Month-long TV meme, day 29
Current t.v show obsession
Spooks: At last, an easy one! My current obsession is Spooks. I first got into it when I followed Richard Armitage from Robin Hood to his new role in Spooks season 7 (2008) as the rather lovely and quite dark and tortured agent Lucas North. Then I watched season 8 the next year, and that Christmas (i.e. last Christmas, 2009) James bought me seasons 5 and 6. Then James bought me 4 and me and my Mum clubbed together to buy 3 (watched the first one last night - no spoilers for the rest of the season please!).
It's an awesome show. What with spying being a high-risk job, there's a high turnover of characters, but Harry (the boss) has been in it from the start and he's awesome, and Malcolm has been in nearly all of it and he's super-awesome (definitely my favourite out of the lot). I love Lucas, as I said, and I'm also madly in love with Ros. Oh, and Zaf. Ben is great. Adam is a complete nutter, but I like him. Jo gets on my nerves. Ruth is good most of the time, and gets extra points for being a Classicist. Tariq is OK but nowhere near as lovely as Malcolm. Fiona was quite sweet. I'm only just met Zoe and Tom and Danny, so I'll see what I think about them. Have I missed anyone out? (I suppose occasional characters count, of which I adore Robert Glenister as the old and Tobias Menzies as the new Home Secretary, and Tim McInnerny as Mace was brilliant, and I quite liked Anna Chancellor as Juliet, etc.)
Oh, and yes, the plots are great. There's plenty of action (I'm a big fan of gratuitous bombs and guns and the like, call me shallow!), but it's also underpinned by decent storylines. You can overlook the implausible bits or occasional mis-scripting ("Just in case you didn't know after working here for thirty years, boss, I'll remind you at this crucial moment that our comms don't work underground"), because for the most part it's made of awesome. Everyone should try it - but not just one episode, you have to stick with it for a while because the best bits are, IMO, the characterisation and long-running storylines.
The Days:
Day 01 - A show that should have never been canceled (Demons)
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching (FlashForward)
Day 03 - Your favorite new show ( aired this t.v season) (Dr Who, season 5)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever (Life on Mars)
Day 05 - A show you hate (The Prisoner - new US version)
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite t.v show (Robin Hood 2x10 Walkabout)
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite t.v show (Robin Hood 3x04 Sins of the Father)
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch (Spooks)
Day 09 - Best scene ever (The Professionals, The Purging of CI5, Telephone Scene)
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving (Dr Who, season 1 / Robin Hood)
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you (Heroes)
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times (Spooks 7x02)
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show (Thomas the Tank Engine)
Day 14 - Favorite male character (whole list!)
Day 15 - Favorite female character (Ros Myers, Spooks)
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show (Timmy Time)
Day 17 - Favorite mini series (The Devil's Whore)
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence (The Professionals)
Day 19 - Best t.v show cast (Rome)
Day 20 - Favorite kiss (list)
Day 21 - Favorite ship (Robin/Vaizey or Guy/Allan or Bodie/Doyle)
Day 22 - Favorite series finale (LoM s2)
Day 23 - Most annoying character (Kate from Robin Hood)
Day 24 - Best quote (from Life on Mars)
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new) (Spooks season 3)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale (Ashes to Ashes season 3)
Day 27 - Best pilot episode (FlashForward)
Day 28 - First t.v show obsession (Sharpe)
Day 29 - Current t.v show obsession (Spooks)
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Spooks: At last, an easy one! My current obsession is Spooks. I first got into it when I followed Richard Armitage from Robin Hood to his new role in Spooks season 7 (2008) as the rather lovely and quite dark and tortured agent Lucas North. Then I watched season 8 the next year, and that Christmas (i.e. last Christmas, 2009) James bought me seasons 5 and 6. Then James bought me 4 and me and my Mum clubbed together to buy 3 (watched the first one last night - no spoilers for the rest of the season please!).
It's an awesome show. What with spying being a high-risk job, there's a high turnover of characters, but Harry (the boss) has been in it from the start and he's awesome, and Malcolm has been in nearly all of it and he's super-awesome (definitely my favourite out of the lot). I love Lucas, as I said, and I'm also madly in love with Ros. Oh, and Zaf. Ben is great. Adam is a complete nutter, but I like him. Jo gets on my nerves. Ruth is good most of the time, and gets extra points for being a Classicist. Tariq is OK but nowhere near as lovely as Malcolm. Fiona was quite sweet. I'm only just met Zoe and Tom and Danny, so I'll see what I think about them. Have I missed anyone out? (I suppose occasional characters count, of which I adore Robert Glenister as the old and Tobias Menzies as the new Home Secretary, and Tim McInnerny as Mace was brilliant, and I quite liked Anna Chancellor as Juliet, etc.)
Oh, and yes, the plots are great. There's plenty of action (I'm a big fan of gratuitous bombs and guns and the like, call me shallow!), but it's also underpinned by decent storylines. You can overlook the implausible bits or occasional mis-scripting ("Just in case you didn't know after working here for thirty years, boss, I'll remind you at this crucial moment that our comms don't work underground"), because for the most part it's made of awesome. Everyone should try it - but not just one episode, you have to stick with it for a while because the best bits are, IMO, the characterisation and long-running storylines.
The Days:
Day 01 - A show that should have never been canceled (Demons)
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching (FlashForward)
Day 03 - Your favorite new show ( aired this t.v season) (Dr Who, season 5)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever (Life on Mars)
Day 05 - A show you hate (The Prisoner - new US version)
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite t.v show (Robin Hood 2x10 Walkabout)
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite t.v show (Robin Hood 3x04 Sins of the Father)
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch (Spooks)
Day 09 - Best scene ever (The Professionals, The Purging of CI5, Telephone Scene)
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving (Dr Who, season 1 / Robin Hood)
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you (Heroes)
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times (Spooks 7x02)
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show (Thomas the Tank Engine)
Day 14 - Favorite male character (whole list!)
Day 15 - Favorite female character (Ros Myers, Spooks)
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show (Timmy Time)
Day 17 - Favorite mini series (The Devil's Whore)
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence (The Professionals)
Day 19 - Best t.v show cast (Rome)
Day 20 - Favorite kiss (list)
Day 21 - Favorite ship (Robin/Vaizey or Guy/Allan or Bodie/Doyle)
Day 22 - Favorite series finale (LoM s2)
Day 23 - Most annoying character (Kate from Robin Hood)
Day 24 - Best quote (from Life on Mars)
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new) (Spooks season 3)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale (Ashes to Ashes season 3)
Day 27 - Best pilot episode (FlashForward)
Day 28 - First t.v show obsession (Sharpe)
Day 29 - Current t.v show obsession (Spooks)
Day 30 - Saddest character death