TV Stuff (11/9-11/15)
I'm not watching much TV right now, as the only two dramas that still have me watching on at the moment are Angel & 24. Warning: Spoilers follow if you're timeshifting these shows on Tape or Tivo.
24 ratcheted up the tension this week, and threw us the first big surprise of the season with Tony getting shot. I think this episode probably resolves a lot of complaints some had about the first two episodes of the show being a bit slow and predictable.
As always, I'm concerned with any time wasted on Kim Bauer unless it involves her causing great frustration for other characters on the show. I guess her relationship with "Jack's Partner" (whose name I can't remember at the moment) is meeting that criteria, but as usual it's pretty forced.
Angel "Lineage" was great. The focus on Wes, by far the most compelling supporting character on the show, was welcome. The episode gave us a little bit of everything without it feeling forced, a welcome change of pace. We have character development (Wes dealing with this bottled resentment and his feelings for Fred) and some macro plot issues (Spike & Eve, the robots) giving us some longterm meat to chew on.
The stuff with Wesley, which was basically 90% of the episode, was really well done. Alexis Denisof has done a wonderful job letting the writers change his character from preening incompetent into a engaging character struggling to walk a line between what's right and what's necessary. The sequence where he shoots and kills his ersatz father was shocking, both for illustrating just how much he cares for Fred, and for the suddenness and violence of the act itself, not just firing a clean shot, but unloading a clip into RoboDad.
It should also be noted that this episode was pretty damned funny. Spike got to basically just make snarky comments all episode, which is fine with me.
The only comedy that I'm currently watching is Fox's new Arrested Development. It's second episode aired this past Sunday, and it was pretty funny, if a tad predictable plot wise. This is definitely worth checking out if you're looking for a comedy to watch on Sunday night.
I'm not watching much TV right now, as the only two dramas that still have me watching on at the moment are Angel & 24. Warning: Spoilers follow if you're timeshifting these shows on Tape or Tivo.
24 ratcheted up the tension this week, and threw us the first big surprise of the season with Tony getting shot. I think this episode probably resolves a lot of complaints some had about the first two episodes of the show being a bit slow and predictable.
As always, I'm concerned with any time wasted on Kim Bauer unless it involves her causing great frustration for other characters on the show. I guess her relationship with "Jack's Partner" (whose name I can't remember at the moment) is meeting that criteria, but as usual it's pretty forced.
Angel "Lineage" was great. The focus on Wes, by far the most compelling supporting character on the show, was welcome. The episode gave us a little bit of everything without it feeling forced, a welcome change of pace. We have character development (Wes dealing with this bottled resentment and his feelings for Fred) and some macro plot issues (Spike & Eve, the robots) giving us some longterm meat to chew on.
The stuff with Wesley, which was basically 90% of the episode, was really well done. Alexis Denisof has done a wonderful job letting the writers change his character from preening incompetent into a engaging character struggling to walk a line between what's right and what's necessary. The sequence where he shoots and kills his ersatz father was shocking, both for illustrating just how much he cares for Fred, and for the suddenness and violence of the act itself, not just firing a clean shot, but unloading a clip into RoboDad.
It should also be noted that this episode was pretty damned funny. Spike got to basically just make snarky comments all episode, which is fine with me.
The only comedy that I'm currently watching is Fox's new Arrested Development. It's second episode aired this past Sunday, and it was pretty funny, if a tad predictable plot wise. This is definitely worth checking out if you're looking for a comedy to watch on Sunday night.
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