So nobody watched this week's Chuck or Heroes?

Tuesday night’s are (currently) Lost marathon nights with my neighbour, largely because there’s generally nothing else on in either country. Wednesdays are a different story, at least as far as the US is concerned:

BBC2 ( Trouble in Amish Paradise )

I don't need any more reasons to watch Life, NBC's Wednesday 10pm drama starring Damian Lewis and Sarah Shahi, but this show just piles them on every week:

1. The guest stars are really cool. Nina from the best season of 24 and the voluptuous Saffron from the brief but bright light that was Firefly put in appearances, but it was the wonderful Mr. ( Read more... )

I am a battered moth. For three years, I buzzed around a bright light before the darkness finally fell. Now, I buzz around the bright light that is Life and the darkness is even denser. What is it about me and ratings-challenged, quality shows that are hard to describe in a way that doesn't make them sound lame? Anyhoo, this is not a venture in ( Read more... )

You may or may not have noticed that picklepocket is no more. Most of you who know me know me as Inigo anyway, so hopefully it's not a major irritant. Those of you who have me friended because of the old transcript days are welcome to hang around if you want but I'm noticing one effect of posting daily and turning up on radars is that I'm losing ( Read more... )

I need a serial mystery on TV. With the passing of Veronica Mars, I expected my appetite to be satisfied by Heroes or Dexter, but at this point it's the puzzle of what happened to Charlie Crews that is engaging me most. For those not watching Life, Charlie is the homicide detective picking up the pieces of his life after twelve years of brutal ( Read more... )