5 Favourite Shows. Bitches.
5 Favourite Shows
Five Shows
Pick your five favourite TV shows (in no particular order) and answer the following questions about them. Don’t cheat!
1: NCIS
2: Battlestar Galactica
3: Caprica
4: Californication
5: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Who’s your favourite character in 2?
I hate this question. Because, really, the more I think about it, the more I become convinced that I have a two or three-way tie for my "favourite" character in BSG. I loved Sharon Agathon from beginning to end (especially at the end, when she broke my heart after the whole Boomer and Helo drama). On the other hand? I fell in LOVE with Boomer within the first two episodes of the show. But then she got all fucked up and weird by season 3/4, but...that really wasn't her fault at all, I don't think, so that makes me feel sorry for her and love her even more? Yeah... And then there's Helo, who I think is basically the most perfect male character on television ever... Sigh.
Sigh. Well, if I had to pick one, it'd be a really close call but I think I'd go with Sharon Agathon. Overall, I do like her the most. She's got bad-ass moments, angsty moments, happy shippy moments...and I don't remember ever thinking "...uh, wut?" about her character ever while watching the show. Which I unfortunately can't say the same for Boomer. Helo, though...I think he'd come at a really, really close second to Sharon. And then Boomer and Caprica Six and Starbuck are there duking it out for third place and don't make me choose between then please.
Who’s your least favourite character in 1?
Vance. Quit trying to break up team Gibbs, you hater! (Unpopular Opinion: I also really don't like Tony, despite the fact that Tony/Ziva is my OTP of OTPs... Tony is kind of an immature jackass and I feel like the more I watch the show, the less he deserves Ziva. [shrug])
What’s your favourite episode of 4?
Ooh. The episode when Hank's father died and then we got flashbacks of what Hank's life with Karen was like before shit went down between them. I love how we got to see Hank and Karen's relationship deteriorate even as they tried to stay together. Also, the scene at the end when they hug for like the longest time ever and then Hank pretty much has to TEAR himself away from Karen and he looks so regretful for having to do it? HNGHHH. I think I cried a little for that episode, too...which means it's an instant favourite. Heh.
What’s your favorite season of 5?
Hah. Well there was only two seasons, so...season 2. Season 2, while it had its fair share of...whatever-ish episodes, also had most of my favourite ones . Samson and Delilah. Allison from Palmdale. Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today. Ourselves Alone. Today is the Day Pt. 2. And, of course, Born to Run. I remember feeling all AFDJIOSMFJSFDJIA;DIFAS;D the first time I watched these episodes.
What’s your favourite ship in 3?
Haha, what. You know, I don't think I really have a ship for Caprica...except, hm, I might've gone for Zoe/Tamara if the show hadn't been cancelled. I guess it's an odd ship, but eh, never really thought much about shipping in Caprica, which is actually kind of strange because for every other show I do. Heh.
Who is your anti-ship in 2?
Cavil/Boomer. DO NOT WANT! Like not even a LITTLE bit. That and Saul/Caprica Six. DO NOT WANT that either. I think...those are pretty self explanatory.
How long have you watched 1?
HAHA. Since like...early February? Or January, I don't remember. Hasn't been that long at all, especially if you think about how NCIS has like 8 seasons...
But I've finished the latest 6 seasons already and have even started rewatching again?! Eep. Oh, NCIS. Why you so easy to watch?!
How did you become interested in 3?
Through loving Battlestar Galactica. Enough said.
Who’s your favourite actor in 4?
Oooh this is tough. David Duchovny is the one I'm most familiar with, obviously, thanks to the X-Files, but I'm also a really big fan of Madeline Zima as well as Natascha McElhone. I think...hm. Argh, this is hard, but I think I'm gonna have to go with Natascha McElhone for this one. Can't help it. Karen's my favourite.
Which show do you prefer? 1, 2, or 5?
What a dumb question. I refuse to pick between them. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME DO THAT?
