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Anoel ([personal profile] anoel) wrote2008-05-06 06:47 pm

The Shows I Watch

Based on that essay that started it all, the what shows are you watching meme. I have way too many shows for this meme, but oh well (it took me forever though!). All of my shows behind the cut, find the ones you watch/are interested in.



Currently Watching

The Office: I watch the "I Love Everyone and Everything About This Show" which coincides with "The Michael Scott Is Adorable, Never Losing That Childish Wonder Love Show". I also loved "The Michael and Jan Are Totally Romantic Show" but that got canceled after Cocktails although I still hope it comes back. I also watch and am involved in "The Office Cast And Crew Is The Best Ever Show".

Pushing Daisies: I watch "The Ned And Chuck Are Super Cute And Romantic Show", "This Show Is Incredibly Charming, Funny And Pretty Show" and "Ned Is So Freaking Cute And Perfect Boyfriend Material Show".

Ugly Betty: I watch "The Marc and Wilhelmina Are Deliciously Evil And Hilarious Show", "The Marc And Amanda Are BFF And Awesome Show", "The Justin Suarez Is Super Cute Show", "The Betty Suarez Is Awesome Show", "The Betty And Henry Are Adorable And Geek Love Show" and "The Fun And Campy Fashion Love Show".

House: I initially watched (and still do) "The House Is Awesome And Hilarious Show" and switched over to the "House And Wilson Are Totally Meant To Be Boyfriends And It's SO CANON Show" along with "The House, Wilson And Cuddy Are OT3 And The Only Interesting People On This Show".

Heroes: I watch "The HRG Is Awesome And Morally Ambiguous Love" Show, "The Claire and Her Daddy Are Super Cute Show", "The Hiro And Ando Are Cute Geek Love Show", "The Mohinder Is Pretty But A Bit Idiotic Show", "The Nathan And Peter So Love Each Other The Most Show", "The Sylar And Mohinder Are Serial Killer And Scientist Love", "The Molly Has Two Dads, Matt And Mohinder Show", "The Matt Is Super Cute Show" and "Saving The World Plots Are Fun Show".

Project Runway: I watch "The Tim Gunn Is Smart And Awesome Show", "The Challenges Are Creative And Fun Show", "I Adore The Fun, Interesting And Unique Designers Show", "I Love My Gay Show" and "The Designers Have Fun And Form Friendships and Sometimes There's Drama And Classic Lines Show".

How I Met Your Mother: I watch the "Ted and Barney and Robin and Marshall and Lily Are The Best OT5 Ever Show", "The Ted Is Adorable And Romantic Love Show", "The Barney And Robin Are Made For Each Other Show" and "The Barney Is Made Of Awesome Show".

Friday Night Lights: I watch "Watching TV Football Is Awesome And Fun Show", "The Coach and Mrs. Coach Show", "The Matt Saracen Is Super Cute Show", "Tje Tim Riggins Should Always Take His Shirt Off And Be Hot With His Manpain Show", "Jason, Tim And Lyla Are OT3 Love", "The Smash Is Awesome Show" and "The Matt And Julie Are Adorable Show" at least in S1.

Scrubs: I watch "The Dr. Cox Is Awesome And Hilarious Show", "The JD Is Super Cute Show", "The JD And Cox Are So In Love Show", The "JD And Turk Are BFF Show" and "The Cox And Jordan Are Unconventional Sarcastic Love Show".

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: I watch "The Sarah Connor Is Awesome Show", "The Cameron Is Really Interesting Show", "The What It Is To Be Human And Other Interesting Themes Show" and "This Plot Is Intriguing And Fun Show".

Stargate Atlantis: I watch "The Rodney McKay Is Genius, Arrogant And Hilarious Geek Love Show", "The John And Rodney Are Dorks And Boyfriends Show", "The Team Love Show" and "The Arcs Are Fun Show".

Torchwood: I watch "The Jack Harkness is Deliciously Hot, Flirty And Bisexual Show", "The Jack And Ianto Are Cute Boyfriends Show", "The Don't Fuck With The Teaboy And Snark Love That Is Ianto Jones Show" and "The Fun Crack Show".

