Thursday TV

[shipperx]

Whew!  What is the law that says darn near everything must air on Thursday?

 Community -   Stop Action Episode reminded me a bit of the Farscape Looney-Toons episode.  It seemed a tad long, but I did enjoy the Christmas Pteradactyl and the bit of the final song saying the meaning of Christmas was "cookies... and liquor"    

 Big Bang Theory -  God, enough with Amy Farrah Fowler.  She's not that interesting nor very funny.  Did enjoy Raj and Wolowitz 'wrestling' to who had to be Rat Man's sidekick with the "superhero zingers' though.  Too bad the main plot sucked.  

 Fringe -  Poor, poor Olivia.  I feel like I say it every week but... poor Olivia!  I rather loved (and by that I mean my heart broke) the scene where Peter worked up to telling her about his relationship with FauxLivia. You could see her heartbreak behind her eyes even as she tried to be mature and logical about it.  That's the way to pull off that sort of thing.  She knew and acknowledged that Peter had done nothing wrong and yet...  and yet...  her heart broke.  It hurt and it was awful, and I felt so badly for her.  And, I see what you did there, Fringe with the main plot being a guy trying to resurrect a dead girl with the point being she didn't come back the same.  (And creepy ballet was CREEPY!!!!)  Very good episode.   Poor Olivia. *sniff*   

 Vampire Diaries -   I just knew that the wolf bite was going to be worse than they thought it was going to be.  Too bad the Katherine/Stefan scene was just a dream.  And I'm really liking the Caroline/Tyler bit.  Who would've guessed?   But their scenes got to me, and they did make being a werewolf look horrific. 

 Being Erica -  It was more like Being Erica's "Normal Again."  Like last year I thought that the episode was penned to work as either a season finale or a series finale.   Everyone in Erica's family, and Erica herself got happiness.  I really liked Sam asking for Erica's thoughts on Lenin what with Sam having been so angry when Erica warned Sam about Josh.  Julianne got detente with Brent.... but they're really, really going to have to work to sell Brent as straight-enough to actually be into Julianne... if they come back.  If not, I think we're supposed to 'understand' why Brent did the things he did.   Erica's trip to the Alt_past also reinforced that while Erica's parents are in a bit of limbo they're in a far, far better place with one another than they were at the beginning of the show.   Adam is, I suppose, current guy.  And it works in case they end here.  There's nothing permanent about it or objectionable, so whatever.  And Erica got to be a "Therapist in training..."  wonder who was the hand that touched her shoulder at the end... 

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[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Ah, two tv's gotcha.

Being Erica is getting picked up by SoapNet and will air the third season beginning in Jan, thank heavens. I hate watching tv on my computer. Don't know how you do it. I rather like Being Erica...wish we had more shows like that.

And it appears I'm going to have to watch reruns or rent Fringe at some point. Didn't try it last night - would have been lost. (I can't watch it because I love two tv shows that are opposite it.)

And TVD rocked again -just finished watching it. I swear that has got to be the fastest paced tv show on. It also demonstrates how you can do plot-twists, without either boring the audience, confusing the audience, or leaving large gaps in the silly attempt to fool/mislead the audience. A few writers I won't mention *cough*Whedon*cough*... need to watch TVD just to learn how to do an effective plot-twist.

I agree...they weren't kidding about that werewolf bite. (But damn, why do they keep killing off my favorite female characters??? First Anna and now Rose, who I adore. Was VERY worried about Caroline - who I also adore. That actress has surprised me. )

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, I watched Season 1 and 2 of Fringe this summer by renting the DVDs. Sometimes it helps to go through things quickly. It doesn't allow the less good stuff to really sink in.

And, yeah, I'm frequently astonished at the pacing of TVD. It's impressive how they have it move relentlessly foward. I wonder how long they can sustain that.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Have been wondering much the same thing about TVD. They did slow down at the beginning of this year - there were two or three episodes in there where they were building the whole Katherine/Mason bit that were less than stellar - those were the episodes where we spent long bits of time with Stefan and Elena mooning over each other, or Caroline mooning over Matt. (Great decision to develop Tyler over Matt - the actor is better.)

Regarding DVD's? I think that's true about some tv shows. I admittedly rushed through and enjoyed True Blood and Dexter better than some did watching the series live. And it was certainly true about Farscape - the DVD's make it easier to ignore the weaker episodes. (Heck I noticed that when I rewatched Buffy a few years ago...I skipped over the episodes I didn't like.)