"He could be telling the truth. I only played him to the easy level."

[lysachan]

Good Lord, Castle was perfect, PERFECT, this week - and not only because I'm a sucker for one-half-of-my-OTP-in-distress sort of situations. The scene after the explosion? Holy crap. I went all girly and squee-y, which I'm not proud of. This show does it all so insanely well, I wish all my fandoms were as fabulous. And no, I'm not tired of the

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[scarimor]

Frakking mother of president Roslin, Criminal Minds is such a problematic show for me. It is so wrong in so many ways... the ridiculous clairvoyance success of profiling, the sickening and thoughtless juxtaposition of obscene, objectifing, sadistic torture and jolly laugh-a-second cooking parties (*vomit*), the SG-1-esque obsession with giving each character in the ensemble a personal and/or historic tragedy (family suicide, stillbirth, mental illness etc. etc.)... but then you look at the oh-so obvious must-mish the blonde-and-and-dark-prettiness eye-candy that is JJ and Emily and oh wtf who cares whatever... ;D

As for Warehouse 13 - best dialogue in TV sci-fi since 1970s Blakes 7 hit its cerebral peak the 1980s (what happened to Servelan? Did Jackie Pierce go off to Africa and still lives in a monkey sanctuary or something esoterical? I adored that woman). Yes, I know B7 was shoestring budget English space-opera (hair-driers and kitchen utensils masquerading as space ships) as opposed to the state-of-the-art English scif-fi tech production going on at the same time in the form of Star Wars... but the dialogue and characterisation was way beyond (no offence to Lucas - I love Star Wars too). W13 is slicker and faster than B7 of course, because everything is faster today (the pace and our reading of screen media has speeded up no end in the last 30 years), but honestly Warehouse 13 is the first TV sci-fi show to match my demanding expectations for wit since those days. I hope it has a very long run.

[scarimor]

Just to add, I'm surprised that comment even got through. I have three children currently hogging the router with World of Warcraft, BinWeeevils and something else which I'm sure parents aren't even supposed to know about much less understand... Go old and rather corroded wires!.

[lysachan]

I never really took Criminal Minds *seriously* seriously to begin with. I mean, at the end of the day, it's entertainment and an American show on top of it. But compared to most other (American) crime shows, they do things a whole lot better. Given the often obnoxious context of Hollywood shows, Criminal Minds does get it right in many ways.

It's remarkable how a show with such a small budget (for a scifi show) and, let's be honest, a ridiculous setting can be so good. WH13 is a breath a fresh air. <3