Grey's Anatomy: I watch "The Cristina Yang Is The Best And Will Show You Why Show", the "I Relate Way Too Much With Cristina Show", "The Cristina And Meredith Are Each Other's Person Show", "The Interns (and Residents) Having Fun And Being Hilarious Together Show" and "The Addison Is Awesome Show". I used to watch "The Cristina And Burke Are Hot, Unconventionally Awesome Love Show" but that was canceled.

Skins: I watch "The Maxxie Is Pretty, Gay, Dancing Love Show", "The Tony Is An Interesting Leader Of The Gang Show", "The OT3 of Tony, Sid And Michelle Show" and "Real, Raw Moments, Friendship And Family Show".

Battlestar Galactica: I watch "The Starbuck Is Awesome And Kicks Ass Show", "The Mommy and Daddy Are Prom King And Queen Of The Universe Show", "The We Have A Plan Show" (is this still running?) and "The What Does It Mean To Be Human And Other Philosophical And Political Themes Show".

Dexter: I watch the "I Love My Intriguing, Principled Serial Killer Show", "The Deb is Cute And Awesome Show" and "Season Long Arcs Are Amazing Show".

30 Rock: I watch "The Liz Lemon Is Made Of Awesome And Rules This Show" and "The Kenneth Is Way Too Cute And Funny Show".

Supernatural: I watch "The Dean Is Hot, Awesome and Classic Music Love", "Sam And Dean Are Emo Porn Love" and "John Winchester Loves His Boys And They Love Him Show" which I wish would come back more.

Doctor Who: I watch "The Doctor Is Funny And Has Much Time Lord Pain Show", "The Martha Jones Is Made Of Awesome Show", "The Doctor, Martha, Jack And The Master Are The Best Ensemble Ever Show" and "The Doctor And Companions Are Always Platonic (Unless They Are The Master) Show".

Nip/Tuck: I watch "The Christian Is Super Sexy Show", "The Christian And Julia Need To Give A Relationship A Real Try Show", "The Sean, Christian And Julia Will Always Be OT3 Family" and "The Pushing The Limits Show".

Entourage: I watch "The Ari Is A Fast Talking Agent Show", "The Vince n' Eric Are In Love Show", "I Love LA And Hollywood Show" and "The Fun Adventures of Vince's Entourage".

Eli Stone: I watch "I Love Victor Garber As Jordan Who Reminds Me Of Jack At Times Show", "The Fun Musical Numbers Often Featuring Victor Garber's Beautiful Voice Show" and "The Eli And Jordan Slashy Deliciousness Show".

Chuck: I watch "The Cuteness of Chuck's Continuing Spy Adventures Show", "The Wishing Casey Was Jayne Show" and "The Slashy Fun Of Chuck/Casey And Chuck/Morgan Show".

Gossip Girls: I watch "The Blair Is Awesome And Bitchy Show", "Blair And Serena Are BFF Fashion Love Show", "Chuck And Blair Are Deliciously Bad But Good Together Show" And "The Eric Is Way Too Cute Show".

Flight of the Conchords: I watch "The Fun, Amazing Music Vids Of FOTC Show", "The Jermaine Is Way Sexier Than He Should Be Show" and "The Cute Slashyness of Jermaine And Brett Show".

Prison Break: I watch "Michael Has A Mastermind Plan To Save His Brother Show" (canceled mostly after S1), "The Uncovering A Conspiracy Show" (canceled mostly after S1), "The Michael Is Hot Show" and "The Michael And Sucre Cuteness Show".

Dirty Sexy Money: I watch "Brian is Hot Priest I Hate You Love", "The Crazy Rich Family Adventures Of The Darlings" and "The Who Killed Nick's Dad? Show".

Life: I watch "The Who Framed Charlie? Thank God For Serial Plots Show" and "The Quirky Side Of Charlie With Fruit Loving Goodness Show".

Private Practice: I watch "The Addison Is Awesome (Or At Least She Used To Be) Show" and "The Cooper Is Super Cute Show Especially With Violet".

Primeval: I watch "Nostalgically Wishing Cutter And Helen Were The SpyRents", "Helen Is Badass And Pwns Most Of The One Note Characters On This Show" and "Cutter And Stephens Are Boyfriends Show".

Smallville: I watch "Lex Is A Tragic Hero And Ridiculously Sexy Show", "The Lex And Lana Subtext Show" (canceled around S5 or so), "Clark And Lex Are Doomed, Tragic Slashy Love Show" and "The Martha Deserves Way Better Than Jonathan And Should Be A Businesswomen With Lionel Show".





