I’m usually pretty good at identifying why TV shows are bad.

I’ve been catching up on early s4 of Gossip Girl and finding myself increasingly irritated by this Juliet storyline that Just Won’t End. It’s contrived and melodramatic and it just drags the show down, but I can nonetheless understand what the writers were going for. I can see that, ( Read more... )

( wherein I try to talk about Hellcats and end up getting frustrated with the portrayal of female sports in TV drama )

( Make It Or Break It #2.10 - At the Edge of the Worlds )

( Make It Or Break It #2.03 )

( Make It Or Break It #2.02 )

Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching

I wish more people watched my dumb gymnastics show, Make It Or Break It, because then people would be writing my D/s 'ship of doom, Sasha/Emily. *__ ( Read more... )

There are so many crime shows on TV that it's continually surprising to me that Southland still feels fresh and relevant. I did not, in truth, miss it during its hiatus, but the first two episodes of s2 have been solid and I really hope it sticks around. (Subtext: you should waaaaaaaatch it ( Read more... )

( Make It Or Break It #1.19 )

( Make It Or Break It #1.18, The Great Wall Of Oh God, Seriously? )

About two years after I thought to myself, "hey, I should start watching Criminal Minds", this weekend... I finally started watching Criminal Minds. (Make the goal. Attain the goal. Yeah!)

I'm not really hooked yet (primary source of irritation: both Elle and JJ were clearly hired because "guys are going to want to fuck her", not because they can ( Read more... )