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[tempestsarekind]

It would be nice if I could redirect my thoughts to things I should be thinking about, but I don't seem to be able to do that. I keep telling myself that this is the weekend in which I am going to write something, but that never seems to happen. I suspect it's all psychological and I have some kind of severe block on attempting to actually write a

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[thepresidentrix]

I've only just started the first season with the new Ray, and I find him quite funny, but I think I already have a whiff of the off-putting... whatever it is that you're sensing, as well. I guess the show was picked up and restarted by new creators, so I can easily see how some creative changes may have been a condition of that new start, but there is something odd about the new flavor

[tempestsarekind]

The old series had its farcical moments, but I sort of believed the characters were real people.

That's as good a way of putting it as any, I think. I feel ridiculous for being put off by the show's silliness, because it's *always* been silly, but I think that what you're pointing to is the real problem. And maybe part of my issue with Ray Kowalski is that his "origin story" is so odd: Fraser and Ray Vecchio have issues with their fathers that really resonate, even if we learn about them most often through the surreal method of their being haunted. But I can't find anything to connect to in Ray's story in "Eclipse."

And yay! for "Witness"! I love that almost nothing disturbs Fraser's equanimity--except the mistreatment of library books, about which he totally gets riled up. I guess that is what happens when you are raised by librarian grandparents.