Other Shows:

Firefly: I watch the "I Love All The Characters Times Infinity Show", "The Mal Reynolds Show Wherein He Is Badass And Awesome", "Funnier Than Most Comedies Show" And "Space Cowboys And Anti-western Themes And My Spaceship! Show".

The Wire: I watch "Baltimore And The American City: A Greek Tragedy Show", "The Rip My Heart Out And Then Earns All It's Pure Joy Moments Show", "The Institutions Will Take Down Everything In Their Path Show", "The Stringer Should Have Been A CEO (And Is Crazy Hot) Show", "The Omar Is Gay Robin Hood Show", "The McNulty Is An Idealistic Fuck Up Show", "The Kima Greggs Is Pure Awesome Show" and "The Brilliant, Funny, Completely Serial Cop Show I Love".

Arrested Development: I watch "This Is The Most Brilliant And Hilarious Comedy Show With The Most Callbacks EVER", "Michael Bluth Tries To Deal With His Crazy Family While Having Issues With His Own Son Show", "The Bluth Boys Are All Too Cute And Weirdly Slashy Show" and "The Lucille Is Mastermind Love Show".

Veronica Mars: I watch "The Veronica Mars Is Smarter Than You Show", "The Veronica And Lily And Logan And Duncan Flashbacks Of LOVE Show" (mostly cancelled after S1 *sad*), "The Emotionally Investing, Perfectly Crafted Serial Plot Show" (which sadly started falling apart in S2 and mostly disappeared in S3), "The Duncan, Logan And Weevil Slashy Hour" and "Surprisingly Meaningful And Entertaining Episodic Plots Show" (also cancelled mostly after S1).

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: I watch "Brilliant Serial Storytelling With Hilarious Dialogue And Character Love Show" "The Spike Is Awesome, Badass And Woobie Love Throughout His Many Incarnations", "The Spike And Buffy Show Featuring Unrequited Love, Screwed Up Hot Sex And True Love", "The Buffy Kicks Ass Show", "Lots Of Slash Featuring Angel And Spike, Giles And Ethan And Buffy And Faith" And "Falling For All The Canon Pairings Through The Power Of Great Writing And Actors".

Angel the Series: I watch "The Emotional Heartbreaking Moments Throughout The Show", "Angel Tries To Get Redemption Even When It Is Futile Show", "Angel Is Slashy With Every Guy On This Show Including Doyle, Wes, Lindsay And Spike", "Wes's Huge, Brilliant Character Arc Wherein He Believably Changes Greatly", "The Wes And Lilah Are Doomed But Manage To Be Super Sexy Doing It Show" and "The Cordelia Is Hilarious And Awesome Show" that got canceled S3ish.

Queer As Folk: I watch "The Brian And Justin Are Ridiculously Romantic Epic Love Show", "Gay Boys And Gay Sex Are Hot Show", "Emmett Honeycutt Is Flame Burning Bright Love Show", "Funny And Heartwarming Friendship And Family Gang Love Moments" and "The Drew And Emmett Are Love Show".

Alias: I Watch "The SpyFamily RULES ALL And Is What The Show Is All About" (see The Passages for an example of Perfection), "Jack And Sydney Are As Super Squeeful As Any Ship With Their Pure Father-Daughter Love Show", "Jack And Irina Are Mad Hot Chemistry, Tragic Betrayal and Made For Each Other Love Show", "The Jack Is Badass Will Do Anything For Sydney Show", "The Irina Derevko Is Fucking Awesome And Will Take You Down Because She Is So Much Better Than You Show", "The Sydney Kicks Spy Ass Show" and "The Marshall, Weiss and Will Are Cute, Dork Love Show".

Due South: I watch "The Fraser Is Pure Beauty And Goodness Mountie Love Show", "The Fraser And Kowalski Are Partners Like A Marriage, Happy Ending Love Show", "The Diefenbaker Is Super Cute Show" and "The Magical Realism And Fun Plots Show".

Whose Line is it Anyway: I watch "The Ry n' Col Are Best Friends Love And Make The Show", "The Everyone Slashes With Everyone Show" and "The Crazy, Hilarious Improv Adventures Show".

