06.30 Rules Of Engagement
12.30 Castle
01.30 The Listener
Rules Of Engagement. Season 3, Episode 7. "Old Timer's Day" Jeff hurts his back.
Rules is having it's best season. It's funnier than ever and - unlike earlier episodes - none of the episodes are driven by Jeff being an ass/idiot. Even the Jeff-centric episodes (such as this one) are grounded in reality.
The show has also added semi-regulars. Funny ones, at that. They took a good show and made it better. How often does that happen, huh?
Castle. Episode 7. "Home Is Where the Heart Stops" Home invasions turn to murder.
After last week's dreadful mis-step the show bounces back to almost being as good as it was before. The case is fairly uninvolving, and the scenes with the victim's daughter's angst were seriously yawn-worthy but the episode had a lot of cool and funny Castle moments and - even more important - the episode had many significant moments between Castle and Beckett. They had a 'date' and - at the very end - she showed up and was part of his family gathering.
Best Castle moment? The part at the end where he's alone in the police car, singing his own action theme song and pretending to be in a car chase. The suspect happens by (of course) and Castle gets into a fight with him, while the soundtrack plays his very own action theme song. I love it! Not just the idea/gag, I actually love the theme, too.
The Listener. Episode 6. "Foggy Notion" Murder in Chinatown.
It may have fairly pedestrian case-of-the-week tales but I can't escape the fact that I really like this show.
There are two main reasons for this.
I like the angle of the hero who cares about people he meets and wants to butt into their lives and help/save them. It's the whole Pretender/Early Edition thing, I suppose. Toby keeps running around getting involved in stuff that has nothing to do with him. He's a goodie-goodie. Like Tru on Tru Calling he knows stuff that he shouldn't and he uses that knowledge to try and save lives and stuff. I dig that stuff. It makes him a very old fashioned TV hero.
I also like Lisa Marcos a lot. A whole lot. I really like to watch her body move as she, you know, walks around and stuff. Sure, it's a pretty lame reason for liking a TV show but - Hey! - I'm being honest. Don't mark me down as being hopelessly shallow. I'm not: I also like her hair!
The show always writes to write the scenes between her and Toby really badly (which I'm starting to find charming, not annoying) but it does manage to write her as a smart character in her own right. She gets a lot of screentime and she's very much a lead character in the show. Also, as of this episode, they bring her in on 'the secret'. Very cool. Makes me very, very keen to see the next episode.
Highlight? Castle (cool, funny, romantic)
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Tue, Apr 21, 09 - Rules Of Engagement, Castle, The Listener
