"Reckoner" was the Rossi ep where he doesn't want to go back to his hometown but has to because Reid's out of action, and there's a mob guy and an Irish mob guy and a Best!Hitman!Ever guy. It didn't make a lot of impact on me either, I admit. (I was excite because I was hoping for retro Rossi, but no. (If I was pitching spinoffs, I would suggest the Ryan, Gideon, and Rossi Hour. They would be such assholes! It would be great.)
I think the quality was starting to drop slightly in s4, and s5 is just unfocused and a little bit lost, to me. They had SO much hanging on the Foyet arc, and although I think 100 is technically a good episode, the whole story just kind of drags this season. It's not tight, and it's not scary enough. TG can act, though, I was impressed with that.
Now, the show seems to be focusing more on action and deriving most of its horror by making cases as gory/extreme/fucked-up as possible.I agree--it's replacing good writing with cheap shocks. Shows like this only have a limited shelf life, I guess, because
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I think the quality was starting to drop slightly in s4
In what way? JW. I didn't notice a drop in quality in S4; in fact, it's one of my favorite seasons.
Shows like this only have a limited shelf life, I guess, because after a while it becomes too hard to suspend disbelief (a serial killer every week).
I agree with the limited shelf life but I don't really agree with that reasoning. CM had a good formula going for 1-4 seasons and I doubt any fans would have been like,"OK, we had serial killers for 4 seasons and I could buy that, but five seasons? No wai!" As long as they kept pumping out solid episodes that capitalized on what the show does best, most fans would be satisfied
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In what way? JW. I didn't notice a drop in quality in S4; in fact, it's one of my favorite seasons.
Strong open and close, but the rise of the quirky!serial killer and some poor character episodes (Instincts/Memoriam (I mean, I see what they were trying to do, but it didn't work for me) and (unpopular fandom opinions!) Zoe's Reprise and Demonology (1)) drag the season down for me. Minimal Loss, Amplification and To Hell and Back are among my favorite episodes ever, and Mayhem has some great moments, but the murderer-of-the-week episodes began to suck. Didn't love The Big Wheel, Paradise, Masterpiece (lol), Bloodline, Conflicted (mostly because of the Reid glurge; it was a pretty Reid-glurgey season). Prentiss spoke Spanish (<3) in Catching Out so it gets a pass (I'm pretty shallow).
(1) I've heard Demonology works better on a second or third viewing, but I haven't gotten back to it yet.
As long as they kept pumping out solid episodes that capitalized on what the show does best, most fans would be satisfied.I think the writing
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(Instincts/Memoriam (I mean, I see what they were trying to do, but it didn't work for me) and (unpopular fandom opinions!) Zoe's Reprise and Demonology (1)) drag the season down for meAhh yeah, this I agree with. There were quite a few forgettable episodes. I don't know why The Big Wheel has such a fandom following--is it b/c of Alex O'Loughlin? Because the episode itself was pretty underwhelming to me. "Conflicted" is only saved b/c it's so lulzy, but I wouldn't call it a good episode by any means. It just makes me laugh at how ridiculous it is. "Demonology" and "Zoe's Reprise" both sucked balls, so agreed there. Hmm, now I wonder why I like S4 so much. Maybe it's b/c the strong episodes managed to overshadow the weak ones
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God, how is it that we agree on everything about this show except who we ship? I'm dumbfounded!
LOL, I think it's cool though. Considering I disagree with pretty much the vast majority of CM fandom on like everything, it's nice to have an ally!
As for shipping, well, it's a strange thing. There's always been a deeply personal component to it that I think varies a lot from person to person, and it's hard to predict. While many fans do generally tend to ship the same types of pairings in their fandoms, there are exceptions. We should start naming OTPs in other fandoms, just for the hell of it. Mine:
I call myself a multi-shipper, but it's more like I have one OTP I'm really impassioned about, and a handful of other ships I like but don't feel that strongly about. I'll "moonlight" with other ships by reading/writing them, but it always comes back to my OTP.
Haha yup, I think my Elle love pushed S1 to where it is. :p
Again I think the only place in the other OTPs of significant difference is Glee... I don't really feel that strongly about any ships, but I lean toward Rachel/Puck, although I also like Rachel/Quinn... she's just so shippable. But I do prefer Emma with Uncle Jesse as well.
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I think the quality was starting to drop slightly in s4, and s5 is just unfocused and a little bit lost, to me. They had SO much hanging on the Foyet arc, and although I think 100 is technically a good episode, the whole story just kind of drags this season. It's not tight, and it's not scary enough. TG can act, though, I was impressed with that.
Now, the show seems to be focusing more on action and deriving most of its horror by making cases as gory/extreme/fucked-up as possible.I agree--it's replacing good writing with cheap shocks. Shows like this only have a limited shelf life, I guess, because ( ... )
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In what way? JW. I didn't notice a drop in quality in S4; in fact, it's one of my favorite seasons.
Shows like this only have a limited shelf life, I guess, because after a while it becomes too hard to suspend disbelief (a serial killer every week).
I agree with the limited shelf life but I don't really agree with that reasoning. CM had a good formula going for 1-4 seasons and I doubt any fans would have been like,"OK, we had serial killers for 4 seasons and I could buy that, but five seasons? No wai!" As long as they kept pumping out solid episodes that capitalized on what the show does best, most fans would be satisfied ( ... )
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Strong open and close, but the rise of the quirky!serial killer and some poor character episodes (Instincts/Memoriam (I mean, I see what they were trying to do, but it didn't work for me) and (unpopular fandom opinions!) Zoe's Reprise and Demonology (1)) drag the season down for me. Minimal Loss, Amplification and To Hell and Back are among my favorite episodes ever, and Mayhem has some great moments, but the murderer-of-the-week episodes began to suck. Didn't love The Big Wheel, Paradise, Masterpiece (lol), Bloodline, Conflicted (mostly because of the Reid glurge; it was a pretty Reid-glurgey season). Prentiss spoke Spanish (<3) in Catching Out so it gets a pass (I'm pretty shallow).
(1) I've heard Demonology works better on a second or third viewing, but I haven't gotten back to it yet.
As long as they kept pumping out solid episodes that capitalized on what the show does best, most fans would be satisfied.I think the writing ( ... )
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LOL, I think it's cool though. Considering I disagree with pretty much the vast majority of CM fandom on like everything, it's nice to have an ally!
As for shipping, well, it's a strange thing. There's always been a deeply personal component to it that I think varies a lot from person to person, and it's hard to predict. While many fans do generally tend to ship the same types of pairings in their fandoms, there are exceptions. We should start naming OTPs in other fandoms, just for the hell of it. Mine:
Jack/Kate (Lost)
Cordy/Angel (AtS)
Peter/Olivia (Fringe)
Rose/Nine (Doctor Who)
I call myself a multi-shipper, but it's more like I have one OTP I'm really impassioned about, and a handful of other ships I like but don't feel that strongly about. I'll "moonlight" with other ships by reading/writing them, but it always comes back to my OTP.
And now for your CM season order challenge:
3,1,4,2,5,6
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Again I think the only place in the other OTPs of significant difference is Glee... I don't really feel that strongly about any ships, but I lean toward Rachel/Puck, although I also like Rachel/Quinn... she's just so shippable. But I do prefer Emma with Uncle Jesse as well.
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