Season Premieres

[badkarma_one]

So, who's waiting with bated breath for the new season to start?

I can't wait for the Season 7 premiere of NCIS, and the first ep of NCIS:Los Angeles right after. I'm glad the Yankees are on a West Coast trip - the game won't start until 10, so the eps will be safely out of the way by the time it starts.

Comments

[rigil_kent]

I really wish I was. Season 6 of NCIS so thoroughly disgusted me on pretty much every level that I'm not actually planning on even watching the premiere live. I'll DVR it and get around to watching it ... sometime. Frankly, I'm kind of hoping there's a decent college football game.

And NCIS: LA ... well, the two introduction episodes kind of bored me to tears (or alternately pissed me off in regards to the portrayal of Ziva), so I doubt I'm going to even bother.

:(

[badkarma_one]

I know other people who feel the same way. I think, though, that there are many things we haven't been told about this past season, and I'm willing to go along for the ride to see how they're resolved.

So, Rigil, what didn't you like about Season 6?

[rigil_kent]

A more apt question would be what did I like. Out of 25 episodes, I liked three.

I made a post back in April (http://rigil-kent.livejournal.com/36163.html) that covers most of my initial issues, but when those final four episodes came out ... my opinion of the current showrunner took a sharp and precipitous nose dive.

Principally, my issues are with the characterizations. I hate the direction they've taken. In s6, Gibbs didn't seem to give a damn; DiNozzo was either the hyper-competent agent he should be ("Agent Afloat," that so-called Tiva arc at the end) or an utter moron incapable of tying his own damned shoes ("Knockout" springs to mind); McGee has turned into a smug, sanctimonious jackass who is flat out mean when it comes to his interactions with Tony; and Ziva ... God, I don't even know where to start with her. For all of their insisting that she's a super spy, I haven't seen a hint of it, especially since she was apparently too freaking stupid to realize that

[badkarma_one]

All good points, and well made.

So -- which eps did you like?

[amedia]

I'm looking forward to the return of "Clone Wars" - the TV series is SO, so much better than the movie it spun off from.

"In Plain Sight" doesn't come back till next year, and I'm not sure I like one of the places they're taking it, but it's still very watchable.

"House" has really gone downhill, but I can't seem to stop watching, so I'm looking forward to that starting up again tomorrow.

I'm not gonna miss BSG; the finale disappointed me SO badly that I only regret having invested all those years caring about it.

And finally - the one I'm probably looking forward to the most - I can't wait for new episodes of "Good Eats"!

[badkarma_one]

Is that the guy with the spiky blondish hair who travels the country visiting restaurants?

[amedia]

Spiky blondish hair - check!

The restaurant-visiting thing is only during his summer specials, like Feasting on Asphalt (road trip food) or Feasting on Waves (Caribbean food).

During the regular season he's like Mr. Science in the kitchen - he brings out huge molecular models to explain things like emulsification and introduces brief history-of-food segments with a View-Master. He's a huge dork and I adore him. :-)

[badkarma_one]

I've only seen one episode (we visited a Greek restaurant and a soul food restaurant), but I enjoyed it.

I don't watch the Food Network as much as I used to -- I tend to watch HGTV more these days (when I'm not watching the Yankees, or NCIS on USA, or catching up on DVDs).