Many of my favorite TV shows happen to have a strong ensemble cast of characters. (Not all of them; The X-Files for example is really all about Mulder and Scully, no matter how much I love Skinner, the Lone Gunmen, and others.) This aspect of these shows often makes me love them more, since I love stories about family, and about diverse groups of ( Read more... )

So, mack_the_spoon and I co-wrote a very AU West Wing fic, with some Fringe-y elements included. We've posted it over at AO3. You can go check it out there. (There's a link to the story at AO3 at our shared fic journal, folie_a_2, too.)

Title: In The Half Light
Spoilers: Post-“Noel”, and before the events of “17 People”. (For Fringe, probably post S2, although it doesn' ( Read more... )

One way you can get me to love a show - even one that might not otherwise have a long list of other things that make it stand out - is to have a really good father-daughter relationship at its core. (I'm not saying I'd still watch a show that was actually terrible just for this relationship, but … well, I'm getting ahead of myself now.) Since I ( Read more... )

Just a week early...

Title: Gather Together
Spoilers: “Shibboleth”
Characters: CJ, Toby, Sam, and Josh
Rating: PG
Summary: “Should I bring anything?” “Yeah. Do you know how to, you know, cook food?”
Disclaimer: I don't own The West Wing or its associated characters.
A/N: Just a fluffy holiday piece that I couldn't resist writing after rewatching ( Read more... )

Title: Raising The Sound ( Read more... )

This time, I decided I would make a list of my favorite TV male friendships, since I've been seeing a lot of excellent TV with extremely compelling friendships between guys recently. (Some people ship these duos, I'm aware, but I do not. That said, as far as I'm concerned, you can feel free to ship them if it makes you happy.) Note: I am not ( Read more... )

...when should I watch "Isaac & Ishmael"? The family just got to season 3, and we've seen the first two episodes ("Manchester" I & II). Then we saw that "Isaac & Ishmael" is on the list of s3 eps in a variety of places, depending on the source. We don't have the DVDs. I'm guessing that with subject matter like the episode summary had, it might have ( Read more... )

There aren't that many episodes of television that have left me feeling awed, amazed, and generally stuck around in my memory for a long time afterward - but there are a few. I've been thinking about the best TV episodes I've ever seen in my life, the ones that are as close to perfect as I think is possible. These thoughts led to my decision to ( Read more... )