When TV becomes a job.
One of the repurcussions of the DVR is that TV can now produce Netflix guilt. And the World Series has been going on, plus I was in Boston for the last four days, so a lot of stuff piled up. So I've watched four TV shows in a row (3 and a half hours), which is the point at which it starts feeling like work.
Caught up on "Californication" while having dinner. Always a favorite of mine, although some things about this season aren't really working for me. I admire the willingness of both Rick Springfield and Kathleen Turner to completely blow up their previous images, but it's not always fun to watch. Good to see Karen back for a full episode, though
Flash Forward - The show is very good, but it inevitably must get off the fence eventually over whether the flash forwards are possibilities or inevitabilites, and it will probably loose some steam once that happens. Which may have happened tonight.
Fringe - I liked this week's episode, which was very much an XF monster-of-the-week. At least apparently. The focus on Broyles was good.
Grey's Anatomy - I never mind character failings as long as I think the writers put them there intentionally. This week, I felt like they know the Chief has lost his way, rather than just writing him ineptly and thinkijng he's right. So that is progress. I'm also curious why Ellen Pompeo has been marginalized for several weeks at a time now. I know the in-story reason, but out-of-story, she doesn't seem to be pregnant, and II'm not sure what else explains it.
Off this topic - Having had to travel on semi-short notice, I didn't vote for the first time since the Reagan admintistration. There were a lot of Republican wins in almost completely blue Westchester, but I don't think my voting would have changed that, and I'm not even sure I wish it would. At the local level, one party government is almost always a bad idea. The surprising defeat of Andy Spano, the three-term County Executive, may not really help, but it probably isn't going to hurt.
Caught up on "Californication" while having dinner. Always a favorite of mine, although some things about this season aren't really working for me. I admire the willingness of both Rick Springfield and Kathleen Turner to completely blow up their previous images, but it's not always fun to watch. Good to see Karen back for a full episode, though
Flash Forward - The show is very good, but it inevitably must get off the fence eventually over whether the flash forwards are possibilities or inevitabilites, and it will probably loose some steam once that happens. Which may have happened tonight.
Fringe - I liked this week's episode, which was very much an XF monster-of-the-week. At least apparently. The focus on Broyles was good.
Grey's Anatomy - I never mind character failings as long as I think the writers put them there intentionally. This week, I felt like they know the Chief has lost his way, rather than just writing him ineptly and thinkijng he's right. So that is progress. I'm also curious why Ellen Pompeo has been marginalized for several weeks at a time now. I know the in-story reason, but out-of-story, she doesn't seem to be pregnant, and II'm not sure what else explains it.
Off this topic - Having had to travel on semi-short notice, I didn't vote for the first time since the Reagan admintistration. There were a lot of Republican wins in almost completely blue Westchester, but I don't think my voting would have changed that, and I'm not even sure I wish it would. At the local level, one party government is almost always a bad idea. The surprising defeat of Andy Spano, the three-term County Executive, may not really help, but it probably isn't going to hurt.