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My TV Feels
I've picked up several new shows recently, because when I thought about what was missing from my life, the obvious answer was MOAR TV. (Also because the interwebs have been DEAD lately. People! Entertain me! I'm finally caught up on House, which should tell you how bored I was.)
Here are some things to keep you busy while waiting for The Vampire Diaries to come back from (another!) hiatus.
1. Skins - I have now seen all of Gen 1 and Gen 2, and I'm kind of thinking I should stop there? I really liked Gen 2, but whereas I basically loved every single character in Gen 1 (oh, except I HATED Anwar/Sketch), with Gen 2, I was only really invested in Effy, Cook (but not Effy/Cook, and it took until S4 for me to really like Cook), Naomi/Emily in S3, and occasionally Pandora. I have only heard vague things about Gen 3, but I gather that Skins is a show with diminishing returns...
2. Lost Girl - I'd seen one or two people mention this show before, and I think two seasons have aired in Canada? Anyway, Syfy just started airing it, so I got caught up this weekend. I've only seen, like, six episodes, though, so don't spoil me! It's an urban fantasy sort of deal, where all supernatural beings are different types of Fae. It has a kick-ass female main character who has recently discovered her Fae origins and is trying to learn more about the family she never knew. She also occasionally fights crime. Also, ANNA SILK!! (aka Erica's friend/girlcrush Cassidy on Being Erica) LOVE HER.
3. Awake - I've only seen the pilot so far, but I am intrigued. Officially, it doesn't premiere until March, but the first episode is available online. It's about a guy who gets in a car accident and ends up leading two parallel lives - one where his wife died in the crash, and the other where his son died. He can't tell which one is real, or if he's going mad with grief, but if it means losing either his wife or his son, he has no desire to get better. Kind of Sliding Doors-esque, except that he's living both lives at the same time.
4. The River - Horror series set in the Amazon. I am generally not a huge horror fan, but I was bored and it stars Leslie Hope (Jack Bauer's wife on 24) and Paul Blackthorne (also from 24, lol, but more recently The Dresden Files). Hope plays the wife of the host of a travel/adventure TV series who disappeared while filming in the Amazon. She's determined to find her husband, and the network agrees to fund the expedition, as long as the show's producer (Blackthorne) goes along to film the whole thing. Then spooky shit starts to happen.
5. The Fades - Another supernaturalish show, this time with ghosts. I really wanted to like it, because it stars Natalie Dormer (Anne Boleyn on The Tudors), but... I really wasn't feeling it. I thought she'd have a bigger role, but she's mostly dead the whole time? (This is not a spoiler. She dies within the first five minutes of the pilot.) Good thing all the main dudes can see dead people, I guess? I only watched two episodes so far, and I think there are three more eps available through On Demand. Should I keep going?
Still on my radar: Smash, Alcatraz, and Touch.
TELL ME YOUR FEELS, FLIST!
Here are some things to keep you busy while waiting for The Vampire Diaries to come back from (another!) hiatus.
1. Skins - I have now seen all of Gen 1 and Gen 2, and I'm kind of thinking I should stop there? I really liked Gen 2, but whereas I basically loved every single character in Gen 1 (oh, except I HATED Anwar/Sketch), with Gen 2, I was only really invested in Effy, Cook (but not Effy/Cook, and it took until S4 for me to really like Cook), Naomi/Emily in S3, and occasionally Pandora. I have only heard vague things about Gen 3, but I gather that Skins is a show with diminishing returns...
2. Lost Girl - I'd seen one or two people mention this show before, and I think two seasons have aired in Canada? Anyway, Syfy just started airing it, so I got caught up this weekend. I've only seen, like, six episodes, though, so don't spoil me! It's an urban fantasy sort of deal, where all supernatural beings are different types of Fae. It has a kick-ass female main character who has recently discovered her Fae origins and is trying to learn more about the family she never knew. She also occasionally fights crime. Also, ANNA SILK!! (aka Erica's friend/girlcrush Cassidy on Being Erica) LOVE HER.
3. Awake - I've only seen the pilot so far, but I am intrigued. Officially, it doesn't premiere until March, but the first episode is available online. It's about a guy who gets in a car accident and ends up leading two parallel lives - one where his wife died in the crash, and the other where his son died. He can't tell which one is real, or if he's going mad with grief, but if it means losing either his wife or his son, he has no desire to get better. Kind of Sliding Doors-esque, except that he's living both lives at the same time.
4. The River - Horror series set in the Amazon. I am generally not a huge horror fan, but I was bored and it stars Leslie Hope (Jack Bauer's wife on 24) and Paul Blackthorne (also from 24, lol, but more recently The Dresden Files). Hope plays the wife of the host of a travel/adventure TV series who disappeared while filming in the Amazon. She's determined to find her husband, and the network agrees to fund the expedition, as long as the show's producer (Blackthorne) goes along to film the whole thing. Then spooky shit starts to happen.
5. The Fades - Another supernaturalish show, this time with ghosts. I really wanted to like it, because it stars Natalie Dormer (Anne Boleyn on The Tudors), but... I really wasn't feeling it. I thought she'd have a bigger role, but she's mostly dead the whole time? (This is not a spoiler. She dies within the first five minutes of the pilot.) Good thing all the main dudes can see dead people, I guess? I only watched two episodes so far, and I think there are three more eps available through On Demand. Should I keep going?
Still on my radar: Smash, Alcatraz, and Touch.
TELL ME YOUR FEELS, FLIST!
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Although I hear a lot of people were pretty annoyed with how Cuddy/House was handled.
I would dropped the show when they killed off Kutner, if I hadn't given up on it already.
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I think it helps that I have very low investment in the show. :) Nothing they do can upset me at this point.
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