Oz: I watch "The Tragic Prison Love Story of Beecher And Keller", "Beecher's Character Arc And How Prison Changes A Person (Or Does It Bring Out Their True Self?") Show, "The (Mostly) Failed Goal Of Recidivism In Prisons", "Exploring Whether Redemption Is Possible", "Why Revenge Doesn't Accomplish Anything And Should Be Avoided Show" and "The Crazy Hotness of Chris Keller Show".

Gilmore Girls: I watch "The Lorelai Is Hilarious And Awesome And Should Get Anyone She Wants Show", "The Lorelai And Rory Are Ideal Mother And Daughter Best Friend Love", "The Lorelai Deals With Emily, Family And Class Issues Show" and "The Small Town Of Stars Hollow And Its Cast Of Unique, Lovable And Funny Characters With Much Nostalgic Charm".

Cupid: I watch "Banter And Hilarity With Trevor And Claire", "Is Cupid A God Or Crazy? Show" and "Romantic Episodic Plots That I Actually Love Show".

Highlander: I watch "The Methos Is 5000 Years Of Immortal Love Show", "The Duncan And Methos Slashy Nose Painting And Throwing Each Other Against Cars Show" and "Sword fights, yay! Show".

Wonderfalls: I watch "The Jaye Is Apathetic, Snarky And Awesome Show" and "The Jaye And Her Family Especially Her Sister Show".

Everwood: I watch "Ephram And His Dad Have Issues Especially In Relation To His Mother Show", "Dealing With Death: Letting Out My Grief In Heartbreaking Scenes", "The Bright And Ephram Are Boyfriends Show" and "Andy And Harold Banter And Reluctantly Love Each Other Show".

Joan of Arcadia: I watch "The Grace Is Rebellious, Independent And Awesome Show", "The Luke Is Adorable Geek Love Show", "The Grace And Luke Are Perfect Together Show" and "God Talks To Joan Providing Heartwarming Or Breaking Moments For The Girardi Family Show"

Rome: I watch "Vorenus And Pullo Are So Boyfriends! Show", "The Politics Of Ancient Rome Especially Featuring Caesar and Brutus Show" and "The Octavian Is Really Cute And Brilliant Show".

Life on Mars: I watch "The Mystery Of Sam Tyler in 1973 Show", "The Buddy Slash of Sam And Gene Show" and "Sam Tyler Deals With Family Issues Show".

The Office UK: I watch the "This Is Too Similar And Yet Dissimilar (Not In A Good Way) To The US Version Show" and "David And Gareth Are Still Funny And Tim And Dawn Are Still Cute Show".

Queer as Folk UK: I watch the "Stuart And Vince Are Cute And Stuart And Nathan Are Cute And I Am Conflicted Show" and the "Gay Boys And Gay Sex Are Hot Show".

The OC: I watch "The Ryan And Seth Are Totally Boyfriends Show", "The Ryan Is Hot Punching People Love Show", "SoCal Is Awesome And Beautiful Show" and "Funny, Enjoyably Melodramatic And Deals With A Bit Of Class Issues Show" which didn't last much longer than S1.

The L Word: I watch "The Shane Is Androgyny Hotness Show", "The Marina And Jenny Are Hot Show" And "The Dylan And Helena Are Smoking Hot And Sunset Love Show".

Lost: I watch "Surviving On A Desert Island And Working With Others Show" (canceled after S1 for the most part), "The Sawyer And Kate Are My Bright Light In The Darkness Show" and "The What Happens Next Show".



Doing this just reminds me how much I love TV and all my characters and ships and thank god for all of them proving so much joy in my life along with the fandoms that develop from them. I love TV! At the same time though, I've been feeling an overload because I have so many amazing so many great shows and ships I'm loving right now. I've been getting into House fandom, specifically House/Wilson because when I first got into the show I was deep into Office obsession territory and I didn't give my favorite slash ship the attention they deserve. So if I recently friended you, that's probably why. And I'm LOVING this season and all the slash so that's inspiring me a lot in reading fic, watching vids, watching the best episodes, listening to podfic and reading discussions about them. At the same time, I still am reading some Beecher/Keller fanfic, loving Brian/Justin fandom sparking my love for them, squeeing over Barney/Robin, watching Ryan/Colin clips on youtube and reading favorite fics and every time someone mentions Jack/Irina (or I see a picture), my heart squees and I get very tempted to start obsessing about them again. There's just so much great ships and shows out there.

