Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching

[fabrisse]

Until, oh, about a week ago, I'd have said Criminal Minds. I love that it's an ensemble show. I love that it's a procedural that seems to be more about the procedure. I love that it respects the victims. (Yes, I'm looking at you CSI franchise with your tasteless quips. They aren't MASH quality black humor; they're tacky.)

Moreover, there were three women on the show, none of whom was an appendage to a man, though two are in relationships, and each with distinctive personalities and job roles.

Last week, one had her option dropped and one is now in negotiations for a severely reduced role. While I love the third character, a hacker named Garcia, to pieces, she's the most conventionally girly of the three.

The thing is, there are other shows I like, but I don't care enough to proselytize for them. I think the last show I really did that for was Smallville back in the early days when it was so sparkly it broke people's gaydar.

*sigh*

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[(Anonymous)]

I've been thinking a lot about early-season Smallville recently - another show I really need to make use of the internet's infinite illegal generosity to, uhm, allow me to revisit. So fabulous back then! It set a beautiful rainbow bar that pretty much no other show since then has been able to reach, let alone pass. Damn, I miss Lex: so ambivalkent, so beautiful, so doomed.

[rivier.livejournal.com]

...erk, that was me! Whyfore log me out, livejournal???

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

I don't know. LJ's been weird lately.

yes, I occasionally miss the first two seasons of Smallville far more than their quality warrants. The feel of the show, and the fandom, was just so lovely.