from the happy go lucky office worker intent on saving the world to the hardcore badass that visited Peter on the train, truly saving the world. The exposition of last week's show was certainly interesting, putting many things into perspective, but they are certainly nothing we couldn't have figured out on our own. It was nice, however, to put a face to Sylar.
Tuesdays is still an overcrowded night, but I have to talk about three shows. House, Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars. I don't know why I've seen House as Superman, but I've wanted him to put Tritter in his place and have been increasingly frustrated that he hasn't done so. At the same times, I am absolutely adoring Tritter's ruthlessness. Tritter is also a bully with the exact same mentality as Dr. House. The frustration that Tritter may not get his comeuppance (sans rectal thermometer moment) is what makes House great Tuesday night viewing. Gilmore Girls, on the other hand, I continue to watch strictly out of loyalty to the hours I've put into the series. I had a month long marathon of ingesting Gilmore Girls in time to catch up midway through last season, watching the beginning in re-runs. While I enjoy the other characters in dialogue, especially Lane and her husband, the main characters relationships and dialogue feel flat, like they are just going through the motions, or like they were given lines, but no direction and just can't figure it out for themselves. The addition of two new characters, new friends of Rory, help bring back the spitfire dialogue the show is known for, but not enough to cover how much the main character actors have to think during their sometimes asinine lines. Repetition does not a spitfire dialogue make. Veronica Mars' double mystery adventure continues as the Case of the Hearst Rapist is solved only to be supplanted by the Case of Who Shot Dean O'Dell. Dean O'Dell was a fantastic character. He made a lot of enemies in his nine episodes, but was a perfect foil/complement to Veronica. The money shot was when Logan beats the cop car's windshield in with a bat, gets thrown into the clink so that he can beat the stuffing out of the guy that tried to rape/kill his woman. Logan manned up! I'm interested in seeing this new mystery and I would love to see more Weevil being Weevil. I wish he could get back that veneer of danger though. Overweight janitor does not a street tough make.
Wednesdays is Bones night. Yes, I watch other things like Criminal Minds and Lost (or Daybreak until after the break), but it is Bones all the way. Nevermind my girl crush on Emily Deschanel's character Dr. Temperance Brennan, and the general eye candy (David Boreanaz as Seely Booth, Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro and TJ Thyne as Jack Hodgens) and interesting characters that abound in the series, but I love the way that show tells a story. I love the humour, the romance, the derring-do of the characters. I love seeing smart people use their brains. I love the mysteries they get. I love watching the characters grow and learn in this show. I am entertained every week watching Bones and I have not yet come away from the show feeling let down, even when an event disappointed me.
Thursdays is a veritable cornucopia of dual recordings in one room while I watch other shows in another. I'm going to focus on 30 Rock. The show started out pretty rocky, with very little that was funny, but I had a perverse need to see it through and I'm glad I did. This show has become one of the funniest comedies this season. All of the characters work well together to create a funny, funny show. Tina Fey as Liz Lemon is extremely funny while Alec Baldwin's Jack is humour incarnate. While I questioned the choice of Jane Krakowski, I have permanently changed my mind after last week's show. The botox'd face sight gag was extremely hilarious. I have been very pleased with the show and how much I laugh. The Office, of course, has begun to grow past the British show in my mind because it is giving us that squirm worthy office experience and every character is coming into their comedic own. I was somewhat disappointed with Scrubs initial offering, but I still love the show.
Fridays are all about Battlestar Galactica, although soon, Sundays will be all about the BSG. I agree that the move to Sundays is a good move, which now frees up my Friday nights a little more. Don't get me wrong, I am quick to Tivo that bad boy, but there's nothing like experiencing it live with irritating commercials breaks. While the artistic shooting, a la Kubrick, style of the show has been vastly intriguing, the storyline is only stumbling along. There are brilliant moments of course, Adama fighting the Captain to prove a point most especially, but we are just biding time until someone definitively discovers the roadmap to the 13th colony. Numbers is still a smart bit of a show. I really enjoyed watching Megan and Fleinhardt grow close, so it will be a shame that he will be out of the picture for 6 months (although I don't know what that is in show time). It will be interesting seeing Charlie becoming a man as opposed to the self absorbed math professor as he grows in his relationship with Amita. I once scoffed at Numb3rs, but now I find my Fridays are not complete unless I keep up.
