TV: In which I refuse to answer the question
Day 01 - A show that should never have been cancelled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of one of your favorite shows
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of one of your favorite TV shows
Day 08 - A show that's had a significant effect on who you are today
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
My top two on this entry will actually recur later in the meme (and if you've paid attention, you can probably guess what they are and when they'll appear), so consider this a snow rain check. And looking at the meme, there's only...uhm, three, maybe four upcoming entries I'm absolutely sure what they'll be right now. #28 and #29 bother me, and I might redo them -- suggestions?
Anyway. Yeah. Number three's still pretty damned good, and the more that I think about it, the more I can see it displacing either of the top two....
I considered both of the memorable lip-locking moments from the American version of The Office: both Jim and Pam's first kiss during "Casino Night" and the disastrously uncomfortable and unscripted Michael/Oscar moment in the next episode. The latter was just profoundly disquieting (a supervisor forcing physical intimacy on a worker is just full of squick) and the former, well, we could all see it coming, couldn't we?
Jim/Pam dragged on entirely too long with too many hurdles between them. Tim/Dawn (from the British version of The Office) had the perfect arc -- seemingly insurmountable obstacles, but a finite span, not padded for time. Knowing you're playing the endgame makes your series a much different animal, and gives you that freedom (if not obligation) to commit. Episodes that leave you right where you started, playing it safe to protect the franchise -- that's a business model, not a narrative framework.
I think when any of us were watching the finale of The Office (UK), we were girding ourselves for the desolate ending. It's a show that saturates itself on inertia and discomfort. I wasn't expecting this ending -- hoping for it, but not expecting it. With this and David Brent's redemption -- it wasn't quite a Scooby-Doo ending, but it was good enough.
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of one of your favorite shows
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of one of your favorite TV shows
Day 08 - A show that's had a significant effect on who you are today
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
My top two on this entry will actually recur later in the meme (and if you've paid attention, you can probably guess what they are and when they'll appear), so consider this a snow rain check. And looking at the meme, there's only...uhm, three, maybe four upcoming entries I'm absolutely sure what they'll be right now. #28 and #29 bother me, and I might redo them -- suggestions?
Anyway. Yeah. Number three's still pretty damned good, and the more that I think about it, the more I can see it displacing either of the top two....
I considered both of the memorable lip-locking moments from the American version of The Office: both Jim and Pam's first kiss during "Casino Night" and the disastrously uncomfortable and unscripted Michael/Oscar moment in the next episode. The latter was just profoundly disquieting (a supervisor forcing physical intimacy on a worker is just full of squick) and the former, well, we could all see it coming, couldn't we?
Click to viewJim/Pam dragged on entirely too long with too many hurdles between them. Tim/Dawn (from the British version of The Office) had the perfect arc -- seemingly insurmountable obstacles, but a finite span, not padded for time. Knowing you're playing the endgame makes your series a much different animal, and gives you that freedom (if not obligation) to commit. Episodes that leave you right where you started, playing it safe to protect the franchise -- that's a business model, not a narrative framework.
I think when any of us were watching the finale of The Office (UK), we were girding ourselves for the desolate ending. It's a show that saturates itself on inertia and discomfort. I wasn't expecting this ending -- hoping for it, but not expecting it. With this and David Brent's redemption -- it wasn't quite a Scooby-Doo ending, but it was good enough.