(It depends. If I want angst, spaceships, cylons, or epic Adama speeches, then BSG. If I want anything and everything else, then NCIS. If I want to break my brain and go insane making sense out of a show that was cancelled before its time and then theorizing over the ifs, hows, and whys of said show? TSCC.)
Which show have you seen more episodes of: 1 or 3?
Considering that NCIS has like 7 seasons over Caprica...NCIS.
If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?
AHAHAHA, dear lord, I wouldn't want to be ANYBODY from Californication... Everyone's lives on that show is fucked up beyond all hope. So...nope, would definitely not be anyone, not even my favourite character (Karen).
How would you kill off your favorite character in 1?
THIS QUESTION HAS PSYCHIC ABILITIES. It senses my fear that Ziva will die on the season finale! Hm. How would I kill off Ziva...
First of all, I wouldn't. Mainly because a.) she's my favourite character, and b.) killing Ziva off from NCIS would be like getting rid of Cameron ENTIRELY from TSCC. Why the fuck would you DO that? Do you want the show to be significantly less interesting?
That said, if I absolutely had to kill her off? I think I'd do it in a similar fashion to how (SPOILER ALERT) Jenny died in season 5. I'd have her fighting a fight all by herself against multiple shooters (and have her know that she can't possibly win, even with her Mossad ninja skills), and have her take out everyone she needs to. And in the attempt to kill her targets, she gets riddled with bullets and bleeds out all alone. And then I'd have Gibbs discover her body first because I think his reaction to Ziva's death would be a lot more destructive than anyone else's on the show and mmm I'd be all over that like NY cheesecake.
Dear NCIS, if you're going to kill Ziva off in the season finale? Please make Gibbs rage for the rest of the show. Thanks.
Give a random quote from 1.
"Ziva...can you fight?" - Tony DiNozzo, NCIS S07E01 "Truth or Consequences"
HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH this line. Tony's face as he asks it. ZIVA'S face as he asks it...
It's not a matter of can she fight. It's a matter of does she want to. She was ready and wanting to die even before she found out about the rescue mission, and here? Even with Tony in front of her, telling her that they have a plan to get out of this alive? She looks more defeated than before, like her plan was to die alone in Somalia all along (and later in "Good Cop, Bad Cop", we do find out that that was her intention all along, SPOILERSSSSSSS). It's such a simple line, but I think what really got me here was Michael Weatherly's execution of it and Cote de Pablo's reaction in return. The way he said it, I got the impression that Tony already suspected what her answer would have been and that scared him. And then there's Ziva, who is so completely defeated at this point that she can only sigh and look down and cry at the thought of being rescued because, no, she doesn't think that she deserves it and no, making it out alive wasn't part of her plan at all.
And...and...
Oh, Truth or Consequences. You kill me. You KILL me.
Would a 3/4 crossover work?
ABSOLUTELY NOT. I don't think two shows could be more ill-matched.
Pair two characters in 1 that would make an unlikely, but strangely okay couple.
You know, when I first thought about this question, I immediately flashed to Ziva/Gibbs. And then I pondered it some more. And while it's true that I love the Ziva/Gibbs relationship just as much as I love Tony/Ziva (sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on which episode I'm watching and how retarded Tony is being in any given episode), I don't think the Ziva/Gibbs SHIP would work. Mainly because what I love about the Ziva and Gibbs relationship first and foremost is the whole scarred father adopting another scarred daughter under his wing kind of thing. I love how Gibbs is like the father that Ziva couldn't have and that Ziva is like Gibbs' older daughter that doesn't always like to listen to him, but still remains loyal. So yeah. Ziva/Gibbs wouldn't work out because I would almost consider that as incest, to be honest.
