Recent Television, in brief

[giandujakiss]

Warnings for lack of squee.

House season premiere

Boring hour of television, or the most boring hour of television? Also, I was monumentally creeped out by how House repeatedly used emotional blackmail to get Cuddy to abandon her professional responsibilities. "If you really loved me, you wouldn't answer the phone/go to work," etc. Eeeewwwwwww.



The Chase & Hawaii 5-0



These are two shows about teams of cops celebrating testosterone. Unsurprisingly, I find it a lot more tolerable when the head of the team is a chick, even if she apparently only has one tone of voice. On the whole, though, when it comes to tough blonde U.S. Marshalls, I prefer Mary Shannon.

Hawaii 5-0 had cleverer dialogue - almost entirely because of the banter between the lead guy and the blond guy from Entourage (The Chase tried to introduce tension with a "rookie" character, but it was a lot less effective than the partners-who-hate-each-other vibe of Hawaii 5-0). But just Hawaii 5-0's premise (we're terrorist hunters who have been officially freed from any and all legal restrictions on our actions and even the (female) governor of Hawaii sucks our dicks - yays!) makes me shudder.

Comments

[tablesaw]

Do I officially become a bad person if I keep DVRing 5-0 so that I can fast-forward to Grace Park looking beautiful?

[giandujakiss]

Yes. I am the arbiter of good and bad personhood, and I declare it so.

Meanwhile, I will go back to obsessing over Supernatural, while counting the female body count and the number of times Dean's knife is used as a metaphor for his penis.

[tablesaw]

Thank you for a quick and decisive ruling!

And that reminds me that I have seriously slacked off on documenting the historical inaccuracies and imperialistic assumptions of Warehouse 13.

[giandujakiss]

That sounds like a worthy activity.

[erda]

Aargh House. So skeevy and so boring all at the same time.

[giandujakiss]

I know, rather an interesting combination.

[erda]

I must admit, I lol'd when he pulled Wilson in through the window on that table. But other than that, wth? The sap level was lethal, and all so stupid.

I know my people must be out there somewhere, searching for me. I just have to wait for my starship to return and pick me up. I do not belong on this planet!

[ratcreature]

I wouldn't say the *most* boring. I mean, there is the test image.

I would have really liked a House/Cuddy/Wilson threesome, instead of the stupid closet hiding.

[giandujakiss]

That didn't occur to me at the time, but you're right, it would have been way more fun :-).

[monanotlisa]

Thanks for the House review; I'm still deciding whether this is a good time to leave the show be. On the one hand, I dig Cameron and love love love Thirteen, and of course seeing medical issues resolved on screen, people - usually - saved and freed from suffering and pain, gives me a boost every time.

But man, the last episode and Cuddy's choice undid my hopes for a better plot for the women on this show... :(

[giandujakiss]

Have you seen the season premiere? I suspect you are going to be further disappointed.

[monanotlisa]

No, I haven't, and your review is making me think I should not even start, y'know?