Somewhere, there is a shark. And after
Bombshells (Hulu linkage), I'm not sure which side of that shark House is on. In as few non-spoilery words as possible: I have never seen regression look more like Glee. The entire episode is a collage of different genres, and while that is one of my favorite things to do, ever... it's a freaking weird way
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I'm an intermittent House viewer. For me, once a show becomes more about the "will they, won't they" hook-up B-plot, I stop devoting my undivided attention to it. Also, I heard that House's drug addiction was back, which irritates me: I thought they'd already dragged all the dramatic miles they could out of that device. I know relapse makes it much more realistic: a crazy percent of addicts always do. But I don't always look for realism in my TV escapism.
So what was really going on in that scene?
I think my strategy of watching television that's already been out for 5+ years and passed the test of time is pretty solid. Firefly was awesome. Now what do I move on to?
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House has always been the same episode over and over again, really, but I was more upset when he got together with Cuddy at the end of last season than I am about the relapse now. It made his recovery almost entirely about her (and now his relapse is... entirely about her. Should've seen that one coming sooner). My one hope is that he'll get back out of it again on his own. Otherwise... who am I kidding? I'll probably still watch it because I am a sucker for the House and Wilson sort of of bromance.
Ah, Firefly is a really tough act to follow. (I'm assuming you've watched Serenity, too, then? Because otherwise you're not technically ( ... )
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But that's what I liked about it! I'm a big fan of procedurals: Law & Order, CSI, the Sherlock Holmes short stories, etc. The format is just a vehicle for telling the story of the crime/case/caper of the week. As long as the main characters are strong, I don't mind that there's very little development of the main ensemble: it's all about that week's drama. I want to see House be House, I want to see Cuddy be Cuddy, I want to see Wilson be Wilson, and I want an interesting puzzle for them to solve within the hour. All of the Stacy, Vogler, Vendetta Cop, Nuthouse, Cuddy-romance B-plots just get in the way, as far as I'm concerned.
I gave up on House a couple seasons ago: I only catch the occasional episode now. I still think it's a great character, but I'm just not interested in the rotating cast and their various dramas.
Yep, watched Serenity! (WTF is up with killing Wash?! Unfortunately, I was spoiled for that detail before I saw the movie: it's hard seeing a 6 year ( ... )
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I kind of had a feeling that Wash was going to get it. Joss is kind of infamous for doing that to sympathetic characters. Definitely completely unnecessary, though, unless you want to look at it from a "death is messy and unpredictable and unsatisfying" point of view. Which is, I think, what Joss goes for with those things, but I just know he's also laughing, so I still want to conk him over the head for it.
I spent a lot of time trying to sort out what, exactly, was up with Book, since there was obviously a lot of history there. It got fleshed out in the comic books later, but I don't find it particularly satisfying.
Yeah, The Wire is a pretty big investment of ( ... )
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