Saturdays, of course, are Tivo catch up days, leaving Sundays for Desperate Housewives, which has begun to add back the drama, which I am all for. The psychology of the last few episodes have been excellent, putting our characters back into rare form.
Well, that's it for me and a much welcomed release for myself since I've not been writing about shows. Any other must watches that I should know about?
Mondays have become must see TV night at our house. Despite many people's thoughts of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, I find that I am LOVING that show. Mainly because I am Matt Albie in real life. I am slightly neurotic about my writing and I can get into a tizzy when it comes to getting it done in time. I am personally and forever thankful I don't have my own countdown clock. The way the characters interact is beautiful, like a dance. It doesn't matter that real people don't talk "like that". It is a television show with interesting and funny dialogue (although my husband points out they laugh very little for being comedy writers and actors). I love the way this fictional set gets along, the flow of conversation, the peeks into their lives and their heads. I enjoy ever installment and I think I will continue to do so. I never fell for the reality show mindset. I like my shows with a lot of unnecessary drama, fantastic character development, moments that make me think or laugh, and people who could never really exist. Which is pretty important because I LOVE Heroes. My husband is growing bored with the show, which is this weird mix of absolutely fantastic moments surrounded by dull pacing and uninteresting character development. Sometimes, it feels as if, each week, the writers find one big moment (recently, the scenes where Peter saves Claire and the interaction of all the characters in that group of scenes) and then try valiantly, most times in vain, to come up with something to put around that moment. That moment makes you hold your breath, the rest of the show makes you roll your eyes. But it is those breath taking moments, those little twists, that make me keep coming back. And Hiro. I love Hiro and can't wait to see him grow from the happy go lucky office worker intent on saving the world to the hardcore badass that visited Peter on the train, truly saving the world. The exposition of last week's show was certainly interesting, putting many things into perspective, but they are certainly nothing we couldn't have figured out on our own. It was nice, however, to put a face to Sylar.
Tuesdays is still an overcrowded night, but I have to talk about three shows. House, Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars. I don't know why I've seen House as Superman, but I've wanted him to put Tritter in his place and have been increasingly frustrated that he hasn't done so. At the same times, I am absolutely adoring Tritter's ruthlessness. Tritter is also a bully with the exact same mentality as Dr. House. The frustration that Tritter may not get his comeuppance (sans rectal thermometer moment) is what makes House great Tuesday night viewing. Gilmore Girls, on the other hand, I continue to watch strictly out of loyalty to the hours I've put into the series. I had a month long marathon of ingesting Gilmore Girls in time to catch up midway through last season, watching the beginning in re-runs. While I enjoy the other characters in dialogue, especially Lane and her husband, the main characters relationships and dialogue feel flat, like they are just going through the motions, or like they were given lines, but no direction and just can't figure it out for themselves. The addition of two new characters, new friends of Rory, help bring back the spitfire dialogue the show is known for, but not enough to cover how much the main character actors have to think during their sometimes asinine lines. Repetition does not a spitfire dialogue make. Veronica Mars' double mystery adventure continues as the Case of the Hearst Rapist is solved only to be supplanted by the Case of Who Shot Dean O'Dell. Dean O'Dell was a fantastic character. He made a lot of enemies in his nine episodes, but was a perfect foil/complement to Veronica. The money shot was when Logan beats the cop car's windshield in with a bat, gets thrown into the clink so that he can beat the stuffing out of the guy that tried to rape/kill his woman. Logan manned up! I'm interested in seeing this new mystery and I would love to see more Weevil being Weevil. I wish he could get back that veneer of danger though. Overweight janitor does not a street tough make.
