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1. Highlander the series season 2.
It's impressive how much changes from season 1 to season 2 in this series. Where Duncan has previously been at the center of a family unit, in this season he spends a lot of time alone. Tessa dead, Richie - elsewhere (and just so you know, but while I get that Duncan was mourning Tessa at the same time, but honestly, one training-montage and Richie is all ready for life as an immortal and gets to vanish for several episodes at a time). Also, it's still a bit strange, seeing a series for the first time which is so ever-present in fandom as Highlander. I mean, if I didn't know that Joe is going to end up Duncan's dear friend, would I be more suspicious of him? More like to wonder - is he a bad guy? A good guy? I wonder...
2. Hustle season 1.
It's interesting, comparing Hustle to its cross-Atlantic sister show Leverage. Both are about a group of con artists - and yet, they couldn't be more different. Leverage's crew are young, hot, Hollywood-style, and rich enough after the pilot to play at being Robin Hood. Hustle's crew? Small time criminals, making ends meet, but also obviously an integrated part of a subculture. They're charming and I definitely need to watch more of this series, but I do find it interesting, how different the realizations of the same basic premise can be, and I wonder if it has something to do with different nationalities, so to speak, or if it's just random and maybe a bit to do with budget restraints...
3. Sherlock Holmes 2 - A Game of Shadows
Entertaining. I would have liked to have seen more of Mary, though - she seemed to be taking things in stride, and while of course the Holmes-Watson interaction was lovely, well, I find I like Mary, in this version.
4. Things to come
And that's how it didn't happen (just as well, I think I'd look lousy in a toga...)
5. Sherlock season 2.
Oh, Sherlock. Oh, John. And dammit, three episodes are not enough for a proper season, dammit. And who knows how long we have to wait until the next (at least it's been confirmed that there is a next - that would have been a lousy place to end it). Come on, BBC, I want to watch your take on The Empty House!
6. House season 7.
I find myself unimpressed with Cuddy this season. I mean, yes, House shouldn't have driven the car into her house, but honestly? Cuddy knows House. She knew how he was with Stacy, she knows how fucked-up he is - dammit, it was only, what, a season or so ago the guy had a breakdown and hallucinated being in a relationship with her, ending up at a mental institutions. And yet, in the start of this season, they hook up, House has apparently stopped seing his therapist, and then she dumps him. Yes, it was probably a wake-up-and-realize-that-this-guy-isn't-ideal, I get her reasons, but dammit Cuddy! That storyline was hardly your proudest moment. You spent the early seasons being smart and standing up to House, where did you go wrong?
It's impressive how much changes from season 1 to season 2 in this series. Where Duncan has previously been at the center of a family unit, in this season he spends a lot of time alone. Tessa dead, Richie - elsewhere (and just so you know, but while I get that Duncan was mourning Tessa at the same time, but honestly, one training-montage and Richie is all ready for life as an immortal and gets to vanish for several episodes at a time). Also, it's still a bit strange, seeing a series for the first time which is so ever-present in fandom as Highlander. I mean, if I didn't know that Joe is going to end up Duncan's dear friend, would I be more suspicious of him? More like to wonder - is he a bad guy? A good guy? I wonder...
2. Hustle season 1.
It's interesting, comparing Hustle to its cross-Atlantic sister show Leverage. Both are about a group of con artists - and yet, they couldn't be more different. Leverage's crew are young, hot, Hollywood-style, and rich enough after the pilot to play at being Robin Hood. Hustle's crew? Small time criminals, making ends meet, but also obviously an integrated part of a subculture. They're charming and I definitely need to watch more of this series, but I do find it interesting, how different the realizations of the same basic premise can be, and I wonder if it has something to do with different nationalities, so to speak, or if it's just random and maybe a bit to do with budget restraints...
3. Sherlock Holmes 2 - A Game of Shadows
Entertaining. I would have liked to have seen more of Mary, though - she seemed to be taking things in stride, and while of course the Holmes-Watson interaction was lovely, well, I find I like Mary, in this version.
4. Things to come
And that's how it didn't happen (just as well, I think I'd look lousy in a toga...)
5. Sherlock season 2.
Oh, Sherlock. Oh, John. And dammit, three episodes are not enough for a proper season, dammit. And who knows how long we have to wait until the next (at least it's been confirmed that there is a next - that would have been a lousy place to end it). Come on, BBC, I want to watch your take on The Empty House!
6. House season 7.
I find myself unimpressed with Cuddy this season. I mean, yes, House shouldn't have driven the car into her house, but honestly? Cuddy knows House. She knew how he was with Stacy, she knows how fucked-up he is - dammit, it was only, what, a season or so ago the guy had a breakdown and hallucinated being in a relationship with her, ending up at a mental institutions. And yet, in the start of this season, they hook up, House has apparently stopped seing his therapist, and then she dumps him. Yes, it was probably a wake-up-and-realize-that-this-guy-isn't-ideal, I get her reasons, but dammit Cuddy! That storyline was hardly your proudest moment. You spent the early seasons being smart and standing up to House, where did you go wrong?
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