1x10/2x03 community service - EPISODE REVIEW THREAD

[heliotitans]

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Comments

[7tree_hugger]

This one felt like a real L&O episode. And I'm not saying that to either be critical of anything. It's just I feel we've had a lot of "Character establishment" episodes (fair enough, the series is still only just getting going) and this episode was more of a stuff happens-characters are just incidental

[pipsytip]

I've never seen any Law and Order proper so I really can't compare, but I like an episode where there is more interaction between characters we know and characters that we don't.

I know that I come the series with a specific agenda I want to see Jamie Bamber act his little socks off and in this ep there was a dearth of the law side of things.

I've never watched many procedural shows and if they were to take it too far in this direction I might be less inclined to watch.

Characters I care about are key to me getting into a show.

[zegeekgirl]

Well, by their nature procedural shows usually focus more on the backgrounds of the victims/suspects of the week and less on the principles, L&O franchise included. That's par for the course, and with the exception of the occasional episode like "Alesha," I don't see them changing the formula for L&O:UK anytime soon. (This should, by rights, be a ripe opportunity for fanfic writers to fill in the gaps, so I'm surprised there isn't more fic out there.)

I love me a heaping helping of Jamie, too, and do I prefer when he's in the show more? Sure. But do I expect him to have a lot of screen time every week? No. There's going to be episodes that tilt more toward the CPS and others toward CID, depending on the case, that's to be expected. At least with L&O:UK, by the very nature of the show's premise he's guaranteed to be in at least one scene every week. On BSG, he had better character development but there were a few episodes where he didn't turn up at all. ;)

[pipsytip]

I'm not expecting them to become like a 'continuing serial' with more back story but I guess it was a little dry for me this week.

I'm just disappointed that this week felt series regulars light.

[zegeekgirl]

Heavy on James, though.

And I know NO SPOILERS, but next week *ahem* focuses on one of the CPS team, too. Although it's unexpected, and good. It's really, really good. :D

[persiflage_1]

ALESHA! Not Martha. Sorry, but I hate it when people are misnamed!

I think the whole walk-and-talk thing is just something they've decided to go with to emphasise the fact we're in London. It's like Inspector Morse and Lewis taking us on walks around Oxford - something they do to show off the setting, especially for the foreign viewers who (apparently) dig that sort of thing...

Oh, and Natalie's TARDIS is a cookie tin, not a pencil tin (Doctor Who fan and pedant here!)