Wednesdays is Bones night. Yes, I watch other things like Criminal Minds and Lost (or Daybreak until after the break), but it is Bones all the way. Nevermind my girl crush on Emily Deschanel's character Dr. Temperance Brennan, and the general eye candy (David Boreanaz as Seely Booth, Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro and TJ Thyne as Jack Hodgens) and interesting characters that abound in the series, but I love the way that show tells a story. I love the humour, the romance, the derring-do of the characters. I love seeing smart people use their brains. I love the mysteries they get. I love watching the characters grow and learn in this show. I am entertained every week watching Bones and I have not yet come away from the show feeling let down, even when an event disappointed me.
Thursdays is a veritable cornucopia of dual recordings in one room while I watch other shows in another. I'm going to focus on 30 Rock. The show started out pretty rocky, with very little that was funny, but I had a perverse need to see it through and I'm glad I did. This show has become one of the funniest comedies this season. All of the characters work well together to create a funny, funny show. Tina Fey as Liz Lemon is extremely funny while Alec Baldwin's Jack is humour incarnate. While I questioned the choice of Jane Krakowski, I have permanently changed my mind after last week's show. The botox'd face sight gag was extremely hilarious. I have been very pleased with the show and how much I laugh. The Office, of course, has begun to grow past the British show in my mind because it is giving us that squirm worthy office experience and every character is coming into their comedic own. I was somewhat disappointed with Scrubs initial offering, but I still love the show.
Fridays are all about Battlestar Galactica, although soon, Sundays will be all about the BSG. I agree that the move to Sundays is a good move, which now frees up my Friday nights a little more. Don't get me wrong, I am quick to Tivo that bad boy, but there's nothing like experiencing it live with irritating commercials breaks. While the artistic shooting, a la Kubrick, style of the show has been vastly intriguing, the storyline is only stumbling along. There are brilliant moments of course, Adama fighting the Captain to prove a point most especially, but we are just biding time until someone definitively discovers the roadmap to the 13th colony. Numbers is still a smart bit of a show. I really enjoyed watching Megan and Fleinhardt grow close, so it will be a shame that he will be out of the picture for 6 months (although I don't know what that is in show time). It will be interesting seeing Charlie becoming a man as opposed to the self absorbed math professor as he grows in his relationship with Amita. I once scoffed at Numb3rs, but now I find my Fridays are not complete unless I keep up.
Saturdays, of course, are Tivo catch up days, leaving Sundays for Desperate Housewives, which has begun to add back the drama, which I am all for. The psychology of the last few episodes have been excellent, putting our characters back into rare form.
Well, that's it for me and a much welcomed release for myself since I've not been writing about shows. Any other must watches that I should know about?
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Sitcoms
I don't know why I haven't seen it. Maybe because I've been so captivated by some of the really good drama being produced these days. Maybe because so many dramas have such a high level of humour. Whatever it was, as I looked through google calendar to chronicle my television shows, I realize I have very few 30 minute spots, the length of time that sitcoms take up, in the calendar. I could watch Nick at Night and revel in my own personal glory days of sitcoms, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Roseanne, The Cosby Show, A Different World or turn to TV Land for shows like Sanford & Son, The Jeffersons, All In The Family or, I can take you back to Nick at Night when I was 12, the first time I could watched tv with a free hand and picked shows like Dick van Dyke, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Three Sons... in fact, if it was black and white or had Lucy in the title, I watched it voraciously. I consumed sitcoms like peanut butter m&ms - by the pound bagfuls and without thought or effort. Maybe I should be ashamed, but I'm not.
Now, sitcoms are so sparse, I forgot they were even part of the television viewing landscape. I forgot, that is, until today, when I was forced to watch 'Til Death, Brad Garrett's new sitcom dealing with marriage, and Happy Hour, a new sitcom that looks at the lives of singles in NY through the eyes of a guy from Minnesota or Wisconsin or someplace with an accent the character didn't sport. I lamented that we lost Arrested Development to these shows, and will weep the bitter tears of rejection if either of these shows easily last to next season. I can't say we don't have excellent sitcoms airing. Who can watch The Office, Everybody Hates Chris, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, or even How I Met Your Mother without at least one good laugh. To some of us, a laugh is just a name away. Barnie. Michael Scott. Dwight Shrute. Julius (although just saying "Chris's Dad" make us laugh as well). Anyway, if you watch these shows, you know what I mean.
