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I seem to have lost my previous post due to a Blogger mishap. Here's the blips that got saved since I'm already working on next week. Leave comments if you want me to extrapolate or just feel like saying hello. Sorry!



I totally thought good TV would inspire me to write more. Turns out, it just makes me incredibly content and less likely to want to bitch and moan on the web.

Ah well, here's 2 more weeks of great TV coming at you. Except three episodes of Sanctuary because I'm behind.

If you want the spoliery free version:

Doctor Who (Day of the Moon and The Curse of the Black Spot) - My they are trying to scare the hell out of their viewers. They're setting up an arc for the season that better damn well be explained eventually. Currently, I'm happy to sit back and enjoy the ride. The Doctor and his companions are hitting their stride personality-wise. We're moving past intro, validation, humor, and initial morals and insecurities, and we're getting into the nitty gritty, scared, secret keeping, wibbley wobbley goodness. Plus, I love their take on mermaids.

Game of Thrones (Lord Snow and Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things) - I love Tyrion. That is all. Ok, it's not, but it's a huge part of it. Still very true to the book, the actors even manage to evoke the same exact response from me that they did in the book. And not just like/dislike, but also mild unease, grudging forgiveness, pity, hatred, and respect. Every time I see a character, I think about their future and it adds this extra layer to the enjoyment - I'd be very interested to hear what it's like to watch the show without having read the books.

Sanctuary (One Night, Metamorphosis, Wingman) - Taking risks with new characters and creative ways of shooting episodes. A bit of a gamble, some fans aren't reacting well. I am reacting with curiosity and mild glee. One Night was a bit weak, but Metamorphosis and Wingman were brilliant. The use of POV shooting made Metamorphosis all the more compelling, and brought me near tears. Then Wingman, Sanctuary's first clip show, was well done a rather Stargate-esque use of clip shows as a means of propelling a story forward instead of wasting an episode on nostalgia. They're better at humor and dark emotions then awkward normal romance, but I love the fact that they're stepping of the show's comfort zone. Plus any episode that highlights the practical downsides of a Sanctuary lifestyle is fantastic (poor Henry).