Sunday, September 6th, 2009
06.30 Torchwood
07.30 Legend Of The Seeker
08.30 Supernatural
12.30 Arrested Development
01.00 Mission: Impossible
Torchwood. Episode 5. "Small Worlds" Faeries. Yes, I said Faeries.
Mixed bag. None of the regulars behave in a crazy/disobedient fashion, we get some great background on Captain Jack and the case of the week is fine. It's inventive, if a bit silly, and the ending is great. Great because it is downbeat.
Legend Of The Seeker. Episode 11. "Confession" Murder!
LOTS does CSI. Kinda. There's not much on the way of forensic science, to be fair, but there is a murder to be solved and they use - at once point - seeds found at the crime scene to lead them to the killer's house.
Or to the supposed killer that is.
This is a story with lots of twists and turns, as the script puts forward a succession of different people as 'The Killer' at various times. And it would be great, were it not for the fact that the actual bad guy is blatantly obvious from the first time he appears on screen. Seriously.
But the episode wasn't a total waste of space. Zed went home to visit his brother and those scenes were very good.
Everything else: bleah!
Supernatural. Season 4, Episode 18. "The Monster At The End Of This Book" The guys meets the writer who writes the 'Supernatural' book series. Which is about them. And their adventures.
Clever. For two reasons. Firstly, it's a wonderful idea for a story. Secondly they manage to tie it into the ongoing story arc (in fact, it only occurs because of stuff they have previously established in the story arc.)
It's a funny episode, with many moments that are hilarious and wonderful in equal measure.
Based on creativity like this, Supernatural should be a top ten ratings hit, not languishing on The CW.
Sigh.
Arrested Development. Season 2, Episode 17. "Spring Breakout" Kitty returns and kidnaps George Sr.
A strong episode for all the cast/characters. Zach Braff appears, but it's a "So what?" cameo.
Mission: Impossible. Episode 82. "Mastermind" Paris as a telepath.
I don't like the episodes where the IMF rely on lots of outside help to make their scams work. This is one of those and - while the story is good - there's a heck of a lot of outsiders required to carry the plan from A to B.
It's a nifty idea, however: convincing a gangster (Donnelly Rhodes) that his coma-victim boss is communicating with him through a telepath.
Highlight? Supernatural (clever)
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