Of course, people are experimenting with shows and the boundaries that comedy gets to push. The internet darling (at least for a little while) Nobody's Watching is one attempt at sitcomedy, following a normal sitcom format in an abnormal way. It is interesting, but it doesn't "bring it" like FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. This has been one of the funniest new shows, mainly because of the ridiculous situations the writers(who are the characters) put the characters into and the issues they deal with. Well, not just the issues, but how they deal with those issues. Never in a healthy way, but it is right for them. They are not healthy. They continually make poor choices and they remind us of friends we know who still haven't figured it out. But on the Sunny crew, it's funny.
I look forward to the healthy resurgence of sitcoms. Tina Fey's 30 Rock seems promising. Even if it's not, I am glad that the chaff shows are sifted out from the rest, culled and branded "no good" and sent to languish in some version of Bad Sitcom Hell. And for me, that is good.
Now, sitcoms are so sparse, I forgot they were even part of the television viewing landscape. I forgot, that is, until today, when I was forced to watch 'Til Death, Brad Garrett's new sitcom dealing with marriage, and Happy Hour, a new sitcom that looks at the lives of singles in NY through the eyes of a guy from Minnesota or Wisconsin or someplace with an accent the character didn't sport. I lamented that we lost Arrested Development to these shows, and will weep the bitter tears of rejection if either of these shows easily last to next season. I can't say we don't have excellent sitcoms airing. Who can watch The Office, Everybody Hates Chris, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, or even How I Met Your Mother without at least one good laugh. To some of us, a laugh is just a name away. Barnie. Michael Scott. Dwight Shrute. Julius (although just saying "Chris's Dad" make us laugh as well). Anyway, if you watch these shows, you know what I mean.
Of course, people are experimenting with shows and the boundaries that comedy gets to push. The internet darling (at least for a little while) Nobody's Watching is one attempt at sitcomedy, following a normal sitcom format in an abnormal way. It is interesting, but it doesn't "bring it" like FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. This has been one of the funniest new shows, mainly because of the ridiculous situations the writers(who are the characters) put the characters into and the issues they deal with. Well, not just the issues, but how they deal with those issues. Never in a healthy way, but it is right for them. They are not healthy. They continually make poor choices and they remind us of friends we know who still haven't figured it out. But on the Sunny crew, it's funny.
I look forward to the healthy resurgence of sitcoms. Tina Fey's 30 Rock seems promising. Even if it's not, I am glad that the chaff shows are sifted out from the rest, culled and branded "no good" and sent to languish in some version of Bad Sitcom Hell. And for me, that is good.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Twilight Zone
Why does that music still strike fear into my heart? How can it still be the scariest show on television? In all its black and white glory, its talk of communists or body doubles, it is a show that still makes me pause before watching it. More than any scary movie, more than any book, this show has the ability to do something nothing else can do. Give me nightmares.
I don't really have nightmares caused by an outside source. I remember once dreaming about a gigantic spider on Gilligan's Island (and I hate spiders), but that's all I can remember in all my 30 years of dreams. I've had my share of nightmares, just not television or movie inspired.
Don't get me wrong. There are alot of cheesy, campy, funny elements to the show to, but when it's scary, it gets me.
I don't really have nightmares caused by an outside source. I remember once dreaming about a gigantic spider on Gilligan's Island (and I hate spiders), but that's all I can remember in all my 30 years of dreams. I've had my share of nightmares, just not television or movie inspired.
Don't get me wrong. There are alot of cheesy, campy, funny elements to the show to, but when it's scary, it gets me.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Who Wants To Be A Superhero?
You don't understand the pure joy in my heart as I think about tonight's episode. The Iron Enforcer was eliminated and turned into The Dark Enforcer. Now he's back to make everything super hard for our heroes. And apparently he stole someone's cape. "What is this treachery!?" yells Tyveculus (I think, from the previews). I clap my hands in glee and can't wait until tonight.
