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TV Update, and it's a bloodbath
Jun. 18th, 2024 11:04 amHaven't done one of these in a while. My guy (henceforth D) has gone completely off of TV watching, and now prefers to watch documentaries on YouTube in the evening, so I have taken to headphones so that I can resume my evening's entertainment.
Cut for various degrees of Do Not Want (or Do Not Want Right Now) featuring Doctor Who, White Collar, Moonlighting, Only Murders in the Building, Justified and Roswell. ( Read more... )
And then some stuff which has been more my ticket.
Stargate Atlantis. Up to 'Tabula Rasa' and the show seems to be recovering from the hits it took. Amnesia is always a fun time (although I would love, love, love a fic moving this exact scenario back to season three, because several characters missed out here). Lorne and Zelenka went feral in very personality-appropriate ways. Teyla and Ronon were awesome as the only sane people to be found. I had paid little attention to the Rodney/Katie story before but I now find it low-key adorable, as he is growing more aware of how much he sucks at interpersonal skills and is trying to do better, which is the opposite trajectory of someone like House, and I approve.
Hill Street Blues. It took from midwinter to this week to get through season one with D. It was a Christmas gift and while it's a bit rough around the edges, you can see the creators inventing modern television as they go, which is quite fascinating. I like most of the characters, and am especially attached to Hill/Renko, with their volatile emotional problems and severe PTSD flaring up all over the place, and the way they awkwardly navigate interracial tensions and have insane levels of chemistry (to me, anyway - of course there is no fic). I also like how little attention is paid to the big cases. It's mostly just cops on patrol, and how thoroughly soul-destroying that job is. It's a straight shot from here to The Wire. Quality stuff.
Teen Wolf. I really had no expectations of this being good, and is the one show I clicked on from this list expecting to bail, so of course that was the surprise success. I like the characters and am invested in the plots. When I finish season one I will probably make a post of my various unserious notes on it, but suffice to say, it makes me laugh out loud several times every episode (sometimes intentionally, sometimes not), and laughter is a good thing not always easy to come by.
Cut for various degrees of Do Not Want (or Do Not Want Right Now) featuring Doctor Who, White Collar, Moonlighting, Only Murders in the Building, Justified and Roswell. ( Read more... )
And then some stuff which has been more my ticket.
Stargate Atlantis. Up to 'Tabula Rasa' and the show seems to be recovering from the hits it took. Amnesia is always a fun time (although I would love, love, love a fic moving this exact scenario back to season three, because several characters missed out here). Lorne and Zelenka went feral in very personality-appropriate ways. Teyla and Ronon were awesome as the only sane people to be found. I had paid little attention to the Rodney/Katie story before but I now find it low-key adorable, as he is growing more aware of how much he sucks at interpersonal skills and is trying to do better, which is the opposite trajectory of someone like House, and I approve.
Hill Street Blues. It took from midwinter to this week to get through season one with D. It was a Christmas gift and while it's a bit rough around the edges, you can see the creators inventing modern television as they go, which is quite fascinating. I like most of the characters, and am especially attached to Hill/Renko, with their volatile emotional problems and severe PTSD flaring up all over the place, and the way they awkwardly navigate interracial tensions and have insane levels of chemistry (to me, anyway - of course there is no fic). I also like how little attention is paid to the big cases. It's mostly just cops on patrol, and how thoroughly soul-destroying that job is. It's a straight shot from here to The Wire. Quality stuff.
Teen Wolf. I really had no expectations of this being good, and is the one show I clicked on from this list expecting to bail, so of course that was the surprise success. I like the characters and am invested in the plots. When I finish season one I will probably make a post of my various unserious notes on it, but suffice to say, it makes me laugh out loud several times every episode (sometimes intentionally, sometimes not), and laughter is a good thing not always easy to come by.
