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Shows that I have given up this season
Castle
Nathan Fillion's charm made this show stay on my schedule for much longer than it would have had he not starred in it. But even that wears thin after a while when there's nothing of substance to cling to. I'm not sure if I'm totally done with the show, I might marathon it this summer, but for right now, I'm done with this season.
Chuck
I lasted three episodes and then I packed it in. Again. I just don't care about these people, and the annoying way they went about keeping Chuck and Sarah apart did the show no favors with this non-'shipper. I really wish I could see what everyone else sees in this show, because apparently I'm missing something brilliant? I just don't see it at all.
Flash Forward
When it returned from hiatus I couldn't even remember what had happened, who the characters we were supposed to care about were (except for The Cho) or why I should care. I took it as a sign that I had better things to do.
Life Unexpected
While I liked Baze and enjoyed the novelty for a while, I just can't bring myself to get invested in this show. It's too...I don't know, cutesy or something? While at the same time thinking it's edgy. It just feels kinda fake, like it's trying to rise above itself when they'd be much better served keeping it true to itself.
The Mentalist
When Van Pelt and whosit got together and I still didn't give a damn I knew it was time to pack it in. It had been on the bubble for a while, but I hadn't had a reason to stop. Strangely enough, something happening that I wanted to happen gave me the push I needed.
Shear Genius
The new host was a dud. Bring back Jaclyn and I may reconsider watching this show.
Survivor
I had a bad feeling and spoiled myself for the show. Now that Rob's out, my interest has plummeted and while I enjoyed watching the rest be wretched when I had someone to root for, I'm not about to waste my time on people I disliked for the most part.
The Vampire Diaries
This show is pretty much Chuck v.2 for me - everyone keeps insisting that it's brilliant and I just don't see it. Not only do I not see it, I'm mostly just bored by it. When I couldn't even be bothered to figure out what the last episode I'd watched was I knew it was time to pack it in. Maybe marathoning it will help?
Shows that I'm behind on
Damages
I almost always fall behind on Damages. I love the two female leads, but I'm pretty much bored by the storyline (at least post-season 1). I have no doubt I'll be marathoning the remaining episodes one weekend in the not-too-distant future
Fringe
I haven't watched since it came back from hiatus, but I'm actually more intrigued by the story this season than last season, so I'll be doing a mini-marathon soon. I usually like this show better when I have chunks of episodes to watch anyway.
Legend of the Seeker
This season is all about Cara for me. I mean, I love Kahlan a lot, but this season seems to be all about the Kahlan/Richard melodrama and since they bore me I'm less than invested in her right now.
Shows that I'm up to speed on
The Amazing Race
Go Cowboys! And leave Catie and Brent! (I think that's their names.)
Bones
The 100th episode has sure elicited a lot of different responses, both on my flist and beyond. I feel like I've got one leg in each camp. On the one hand, there was a lot of handflapping and flailing and eeeeeking (of the good kind) during the episode, even if it did have to come at the expence of handwaving a lot of stupidity, continuity issues and retcons.
On the other hand, while a lot of people loved the last scene, I really didn't enjoy it. Sure, for the characters that might have been important, but I can't help being annoyed that they're doing yet another reset. If you're not going to give me anything, I'd rather not have the not-so-coy hints either, thank you very much!
And stop bandying the Moonlighting name around as if it was still relevant. Or ever relevant, for that matter! Stop being so chicken shit about writing a romance storyline, you don't actually have to make it boring. I swear, the viewers would happily let you write compelling episodes where the two main protagonists are a couple. You don't even have to harp on it, just let them be a couple while doing the things they would normally do, no pandering required!
(Actually, I don't have a leg in each camp, because what annoyed me is way more superficial than what annoyed the camp that despised the episode almost as much as I despised the seasosn 4 finale [NOTHING will ever be as bad as that!])
Community
Best new comedy of the season, bar none. Can't wait for it to return.
Criminal Minds
My favorite procedural, not a doubt about it. After five seasons, some plots are starting to feel a bit stale, but they're far outweighed by the excellent ones.
The Good Wife
I'm not really joining in the Will/Alicia squee. I just can't bring myself to 'ship them, not because I don't like them or the storyline they're doing right now, but because I just don't have a feel for Will. Like, at all. I don't know what makes him tick, I don't know how he feels about anything, really. And while I love that the women on this show are as awesome as they are, I really think they need to introduce the male POV so that the we can also identify with the men. Right now, they're feeling very "other" to me.
NCIS
I'm about ready to give up on this show. What works pretty well when marathoned becomes pretty damn boring when only watched once a week.
Parks & Recreation
I feel that this show parallels The Office quite a bit. Not in it's storylines or anything, just in how the seasons mirror each other - season 1: boring, season 2: MADE OF AWESOME. Let's hope season 3 doesn't follow this same pattern, though.
Buffy
The way some Spike/Buffy 'shippers bandy around the terms "pedophile" and "statutory rapist" when it comes to Buffy/Angel has always made me scoff (and think that it's defensive posturing about the whole rapist!lover thing). I don't believe that, because I think that Buffy knows her own mind and heart when it comes to her relationship with Angel.
However, the relationship has always squicked me along those very same lines, because while I may think that Buffy is mature enough to make up her own mind in this matter, it's pretty clear to me that Angel doesn't. The way he completely overrules her when it comes to decisions made about their relationship makes me sooooo uncomfortable, as if he's the adult and she's a mere child who has to be told what to think/feel because she couldn't possibly understand grown-up things. Complete with the requisite head-pat and collusion with mommy behind her back. (The adults know what's best for you!)
So yeah, it makes me extremely uncomfortable that Angel would have a relationship with someone he doesn't feel is mature enough to make decisions about being in a relationship. Which is why the next step in my thought process usually becomes: Angel isn't really being paternalistic or patronizing, he's really just selfish because he can't bear to be with her and not be with her. And he's also not willing to sacrifice a few years of his unlife to make her short life as a Slayer a happy one, because the price for him would be too high. So he hightails it out of there not because of what she will gain from it, but what it won't cost him down the line.
On a final note: Dreamhost moved my site to a new server this morning with hardly any notice, and while the only difference I've noticed has been that it's become much zippier, there may be issues somewhere that I'm not finding. If you see something amiss, can you let me know (this goes double for you,
bellanut and typicrobots)?