On a different note, to show the tv/real life crossover - today when I went to a meeting, one of the guys had a gianormous dog slowly coming towards me and it reminded me of th challenge from Who Wants To Be A Superhero. I told the dog I hoped he was a nice, big dog and not one of those dogs that would tear your leg from your body. He was nice, but pushy.
On a different note, to show the tv/real life crossover - today when I went to a meeting, one of the guys had a gianormous dog slowly coming towards me and it reminded me of th challenge from Who Wants To Be A Superhero. I told the dog I hoped he was a nice, big dog and not one of those dogs that would tear your leg from your body. He was nice, but pushy.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Fall Season Premiere Dates
New Shows and Returning Shows
August
Spring 2007 Premier
Current Season In Progress
August
- M 8/21 @ 8:00 PM - Prison Break (FOX)
- M 8/21 @ 9:00 PM - Vanished (FOX)
- W 8/30 @ 8:00 PM - Bones (FOX)
- W 8/30 @ 9:00 PM - Justice (FOX)
- T 9/05 @ 9:00 PM - Standoff (FOX)
- T 9/05 @ 10:00 PM - Nip/Tuck (FX)
- R 9/7 8:00 PM - 'til Death (FOX)
- R 9/7 8:30 PM - Happy Hour (FOX)
- M 9/18 @ 8:00 PM - The Class (CBS)
- M 9/18 @ 8:30 PM - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
- M 9/18 @ 9:00 PM - Two and a Half Men (CBS)
- M 9/18 @ 10:00 PM - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC)
- T 9/19 @ 8:00 PM - NCIS (CBS)
- T 9/19 @ 9:00 PM - The Unit (CBS)
- T 9/19 @ 10:00 PM - Smith (CBS)
- W 9/20 8:00 PM - Jericho (CBS)
- W 9/20 10:00 PM - Kidnapped (NBC)
- R 9/21 @ 8:00 PM - My Name Is Earl (NBC)
- R 9/21 @ 9:00 PM - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
- R 9/21 @ 10:00 PM - ER (NBC)
- R 9/21 10:00 PM - Shark (CBS)
- R 9/21 10:00 PM - Six Degrees (ABC)
- F 9/22 8:00 PM - Ugly Betty (ABC)
- F 9/22 8:30 PM - Men in Trees (ABC)
- F 9/22 @ 10:00 PM - Numb3rs (CBS)
- S 9/24 @ 9:00 PM - Desperate Housewives (ABC)
- S 9/24 @ 10:00 PM - Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
- M 9/25 @ 8:00 PM - 7th Heaven (CW)
- M 9/25 @ 9:00 PM - Heroes (NBC)
- T 9/26 @ 8:00 PM - Gilmore Girls (CW)
- T 9/26 @ 9:30 PM - Help Me Help You (ABC)
- T 9/26 @ 10:00 PM - Boston Legal (ABC)
- R 9/28 @ 8:00 PM - Smallville (CW)
- R 9/28 @ 9:00 PM - Supernatural (CW)
- T 10/03 @ 8:00 PM - Friday Night Lights (NBC)
- T 10/03 @ 9:00 PM - Veronica Mars (CW)
- W 10/04 @ 8:00 PM - 20 Good Years (NBC)
- W 10/04 @ 9:00 PM - Lost (ABC)
- W 10/04 @ 10:00 PM - The Nine (ABC)
- R 10/05 @ 8:00 PM - Big Day (ABC)
- R 10/05 @ 8:30 PM - Notes from the Underbelly (ABC)
- W 10/11 @ 8:30 PM - 30 Rock (NBC)
- T 10/17 @ 9:00 PM - The Knights of Prosperity (ABC)
- F 10/20 @ 9:00 PM - Las Vegas (NBC)
- R 11/02 @ 9:00 PM - The O.C. (FOX)
- W 11/15 @ 9:00 PM - Daybreak (ABC)
Spring 2007 Premier
- Scrubs (NBC)
- 1/09/07 @ 10:00 PM - The Shield (FX)*
Current Season In Progress
- Stargate Atlantis (SciFi)
- Stargate SG-1 (SciFi)
- The 4400
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Justice, But At What Cost?
