The 30 Day TV Meme - Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching.
Day Two of the 30 Day TV Meme...
The Thirty Day TV Meme
Day 01 - A show that should have never been cancelled.
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching.
Day 03 - Your favourite new show (aired this TV season).
Day 04 - Your favourite show ever.
Day 05 - A show you hate.
Day 06 - Favourite episode of your favourite TV show.
Day 07 - Least favourite episode of your favourite TV show.
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch.
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving.
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you.
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than five times.
Day 13 - Favourite childhood show.
Day 14 - Favourite male character.
Day 15 - Favourite female character.
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show.
Day 17 - Favourite mini series.
Day 18 - Favourite title sequence.
Day 19 - Best TV show cast.
Day 20 - Favourite kiss.
Day 21 - Favourite ship.
Day 22 - Favourite series finale.
Day 23 - Most annoying character.
Day 24 - Best quote.
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new).
Day 26 - OMG WTF? season finale.
Day 27 - Best pilot episode.
Day 28 - First TV show obsession.
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession.
Day 30 - Saddest character death.
Murdoch Mysteries
And sorry folks I can't get this entry to lj-cut properly!
I am going to go with Murdoch Mysteries.
He's a Victorian detective decades ahead of his time, she's a female pathologist in a profession dominated by men and together they fight crime! Obviously. Because it's their job.
Murdoch Mysteries is kind of like Sherlock Holmes would be if Sherlock Holmes was a Catholic detective who failed at disguises and lying. And worked for the police. In Canada. Okay so actually the series only similarity with Sherlock Holmes is the fact it's set in the Victorian period and the use of forensic science to solve crime. It's actually based on a series books of the same name.
The title character is Detective William Murdoch who is logical and has these new fangled methods that get the job done. He has an on/off (- note PTB please be on) relationship with Dr Julia Ogden, the local pathologist (They make a good couple. They are so geeky and awkward and adorable together! /shipper's bias).
His superior is Inspector Thomas Brackenreid who indulges Murdoch as even if he doesn't understand the methods he knows they get results. And Murdoch is ably assisted by Constable George Crabtree (who actually does most of the legwork and in the later seasons has a most excellent rapport with Constable Henry Higgins).
It's a fun ensemble series with crime! And Victorian-ness (that's so a word). Although supposedly a straight drama (and some of the story lines can be quite dark dealing with prostitution, serial killers, homosexuality, suicide and abortion among others) it has nice little moments of humour. It also has cameos from random figures from history - Arthur Conan-Doyle shows up a couple of times as do Nicolae Tesler and Houdini among others.
It's like CSI if CSI had to invent things first.
And it's Canadian. So far there have been 3 seasons of 13 episodes each with a fourth in production. Season 1 is probably the straightest drama (season 2's finale had airships and season 3 had erm...microwave ray guns) but they are all good. Honestly.
The first two seasons are out on DVD and are excellent quality.
As a side note originally the novels were adapted for TV as small telenovella feature length shows. These had a totally different cast and alas lacked Yannick Bisson and his eyelashes of mascara doom.
The Thirty Day TV Meme
Day 01 - A show that should have never been cancelled.
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching.
Day 03 - Your favourite new show (aired this TV season).
Day 04 - Your favourite show ever.
Day 05 - A show you hate.
Day 06 - Favourite episode of your favourite TV show.
Day 07 - Least favourite episode of your favourite TV show.
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch.
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving.
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you.
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than five times.
Day 13 - Favourite childhood show.
Day 14 - Favourite male character.
Day 15 - Favourite female character.
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show.
Day 17 - Favourite mini series.
Day 18 - Favourite title sequence.
Day 19 - Best TV show cast.
Day 20 - Favourite kiss.
Day 21 - Favourite ship.
Day 22 - Favourite series finale.
Day 23 - Most annoying character.
Day 24 - Best quote.
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new).
Day 26 - OMG WTF? season finale.
Day 27 - Best pilot episode.
Day 28 - First TV show obsession.
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession.
Day 30 - Saddest character death.
Murdoch Mysteries
And sorry folks I can't get this entry to lj-cut properly!
I am going to go with Murdoch Mysteries.
He's a Victorian detective decades ahead of his time, she's a female pathologist in a profession dominated by men and together they fight crime! Obviously. Because it's their job.
Murdoch Mysteries is kind of like Sherlock Holmes would be if Sherlock Holmes was a Catholic detective who failed at disguises and lying. And worked for the police. In Canada. Okay so actually the series only similarity with Sherlock Holmes is the fact it's set in the Victorian period and the use of forensic science to solve crime. It's actually based on a series books of the same name.
The title character is Detective William Murdoch who is logical and has these new fangled methods that get the job done. He has an on/off (- note PTB please be on) relationship with Dr Julia Ogden, the local pathologist (They make a good couple. They are so geeky and awkward and adorable together! /shipper's bias).
His superior is Inspector Thomas Brackenreid who indulges Murdoch as even if he doesn't understand the methods he knows they get results. And Murdoch is ably assisted by Constable George Crabtree (who actually does most of the legwork and in the later seasons has a most excellent rapport with Constable Henry Higgins).
It's a fun ensemble series with crime! And Victorian-ness (that's so a word). Although supposedly a straight drama (and some of the story lines can be quite dark dealing with prostitution, serial killers, homosexuality, suicide and abortion among others) it has nice little moments of humour. It also has cameos from random figures from history - Arthur Conan-Doyle shows up a couple of times as do Nicolae Tesler and Houdini among others.
It's like CSI if CSI had to invent things first.
And it's Canadian. So far there have been 3 seasons of 13 episodes each with a fourth in production. Season 1 is probably the straightest drama (season 2's finale had airships and season 3 had erm...microwave ray guns) but they are all good. Honestly.
The first two seasons are out on DVD and are excellent quality.
As a side note originally the novels were adapted for TV as small telenovella feature length shows. These had a totally different cast and alas lacked Yannick Bisson and his eyelashes of mascara doom.