On a different note, I haven't watched American Idol for years (I watched an episode of the Carrie Underwood and Bo season a long time ago) but I wanted to check out the Beatles episode(s) because I love their music and it was pretty entertaining. It hasn't changed much, I still dislike Ryan Seacrest (sorry [livejournal.com profile] dollsome), I still love Simon (I can see why House worked as a great follower to the show) and he's very slashy with Ryan, and the singers are all decently talented and mildly entertaining. The David A kid is way, way too cute. Ultimately I stopped watching and will continue to because it feels like a waste of time in a popularity contest whereas I love creative reality TV with unique challenges each week. On the other hand, it made me watch Scooby Road again and OMG I love that vid so much. My third favorite vid ever and the end gets me every time.

Lots of TV thoughts to come!

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Fabulous meme! I know see exactly why we became friends. :)

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! :)

OMG your icon!! Best icon ever. Oh, Lionel. I have never been so glad about a character death EVER.

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
You WANTED Lionel to die?

Saddddddddddddddd.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Noooooooo Jonathan. I hate him. Lionel is awesome and one magnificent bastard *loves him*

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
OH!

Well, I loved both Jonathan and Lionel. Jonathan was kind of preachy and obnoxious sometimes, and yeah Martha was totally above him, but they were just so adorable sometimes that I had to love him. I can never decide which pairing I ship more: J/M or Mionel.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
You probably don't want to talk about them with me because Jonathan is one of my least favorite characters ever and I despised everything about them. But to each their own.

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeesh. That's cool though. But if you don't mind me asking, why did you hate him/them so much? I'm interested. :)

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
I just really can't stand people who use platitudes all the time, I hated his morally self-righteous attitude and how he thought he was so much better than Lionel and Lex thereby giving Lex even more encouragement to go evil. He was just so flat and boring and uninteresting to me. And the scenes from Nocturne where he was discouraging Martha from getting a job really bothered me. It's just one of my least favorite character types and I think Clark followed his advice way too much instead of Martha's much better giving people a chance and caring about people philosophy.

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Those are all fair points, and I can't really argue, because they're all true. I guess I ship J/M because the writers/actors made it really clear how devoted they were to each other, etc. It's funny though because AoT has actually said that she thought that logically, Martha and Lionel were better suited to each other than Martha and Jonathan.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
I love Annette :) I definitely agree there and episodes like Nocturne and Insurgence made me ship them so hard. I can understand the appeal of J/M but it's not one of the dynamics I love (the parents on JoA were similar and I couldn't like them) so it doesn't work for me.

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Makes sense. I love the "so wrong it's right," good vs. evil dynamic of Mionel, which is kind of similar to Jack/Irina, which I'm also pretty hardcore about.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
I never thought of them as being similar but you're right! Good to know that my shipping has some common themes. And yeah, I'm definitely hardcore there :)

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
LOVE the icon. Jack/Irina is way too much love for anyone to handle it.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Mutual icon love! *faints from hotness* For the longest time, that picture was my default desktop wallpaper. GUH.

Often they're too much for me to handle.

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously. My love for them is almost unnatural.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Same here! I often think I'll spontaneously combust because they are just THAT HOT. And there's SO MUCH between them and I just think they're absolutely perfect together and love them so much. I could go on and on but I'll try to stop myself.

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Ahhhh, I know. They were pretty much my life over winter break, and I wrote wayyyy too much fic. It's overwhelming. Lovelovelove.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
You wrote fic? OMG must read! I am always dying to find fic for them. We didn't get enough of them on the show so I always need more. I had a two monthish period where I was VERY into them and now I'm more balanced but their pull is very, very strong.

[identity profile] illusory-thrill.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Agreed. I'm not as obsessed with them as I was at one point, but I'll always be a hardcore shipper.

You can find all my fic, including my Jack/Irina, here: http://www.fanfiction.net/~fieldagent85

:)

[identity profile] bishojo-kitsune.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
What an awesome meme! :)

I want to do it also! ...Just as soon as I get over the major blow of sadness that the fandom has received today...

Haha, your answers were so funny! :D

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! I'd love to see your answers.