So I'm answering the question with: Malachi/Ziva. Why not? We know that Malachi doesn't have any problems sleeping with his Mossad partners as long as it doesn't get any more complicated than that. Plus I think pre-season 6 Ziva would have been all over the idea of sleeping with Malachi just for the hell of it because she really was (Is? Debatable.) a walking Israeli love machine... Season 6/7/8 Ziva probably wouldn't work with Malachi, though, since in Season 6 she had Rivkin and...after Somalia? I don't think Ziva would ever go back to casually sleeping around. I think that maybe if Somalia hadn't happened and Ziva had stayed at Mossad for good and not gone back to NCIS (a lot of ifs, but whatever), Malachi and Ziva would have made one hell of a team. And ship.
Has 5 inspired you in any way?
Has TSCC inspired me in any way? HAS TSCC INSPIRED ME IN ANY WAY? BITCH, REALLY? I'm pretty sure it's what got me so obsessed with thinking critically about TV shows to begin with. The reason I think so much about every show in this list, and even every show I watch outside of it, is because watching TSCC built that kind of skill in me as I was watching it (THINKING ABOUT TV SHOWS IS A SKILL OKAY DON'T JUDGE ME). I wouldn't appreciate and love all these other quality TV shows if I hadn't run into Terminator.
And also? I've met some of the greatest people (and the stupidest, HAHA, but we'll skim over that...) I know thanks to this show.
Overall, which show has a better cast? 3 or 5?
Ooh, see, this is another hard question again. Summer Glau/Lena Headey/Thomas Dekker/Shirley Manson/Garret Dillahunt versus Eric Stoltz/Esai Morales/Alessandra Torressani/Polly Walker/Sasha Roiz.
Aughhhhhhh do I really have to pick? I think I'm going to have to go with TSCC on this one. My love for Summer Glau and Garrett Dillahunt outweighs my love for Alessandra Torressani and Esai Morales, I think.
Which has better theme music, 2 or 4?
It would have been hilarious if this question asked for 2 and 3, herp derp. WATTUP, BEAR MCCREARY?! Let's see...BSG or Californication.
Um, yeah. BSG hands down. (Californication has GREAT music though.)
Five Shows
Pick your five favourite TV shows (in no particular order) and answer the following questions about them. Don’t cheat!
1: NCIS
2: Battlestar Galactica
3: Caprica
4: Californication
5: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Who’s your favourite character in 2?
I hate this question. Because, really, the more I think about it, the more I become convinced that I have a two or three-way tie for my "favourite" character in BSG. I loved Sharon Agathon from beginning to end (especially at the end, when she broke my heart after the whole Boomer and Helo drama). On the other hand? I fell in LOVE with Boomer within the first two episodes of the show. But then she got all fucked up and weird by season 3/4, but...that really wasn't her fault at all, I don't think, so that makes me feel sorry for her and love her even more? Yeah... And then there's Helo, who I think is basically the most perfect male character on television ever... Sigh.
Sigh. Well, if I had to pick one, it'd be a really close call but I think I'd go with Sharon Agathon. Overall, I do like her the most. She's got bad-ass moments, angsty moments, happy shippy moments...and I don't remember ever thinking "...uh, wut?" about her character ever while watching the show. Which I unfortunately can't say the same for Boomer. Helo, though...I think he'd come at a really, really close second to Sharon. And then Boomer and Caprica Six and Starbuck are there duking it out for third place and don't make me choose between then please.
Who’s your least favourite character in 1?
Vance. Quit trying to break up team Gibbs, you hater! (Unpopular Opinion: I also really don't like Tony, despite the fact that Tony/Ziva is my OTP of OTPs... Tony is kind of an immature jackass and I feel like the more I watch the show, the less he deserves Ziva. [shrug])
What’s your favourite episode of 4?
Ooh. The episode when Hank's father died and then we got flashbacks of what Hank's life with Karen was like before shit went down between them. I love how we got to see Hank and Karen's relationship deteriorate even as they tried to stay together. Also, the scene at the end when they hug for like the longest time ever and then Hank pretty much has to TEAR himself away from Karen and he looks so regretful for having to do it? HNGHHH. I think I cried a little for that episode, too...which means it's an instant favourite. Heh.
