The new fall TV season is upon us, and...er, I haven't been keeping up. I can say that Castle is still ridiculous and needs to avoid conspiracy theories, but, you know, Stana Katic in a bra, not a bad look; Revenge is still unexpectedly, marvelously over the top and awesome (I mean, really. This season started with Exploded Boat, Dead Floating Arm ( Read more... )

....redeemed itself after a lackluster season with a spectacularly improbable season finale with a happy ending. And now that that's been resolved, show, can you return to your silly, mind candy roots and knock off the conspiracy theory stuff? You have no idea how to do it.

Castle, I love you. You are my mind-candy program, my show I watch when I do not want to do any thinking whatsoever. You are generally thoughtless, pointless, and filled with Very Large Plot Holes, Conveniences, and Things Actual Pathologists Cannot Do, but I love you anyway.

But.

( Minor spoilers for most recent episode, Countdown. )

The fall TV season just started, and I'm already behind, having seen exactly one - 1 - fall show so far, Castle. In part, this is because, alas, however much I may feel tempted by the thought of watching Daniel Dae Kim in yet another show set in Hawai'i, I wasn't sure if I could actually face Hawai'i Five-O in whatever decade it might be set. In ( Read more... )

Yesterday was, to put it mildly, a hideous day, with approximately two good things in it: one, Castle got renewed, as if ABC knew I needed something, and second, it was the official launch of Shine
an anthology of Optimistic SF, available through Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Powells, Books-A-Million and through local and independent bookstores. (I ( Read more... )

Before the great event that is the season premiere of Lost descends upon us, I should perhaps say a few words about other television shows, which I haven't given up on, despite light blogging about it. I just haven't had much to say about White Collar, which I am watching only the extremely shallow basis that Matt Bomer is pretty (and yes, while I ( Read more... )

And just to show that I'm not entirely negative about this year's television shows:

1. Really enjoying Castle, to the point where I must admit to a bit of heresy - I may - just may - be enjoying Nathan Fillion as Castle more than I did as Mal. Gulp. I know. I submit myself to your judgement ( Read more... )