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Quintin_Stone wrote:

Frankly, I'm of the opinion that the old mayor deserved to go. He was completely reactive instead of thinking ahead of time about problems that might (or will) arise and talking to people about them.

Well, as far as I saw, there was no gold in the town. No "color", no interest.

What the hell was he going to do with all that Chinese (?) food anyway?

Feed it to the celestials in his employ.

KillerTomato wrote:

Glad me and the missus aren't the only ones who feel that way. Even in a show known for its ludicrous storylines, a cop interrogating doctors sans legal representation, on no evidence whatsoever, inside the office they apparently designated for him in the hospital, with access to every doctor's records, stretches the bounds of credibility way too far. End it. Eeeeeeeend it.

I could put up with the major stretch if it was interesting in any way.

It's not. The cop is just an annoying douche, and the most wooden and uninteresting character on any show I'm currently watching.

It takes away from everything that makes the show actually worth watching. And if the ultimate goal was to explore House's character sans Vicodin, there had to be much better (and less drawn out) ways to get to that point.

*Legion* wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

Frankly, I'm of the opinion that the old mayor deserved to go. He was completely reactive instead of thinking ahead of time about problems that might (or will) arise and talking to people about them.

Well, as far as I saw, there was no gold in the town. No "color", no interest.

What the hell was he going to do with all that Chinese (?) food anyway?

Feed it to the celestials in his employ.

What you talkin' bout, Willis?

Quintin_Stone wrote:
*Legion* wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

Frankly, I'm of the opinion that the old mayor deserved to go. He was completely reactive instead of thinking ahead of time about problems that might (or will) arise and talking to people about them.

Well, as far as I saw, there was no gold in the town. No "color", no interest.

What the hell was he going to do with all that Chinese (?) food anyway?

Feed it to the celestials in his employ.

What you talkin' bout, Willis?

Deadwood references.

shihonage wrote:

I just watched the first 3 episodes of The Unit season 1 and I love it. I love the balance and link between family drama and war situations. Dennis Haysbert plays a total badass, his screen wife steals the show whenever she's on screen, the other two wives compensate for lack of personality by being some very nice eyecandy. I even love the intro music. Good stuff, good stuff.

The other two wives begin to develop personality later. It's not great, but it's something to look forward to.

Sometimes the wives' stories can get a bit over the top, but I've never watched an ep and regretted it.

Hurray, Friday Night Lights is taking over our parking lot and back alley again tomorrow.

Oh wait, I don't drive.

I absolutely love Friday Night Lights. Even if you don't care about football, it is a high quality show about life in small town texas. For somebody who loves West Wing, Battlestar Galactica and other "quality" shows, I cannot recommend it enough.

I'm watching The Unit 2x03 and suddenly I got this tingly "I know that actress" feeling. Then I realized that the non-unattractive woman on the screen is actually the DRUNK JANE FROM DEADWOOD.

KillerTomato wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

House needs to drop the "vindictive cop" storyline now. I get that the show is trying to add a continuous story and try to be more than just a "disease of the week" show. But this is just lame & completely unbelievable.

Glad me and the missus aren't the only ones who feel that way. Even in a show known for its ludicrous storylines, a cop interrogating doctors sans legal representation, on no evidence whatsoever, inside the office they apparently designated for him in the hospital, with access to every doctor's records, stretches the bounds of credibility way too far. End it. Eeeeeeeend it.

There was suitable evidence for Tritter's insane reach. In the second episode of the storyline, after House spends the night in jail he immediately goes to the hospital, thinking the whole Tritter thing is over, but when he gets home later that day he discovers Tritter and a group of cops searching his apartment for narcotics, where they discover House's 'stash' -several hundred bottles of vicodin in varying dosages and amounts, some of them having questionable prescriptions.

The Tritter storyline may not have been executed all that well, but it's really just continuing a tradition in the show, each season they present a character analogue for House, one that shares or reflects his personality but lacks his vision, holding a mirror up to force him to come to terms with who he is.

Which he completely failed to do this time around. The way the storyline ended actually makes him look like some evil criminal genius. He's manipulated people before, but usually for a patient's good, this time he manipulated EVERYONE for his own ends.

I <3 Scrubs.

The Scrubs Musical made me giggle.

Did anyone else catch the premiere of 'The Dresden Files' on SciFi? It got off to a good start with decent acting from the main characters and an interesting plot. The producers made a wise decision to limit the FX rather than than spreading what's likely a small budget too thin.

The only significant negative I noticed was some heavily cliched dialogue, but that's often the case in a show's pilot.

I thought it was good but not great, like Eureka. I'll watch new episodes if I can but I'm not going to go out of my way to see it.

It seems like a watered down version of the Hellblazer comic(aka Constantine) back in the days of Garth Ennis or Brian Azerello.

I'm planning on checking out The Dresden Files whenever I get a chance.

I thought the second episode was a bit better than the first, but for a show that advertises itself as a crime drama starring a wizard, there seems to be very little wizardry on the part of the main character. The only magick he performed in the first ep was the warding sigil he gave to the kid, and in the second episode the only magick was the voodoo doll.

KillerTomato wrote:

Did anyone else catch the premiere of 'The Dresden Files' on SciFi? It got off to a good start with decent acting from the main characters and an interesting plot. The producers made a wise decision to limit the FX rather than than spreading what's likely a small budget too thin.

The only significant negative I noticed was some heavily cliched dialogue, but that's often the case in a show's pilot.

"The Dresden Files" seems to have been written by the writers from the same ilk which was responsible for SciFi's other crimes against humanity, such as "Stargate Atlantis" and "Mansquito".

I can tell that the "Lost Room" and "Battlestar Galactica" teams were nowhere near this wreck when it was produced. And if they were, they must've been possessed by some rather hackneyed Goa'uld symbiotes.

What is "Lost Room"? Any show that can be reasonably connected to BSG with the word "and" piques my interest.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

What is "Lost Room"? Any show that can be reasonably connected to BSG with the word "and" piques my interest.

I have no idea who worked on "Lost Room" (a sci-fi channel miniseries), but they were clearly members of the "we know what we're doing" club. As it is well-known, SciFi channel has a split personality disorder, and you can usually tell which of the personalities made the show you're watching.

The Lost Room was great. It should have been a full series. The left the door open plotwise for it become one, at least.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

What is "Lost Room"? Any show that can be reasonably connected to BSG with the word "and" piques my interest.

It's about an "average joe" cop and father who discovers a motel key which turns any door with a lock into a door to a motel room that exists outside of time and space and can therefore connect to any other door on earth. His daughter accidently gets lost in the room and searching for her he discovers that the key is just one of many objects connected to this technically nonexistent room, each having a different (and sometimes useless) power, and that there exists a secret underground revolving around the finding, trading and research of these items.

It's sort of like an x-files episode gone haywire.

Thanks for the explanation, ruhk, and shiho, I have to laugh that you quoted my question without even attempting to answer it.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

shiho, I have to laugh that you quoted my question without even attempting to answer it. :wink:

Sorry, I'm very careful about spoilers. Too careful, some might say. "What is this show about ?" "Uh, it's good. See for yourself."

Well, that I can respect. I am extremely anti-spoiler.

Edwin wrote:

I <3 Scrubs.

I'm halfway through the third season and I started watching them last saturday, the humor is just awesome.

Just a reminder -- Friday Night Lights Season (not Series) Finale is tonight. If for no other reason than it has a bone-fide GWJer hawking for it (see Link), please join the moderate masses and watch. It needs all the help it can get (only picked up an order for six additional scripts).

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