What’s your favorite season of 5?
Hah. Well there was only two seasons, so...season 2. Season 2, while it had its fair share of...whatever-ish episodes, also had most of my favourite ones . Samson and Delilah. Allison from Palmdale. Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today. Ourselves Alone. Today is the Day Pt. 2. And, of course, Born to Run. I remember feeling all AFDJIOSMFJSFDJIA;DIFAS;D the first time I watched these episodes.
What’s your favourite ship in 3?
Haha, what. You know, I don't think I really have a ship for Caprica...except, hm, I might've gone for Zoe/Tamara if the show hadn't been cancelled. I guess it's an odd ship, but eh, never really thought much about shipping in Caprica, which is actually kind of strange because for every other show I do. Heh.
Who is your anti-ship in 2?
Cavil/Boomer. DO NOT WANT! Like not even a LITTLE bit. That and Saul/Caprica Six. DO NOT WANT that either. I think...those are pretty self explanatory.
How long have you watched 1?
HAHA. Since like...early February? Or January, I don't remember. Hasn't been that long at all, especially if you think about how NCIS has like 8 seasons...
But I've finished the latest 6 seasons already and have even started rewatching again?! Eep. Oh, NCIS. Why you so easy to watch?!
How did you become interested in 3?
Through loving Battlestar Galactica. Enough said.
Who’s your favourite actor in 4?
Oooh this is tough. David Duchovny is the one I'm most familiar with, obviously, thanks to the X-Files, but I'm also a really big fan of Madeline Zima as well as Natascha McElhone. I think...hm. Argh, this is hard, but I think I'm gonna have to go with Natascha McElhone for this one. Can't help it. Karen's my favourite.
Which show do you prefer? 1, 2, or 5?
What a dumb question. I refuse to pick between them. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME DO THAT?
(It depends. If I want angst, spaceships, cylons, or epic Adama speeches, then BSG. If I want anything and everything else, then NCIS. If I want to break my brain and go insane making sense out of a show that was cancelled before its time and then theorizing over the ifs, hows, and whys of said show? TSCC.)
Which show have you seen more episodes of: 1 or 3?
Considering that NCIS has like 7 seasons over Caprica...NCIS.
If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?
AHAHAHA, dear lord, I wouldn't want to be ANYBODY from Californication... Everyone's lives on that show is fucked up beyond all hope. So...nope, would definitely not be anyone, not even my favourite character (Karen).
How would you kill off your favorite character in 1?
THIS QUESTION HAS PSYCHIC ABILITIES. It senses my fear that Ziva will die on the season finale! Hm. How would I kill off Ziva...
First of all, I wouldn't. Mainly because a.) she's my favourite character, and b.) killing Ziva off from NCIS would be like getting rid of Cameron ENTIRELY from TSCC. Why the fuck would you DO that? Do you want the show to be significantly less interesting?
That said, if I absolutely had to kill her off? I think I'd do it in a similar fashion to how (SPOILER ALERT) Jenny died in season 5. I'd have her fighting a fight all by herself against multiple shooters (and have her know that she can't possibly win, even with her Mossad ninja skills), and have her take out everyone she needs to. And in the attempt to kill her targets, she gets riddled with bullets and bleeds out all alone. And then I'd have Gibbs discover her body first because I think his reaction to Ziva's death would be a lot more destructive than anyone else's on the show and mmm I'd be all over that like NY cheesecake.
Dear NCIS, if you're going to kill Ziva off in the season finale? Please make Gibbs rage for the rest of the show. Thanks.
Give a random quote from 1.
"Ziva...can you fight?" - Tony DiNozzo, NCIS S07E01 "Truth or Consequences"
HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH this line. Tony's face as he asks it. ZIVA'S face as he asks it...
