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Fandom, TV

To A Town Down By The Sea

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This is one show that actually deserves the “Save Our Show” campaign. I tried to describe Terriers to a friend, and the best I could come up with was something like, “It’s just an hour of uncomfortable odd each week.” It has humorous moments, ironic moments, dangerous moments, and many, many quietly clever moments. Donal Logue could not be more believable as Hank, a disgraced cop turned P.I. with skeletons in his closet and tricks up his sleeve, and Michael Raymond-James is just as great as Britt, the perp turned P.I. with equal amounts of skeletons and tricks. I immediately recognized Michael as True Blood‘s Rene from Season One, but I would have NEVER guessed where I would have known Donal from. Look it up…but only after you’ve watched the show.

I think one of my favorite things about Terriers (aside from the outstanding lead actors), is the theme song. The song is actually broken up between the opening and closing credits, so the show always starts, and ends, with the same quirkiness that sets the mood perfectly.

If you didn’t catch the show first run, I would highly advise you to find a way to watch it, even if you have to use Netflix. It’s that good.

[Edit: 12/6/10 Now word comes that FX has cancelled Terriers. This nearly ruins my first snow day.]

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One Flu East

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I got my first flu shot today. I also had one of those EUREKA! moments that actually made me feel like the dumbest person ever.

 I’ve never been one to visit a doctor’s office unless I didn’t think I would make it through the night. However… I should have been able to make the distinction between a “shot” and an “IV”; something I was NOT able to do until this very day. Really.

Fandom, TV

NOF

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The next new show that I’m watching is No Ordinary Family. I would have been moderately interested in the show on the premise alone, but when I found out that Dexter’s Julie Benz was onboard, I was super excited. NOF is surprisingly fresh in many ways. Sure you have a family with superpowers struggling to figure out how they work and how best to use them, but there’s also a killer twist at the end of the first episode that hints at MUCH more than a quirky family show. Also? Julie Benz’ hair always looks amazing, especially when she’s traveling at super-speed.

Again, this is a show that is available on Hulu, so watch it as soon as you get the chance, I think you’ll like it.

SPOILER QUESTION FOR EPISODE ONE (Stop reading if you haven’t watched yet!!)
Wouldn’t someone with teleportation abilities be able to just, you know, teleport into a bank vault without having to be a masked robber?? I always have this question of teleporters, possibly because it’s the power I most desire.

Fandom, TV

Eventful

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Let’s talk about The Event. To make things clear, let’s agree that this is not the next Lost. NBC may have tried to tout it as such, or perhaps the entertainment media, in an effort to fill the void left in their lives, decided that this was the closest thing to stylized drama they could find and made it their great white hope. Either way, The Event is definitely not the new Lost.

The Event, regardless of where this show is going, is based on a very unlikely premise. No, I’m not talking about the possibility of aliens or super-humans who don’t age, or anything along those lines. What I’m referring to is the idea that a young man would find that his girlfriend has been kidnapped from a cruise and then repeatedly risk his life to find her, whether he knew about “The Event” or not. Nearly every man I’ve ever known would have responded to the kidnapping with, “Oh, dude, this sucks, but I, uh, gotta be back at work on Monday or they’re gonna can my ass.” Heh. Seeing our young hero run from, well, everyone in hopes of finding his girl is far less believable than the intrigue of the 97 (give or take a thousand).

Regardless, I’m enjoying The Event but I’d put it on the same level as Persons Unknown, another pretty cool recent NBC offering. If you haven’t yet caught up with The Event, head on over to Hulu and check it out.