First, I have to say I love the opening teaser for The Closer. It is always informative, sometimes funny, always brilliantly acted. This episode was no different. It was a "stereotypes of the sexes" type episode. It was immediately evident that the Administrative Director was biased against women by the women's reaction to him. Daniels' and Johnson's faces were very expressive at Mr. Pierce's balking. Hysterical women vs. Logical decision making men. The doctors vs. the over emotional mother, Brenda's case vs Taylor's case. Good cop (woman) vs. bad cop (man). Even the false lead was given because statistically, it's committed by women significantly more than men.
Taylor is back to his old tricks, doing whatever he can to get his way. I could feel myself getting physically angry and I could hear my husband (in my head) telling me it was alright, that they are probably friends in real life, but since it is fake, I shouldn't be getting so upset. My husband's realistic like that. But since I'm a television junkie, I don't know how much I agree with him.
The ending made me want to cry. I felt sorry because society is the loser in this. As Brenda said, "Before I let these doctors go, I want to apologize to the mother for the world we live in." Brenda's face when the police lawyer walks out is so... it's almost graphic. Daniels look so close to crying. What I love the most, though, is how their feminine vunerability is all but gone when they hear the shots at the very end. They are, after all, the L.A.P.D. This is such a great show!
Taylor is back to his old tricks, doing whatever he can to get his way. I could feel myself getting physically angry and I could hear my husband (in my head) telling me it was alright, that they are probably friends in real life, but since it is fake, I shouldn't be getting so upset. My husband's realistic like that. But since I'm a television junkie, I don't know how much I agree with him.
The ending made me want to cry. I felt sorry because society is the loser in this. As Brenda said, "Before I let these doctors go, I want to apologize to the mother for the world we live in." Brenda's face when the police lawyer walks out is so... it's almost graphic. Daniels look so close to crying. What I love the most, though, is how their feminine vunerability is all but gone when they hear the shots at the very end. They are, after all, the L.A.P.D. This is such a great show!
Friday, July 07, 2006
What I've been waiting for: Monk and Psych
I had to create a Google Calendar for the shows I'm trying to catch. I may catch a few reality shows, but for the most part, the shows I focus on are written by a staff. I've been waiting for the Monk season premier and the Psych series premier. Bated breath waiting. Creating my own calendar waiting.
I did not wait in vain. The Monk premier was awesome. Stanley Tucci guest stars as an actor playing Monk in a television show about last season's Astronaut Murder. A nationally known astronaut murders his lover because she is writing a tell all book. Her murder happened while the astronaut was in space, but Monk figures out how he killed her. The television movie is about that case. The case for the premier is a woman is murdered, but the case is secondary to the plot. We know early on who the murderer is. He doesn't truly come into play until later. It starts off with Monk on the road to recovery, planning a trip, looking to the future with some real hope, reducing the number of times he sees Dr. Kroger, his psychiatrist (or psychologist - I never know the difference, but he prescribes drugs, so psychologist?) etc. Then he finds out that a television movie is being made about a previous case and an actor whom Trudy, his wife, liked would be playing him. He's is awed and doesn't want to look weird in front of the man. But something weird happens. The actor starts to truly take on Monk's characteristics. He finds out what drives Monk to function despite his phobias and idiosyncracies. Then he takes them on, studying Monk's case of Trudy, becoming Monk. Stanley Tucci reminds Monk of his previous guilt. Monk always thought it was his fault that Trudy died. In the end, Monk has regressed back to his needy, phobic worse. And we love it.
I've always hated that Randy Disher, the lieutenant detective, has been portrayed as stupid. I hope they do something about that in this season. Natalie is getting better. She isn't as hateful towards men for the past season. I like the growth. I hope they don't take her back. She mentioneed something about her husband being portrayed as a coward by the other guys. I hope that the storyline brings him back into the picture. I guess if Traylor Howard leaves, they can bring him back. But I like her character, Natalie, so I hope not.