It's not a matter of can she fight. It's a matter of does she want to. She was ready and wanting to die even before she found out about the rescue mission, and here? Even with Tony in front of her, telling her that they have a plan to get out of this alive? She looks more defeated than before, like her plan was to die alone in Somalia all along (and later in "Good Cop, Bad Cop", we do find out that that was her intention all along, SPOILERSSSSSSS). It's such a simple line, but I think what really got me here was Michael Weatherly's execution of it and Cote de Pablo's reaction in return. The way he said it, I got the impression that Tony already suspected what her answer would have been and that scared him. And then there's Ziva, who is so completely defeated at this point that she can only sigh and look down and cry at the thought of being rescued because, no, she doesn't think that she deserves it and no, making it out alive wasn't part of her plan at all.
And...and...
Oh, Truth or Consequences. You kill me. You KILL me.
Would a 3/4 crossover work?
ABSOLUTELY NOT. I don't think two shows could be more ill-matched.
Pair two characters in 1 that would make an unlikely, but strangely okay couple.
You know, when I first thought about this question, I immediately flashed to Ziva/Gibbs. And then I pondered it some more. And while it's true that I love the Ziva/Gibbs relationship just as much as I love Tony/Ziva (sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on which episode I'm watching and how retarded Tony is being in any given episode), I don't think the Ziva/Gibbs SHIP would work. Mainly because what I love about the Ziva and Gibbs relationship first and foremost is the whole scarred father adopting another scarred daughter under his wing kind of thing. I love how Gibbs is like the father that Ziva couldn't have and that Ziva is like Gibbs' older daughter that doesn't always like to listen to him, but still remains loyal. So yeah. Ziva/Gibbs wouldn't work out because I would almost consider that as incest, to be honest.
So I'm answering the question with: Malachi/Ziva. Why not? We know that Malachi doesn't have any problems sleeping with his Mossad partners as long as it doesn't get any more complicated than that. Plus I think pre-season 6 Ziva would have been all over the idea of sleeping with Malachi just for the hell of it because she really was (Is? Debatable.) a walking Israeli love machine... Season 6/7/8 Ziva probably wouldn't work with Malachi, though, since in Season 6 she had Rivkin and...after Somalia? I don't think Ziva would ever go back to casually sleeping around. I think that maybe if Somalia hadn't happened and Ziva had stayed at Mossad for good and not gone back to NCIS (a lot of ifs, but whatever), Malachi and Ziva would have made one hell of a team. And ship.
Has 5 inspired you in any way?
Has TSCC inspired me in any way? HAS TSCC INSPIRED ME IN ANY WAY? BITCH, REALLY? I'm pretty sure it's what got me so obsessed with thinking critically about TV shows to begin with. The reason I think so much about every show in this list, and even every show I watch outside of it, is because watching TSCC built that kind of skill in me as I was watching it (THINKING ABOUT TV SHOWS IS A SKILL OKAY DON'T JUDGE ME). I wouldn't appreciate and love all these other quality TV shows if I hadn't run into Terminator.
And also? I've met some of the greatest people (and the stupidest, HAHA, but we'll skim over that...) I know thanks to this show.
Overall, which show has a better cast? 3 or 5?
Ooh, see, this is another hard question again. Summer Glau/Lena Headey/Thomas Dekker/Shirley Manson/Garret Dillahunt versus Eric Stoltz/Esai Morales/Alessandra Torressani/Polly Walker/Sasha Roiz.
Aughhhhhhh do I really have to pick? I think I'm going to have to go with TSCC on this one. My love for Summer Glau and Garrett Dillahunt outweighs my love for Alessandra Torressani and Esai Morales, I think.
Which has better theme music, 2 or 4?
It would have been hilarious if this question asked for 2 and 3, herp derp. WATTUP, BEAR MCCREARY?! Let's see...BSG or Californication.
Um, yeah. BSG hands down. (Californication has GREAT music though.)