Sick & TV
So I am under the weather. Which is saying something because I’m rarely ill. It’s a whole mind over matter thing that I have perfected in college. So I really only get one major cold or flu a year. Usually around my birthday, but this year it chose to hit me the weekend before EU’s first Con. Lovely.
Having nothing else to do but be prone or be unconscious, I chose to catch up on my tv watching. I’m always super busy and thus rarely get to indulge and thus Netflix and Hulu have become vital to my geek well being.
Let me count the waves:
1. Castle — Awesomeness cubed! I’ll admit, this is not Shakespeare, and the mysteries are pretty easy to figure out well before out Hero and Heroine do; but it gives me what I want and Castle and Beckett’s chemistry is amazing. You get what you pay for when you tune in and I have to admit, I LOVE Castle’s family. His daughter is the BEST! I pray, for all that is holy that ABC does not screw that up! They only work because they DO work! So I say to you ABC, don’t be dinks, you have a good thing going here.
2. Dollhouse — Joss Whedon is the man. Dollhouse had proven to be everything I wanted and more. It makes me think and honestly, it is one of the few shows on TV that have surprised me in a long time. Also, it helps that this season has been chalk full of Battlestar guest stars (I LOVE YOU APOLLO!). My fav characters has been November. I really hope they bring her back more.
3. Primeval — This British TV series had sat in my Netflix queue forever, and I have at last dived in. I’ve only seen the first disc, but I have to say I’m hooked. I love BBC TV, I am addict to most of their show. In this one, I was instantly taken with Hannah Spearritt as Abby Maitland and James Murray is just too damned gorgeous as Stephen Hart. I can’t wait to see more!
4. Midsomer Murder — This is a very long standing BBC mystery series that I have been following in fist and spurts on PBS for years. Recently, I committed myself to an odyssey of seeing the series from beginning to end with the trusty help of Netflix. I have completed said odyssey having viewed all available DVDs. There will be more coming I’m sure, as the series is even know still running. That being said, anyone that is anyone in British tv seems to have appeared in this series at some point or another. I have seen a VERY young Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Jemima Rooper (Hex), and Henry Cavill (The Tudors) just to name a few. I love this show. It’s quaint and silly, but I have a weakness for British murder mysteries.
5. Torchwood – Children of Earth — This was amazing! And I’ll probably never watch it again. Don’t get me wrong, I was glad I watched it, but it was still painful and made me feel somehow soiled. That being said, I REALLY hope there is more Torchwood in the future. It would be tragic to see it end.
6. Venture Brother — So far, the series started off good enough. Wasn’t hit out the park, but I laughed! I watched this online, so I didn’t have to experience the cock-up that was the west coast feed of this show. Still, I am anxious to see the end.
That’s it so far. With any luck I will be adding to this list. IF you have any suggestions give me a shout!
