Premiere season continues apace

[_jems_]

I've had a few evenings when I haven't wanted/had time to watch the day's crop of shows and I'm already hopelessly behind. But I've still managed to watch quite a lot before my mini-hiatus. Let's get to it!

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[molly_may]

and of course cancellation rumors are already floating around. *sigh

ACK NO! It's far and away my favorite of the new comedies.

the writers/creators, having now established that they're NEVER EVER EVER GOING THERE, KTHXBI can start writing the kind of intimate scenes that makes Holmes and Watson into the tight-knit team that they want them to be

Oh good, it's not just me who's noticing the shippiness on Elementary this year. This reminds me of Chris Carter, and his many early assertions that Mulder and Scully would never be romantically involved, and we all know how that worked out:

Because you're refusing to make the next logical progression in the relationship because you started with the idea that you wouldn't.

Yeah, that's how that worked out, until Carter finally caved and got them together off screen, satisfying no one. I hope Elementary can find the balance between Moonlighting and The X-Files. At least for the time being, I'm just happy to have the show back!

As for SHIELD, I saw a comment from someone saying that it felt like a show created by committee, and that's exactly how I feel about it. It's so BLAND. That said, I thought the third episode was definitely better than the second, so hopefully it will continue to improve.

[_jems_]

Isn't it just so typical? The one comedy I can see keeping up with long-term and it's already looking like it's dead in the water.

I hope Elementary can find the balance between Moonlighting and The X-Files.
I'm on board for this. I'm also on board for them never getting them together. But if they keep them apart solely because they said it wouldn't happen, I will probably throw my hands up and quit the show.

I think a lot of the time, shows reach a point where the only ones sticking it out are the 'shippers who keep watching to see the interaction of their favorite couple. And that's why, for instance, CC finally caved and put Scully and Mulder together - he had no other audience to write for! So if it comes to that and Elementary writers still refuse to pair them up, I'm sure the show will get cancelled. Or the network will interfere and force the issue. Probably leading to an off-screen hook-up satisfying no one.

Yeah, bland is pretty much on the nose for SHIELD, which is too bad because if there's one thing I expect from Joss, it's nuanced characters (with a few notable exceptions. Like Angel [on Buffy]. And Simon. Who I like, but let's face it, he's dull as dishwater.) Now that it has a full season pick-up, I'm hoping they find time to give the characters the layers they so desperately need.