Glad you think so :)

[identity profile] mozartfan1313.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Which Octavian to you find attractive? lol.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
The younger one but the older one is cute too! He's more in the hot category though.

[identity profile] willow31.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. So you watch a lot of tv, and I thought I was bad...hehe, but pretty much every show I watch it on your list, so yeah, I'm glad we're friends now.

I liked your Nip/Tuck, QaF, and The L Word comments....and some of your other ones about shows I don't watch make me want to start watching them. I think this summer I'm going to need to start a few more shows, I'm thinking Heros, House, Battlestar Gallactica, maybe Pushing Daisies? We'll see how it goes...

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah I never realized how much I watched until I did this meme hehe. And I have like 20+ more shows I want to watch. I'm glad too :)

YAY! I can't recommend those shows any more highly especially Pushing Daisies and House and BSG especially S1. It depends what you like really.

[identity profile] willow31.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
yeah, I was also thinking of maybe Dexter and The Tudors (was that one on your list?), I was looking at them to buy on itunes and they looked good.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Dexter is absolutely amazing especially S1 but Season Two is almost as good. I haven't seen The Tudors but I've heard good things about it.

[identity profile] rebeccama.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Funny And Heartwarming Friendship And Family Gang Love Moments"

Much as I love Brian/Justin (and Emmett/Drew and Michael/Ben) that was probably the thing I loved the most. They are an imperfect group of family and friends who make many mistakes and have petty moments, but they are also ones who ultimately love each other and support each other.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah it was definitely a big draw. I was always disappointed that they didn't have as many funny all of the gang friendship scenes in later seasons but I'm glad they always included great family and friendship scenes that made me love them that much more.

[identity profile] illusionaltzu.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
I don't see Homicide: Life on the Streets on either of your lists. Have you watched any of that? I recently saw the first three eps and I'm very impressed (naturally, considering who writes/produces/acts in it.)

"The (Mostly) Failed Goal Of Recidivism In Prisons"
I wish that Oz had focused more on the fact that 98 percent of prisoners are released back into society, and as such we had BETTER find a way to achieve that goal. I was willing to forgive McManus for a lot of BS just because he was making an effort.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I've watched the Pilot. It's on my list but a bit far down because even though it's very well done, I really don't like/am bored by episodic procedurals. I will give it a chance though and I recently heard something that put it higher on my list so that's good.

Yeah I think it tried with all the mostly failed attempt at prisoner activities and such. The failing of the GED one frustrated me the most because that's just so important. And that's a big reason why I like McManus that he at least tries even if he's made a lot of mistakes as well.

[identity profile] illusionaltzu.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh oh! But that's the good news! H:LotS isn't episodic! It was one of the first prime-time dramas to write serial plots.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? I watched the Pilot and it seemed pretty episodic to me. When did it start going serial?

[identity profile] illusionaltzu.livejournal.com 2008-05-08 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
I've watched the first four episodes of the first season, and all four were serial, all about the detectives investigating the same crime and their interpersonal dynamics. Good stuff, even if it does feel a bit dated.
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[identity profile] nicole-anell.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
Well memed!

"The Matt And Julie Are Adorable Show"
*hearts* I miss that show.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-08 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Same here :(

[identity profile] blaithacs.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly what you said on the shows we watch/watched.

Oz pretty much killed me. I'm still thinking of that ending (it's hard not to, with that header I've put in my journal). Talk about obsessive destructive love that ruins everything and everyone in the process.. :( Of course, Oz wasn't just the Beecher/Keller beat up sexing, the whole show was so hypnotizing in that "raw-and-violent-and-true-brutal" kind of way..

Interesting meme. It felt like I was reading my own answers and thoughts :) Yay new friend!

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-08 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Gah that ending totally destroyed me. It's still hard to think about *cries* But exactly I love all the facets of the show.

Yay! :)

[identity profile] caesaria82.livejournal.com 2008-05-09 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
This is simply an amazing post!
It's soooo hard to convey this TV obesession to people who just don't understand... and that's why I love LJ and fandom for the possibility of meeting people who do!
And you sound excactly like one of those people and I'm super glad we met at the friending meme. Looking forward to more of that ;-)

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes I know so much. Fandom connects you with people who get it and make you feel like you belong. It's wonderful. It was good to meet you too :)