Now, for Psych - What a phenomenal show. This first show was a little slow, but that's what we've come to expect from a new show. The first episode has to tell you/show you the whole setup for the show. Shawn Spencer has been trained by his father to be a detective, but when Shawn grows up, he is everything but. However, he can't help solving cases when he sees the answer through keen observation. The police see the many cases he solves without help and believe Shawn may be in on the crimes. To keep himself out of jail, Shawn pretends that he's a psychic, which is how he came by all the information. Then he has to convince the cops that he's really a psychic and convince his friend, Gus, that this will work. Shawn had some really funny lines, especially working with Detective Lassiter. Lassiter's faces are funny when it comes to Shawn. Gus, however, is the funny person to me. Gus getting his coat, Gus jumping around when they find the kidnap victim, Gus needs to use the bathroom, Gus is just funny. I hated that it took fifteen minutes to get to him. I hope that Gus plays into more scenes in the upcoming episodes. Overall, this is a fantastic show and the mysteries are none too shabby. I hope that the smarminess (is that even a word?) of Shawn being a "psychic" levels out so that it's not so cartoony, but I loved Gus's reactions to Shawn.
Two great shows. I am oh so glad!
I did not wait in vain. The Monk premier was awesome. Stanley Tucci guest stars as an actor playing Monk in a television show about last season's Astronaut Murder. A nationally known astronaut murders his lover because she is writing a tell all book. Her murder happened while the astronaut was in space, but Monk figures out how he killed her. The television movie is about that case. The case for the premier is a woman is murdered, but the case is secondary to the plot. We know early on who the murderer is. He doesn't truly come into play until later. It starts off with Monk on the road to recovery, planning a trip, looking to the future with some real hope, reducing the number of times he sees Dr. Kroger, his psychiatrist (or psychologist - I never know the difference, but he prescribes drugs, so psychologist?) etc. Then he finds out that a television movie is being made about a previous case and an actor whom Trudy, his wife, liked would be playing him. He's is awed and doesn't want to look weird in front of the man. But something weird happens. The actor starts to truly take on Monk's characteristics. He finds out what drives Monk to function despite his phobias and idiosyncracies. Then he takes them on, studying Monk's case of Trudy, becoming Monk. Stanley Tucci reminds Monk of his previous guilt. Monk always thought it was his fault that Trudy died. In the end, Monk has regressed back to his needy, phobic worse. And we love it.
I've always hated that Randy Disher, the lieutenant detective, has been portrayed as stupid. I hope they do something about that in this season. Natalie is getting better. She isn't as hateful towards men for the past season. I like the growth. I hope they don't take her back. She mentioneed something about her husband being portrayed as a coward by the other guys. I hope that the storyline brings him back into the picture. I guess if Traylor Howard leaves, they can bring him back. But I like her character, Natalie, so I hope not.
Now, for Psych - What a phenomenal show. This first show was a little slow, but that's what we've come to expect from a new show. The first episode has to tell you/show you the whole setup for the show. Shawn Spencer has been trained by his father to be a detective, but when Shawn grows up, he is everything but. However, he can't help solving cases when he sees the answer through keen observation. The police see the many cases he solves without help and believe Shawn may be in on the crimes. To keep himself out of jail, Shawn pretends that he's a psychic, which is how he came by all the information. Then he has to convince the cops that he's really a psychic and convince his friend, Gus, that this will work. Shawn had some really funny lines, especially working with Detective Lassiter. Lassiter's faces are funny when it comes to Shawn. Gus, however, is the funny person to me. Gus getting his coat, Gus jumping around when they find the kidnap victim, Gus needs to use the bathroom, Gus is just funny. I hated that it took fifteen minutes to get to him. I hope that Gus plays into more scenes in the upcoming episodes. Overall, this is a fantastic show and the mysteries are none too shabby. I hope that the smarminess (is that even a word?) of Shawn being a "psychic" levels out so that it's not so cartoony, but I loved Gus's reactions to Shawn.
Two great shows. I am oh so glad!
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