Television

I watch a LOT of television, or to be more accurate, I watch an awful lot of television series but I watch them mostly on dvd so I don't catch any of those pesky advert things. Generally I watch the American stuff although I've recently picked up a few more UK series which seem to be adopting the similar production values. I'll watch pretty much anything that doesn't involve members of the public or celebrities, although I tend not to watch sitcoms either at the moment.

Carnivale: Season 1

Not 100% certain this is sf, but it's probably close enough. The basic premise is that we're following a travelling freak show around in 1930's dust bowl US. We join them as they pick up a stranger who doesn't appear to be a freak but may well actually be the most 'different' of all of them. One of my favourite things about the series is that the characters are all flawed and by no means the most honest people on the planet, but they really are actually freaks - be that an actual bearded lady or a fortune teller who really can see the future. They are a spectacularly disfunctional and bizarre family, and they know and acknowledge it. Except none of it's acknowledged outloud. It's just the way things are. And the audience picks up on that as the new member of the group does so too.

The other story running throughout and almost entirely independantly I'm a bit less sure about. It follows a priest who seems to have some close connection with God, through visions and strange occurances. Without spoilering his character goes through a quite impressive journey over the course of the season and the whole thing seems to be a very large set-up for... well, I'm not sure what. Ordinarily I wouldn't go into such ramblings about the plot and just tell you what I think, but I honestly don't think I know. I watched most of the 12 episodes of the season in a couple of days while off-sick and I don't actually know whether I liked it or not, beyond that I didn't want to stop watching. It was certainly beautifully shot and produced (as evidenced by an impressive haul of emmys and other awards) and the scripting and acting is superb. However I can't help feeling that the whole season is just one long scene setter for something much bigger, if it pays off then it's challenging and daring, but if it fails, I can't help thinking I'll look back on the season as a disappointment.

There. That's a pretty crap 'review' all things considered. Might be great, might be crap, make your own minds up. *shrug*

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  • Television Series

    Andromeda
       Season 1 | Season 5
    Angel
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5
    Angels in America
    Band of Brothers
       Miniseries
    Battlestar Galactica
       Season 3
    Big Love
       Season 1
    Bones
       Season 1 | Season 3
    Boston Legal
       Season 1
    Brothers and Sisters
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Buffy The Vampire Slayer
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7
    C.S.I.
       1x01 - 1x12 | 1x13 - 1x23 | 2x01 - 2x12 | 2x13 - 2x23 | 3x01 - 3x12 | 3x13 - 3x22 | Season 4 (R1)
       Season 5 | Season 6 | 7x01 - 7x12
    Carnivale
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Caroline in the City
       Season 1
    Castle
       Season 1
    Criminal Minds
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3
    CSI: Miami
       1x01 - 1x12 | 1x13 - 1x24 | Season 2 (Region 1)
    CSI: NY
       1x01-1x12 | 1x13-1x23 | Season 3
    Dead Like Me
       Season 2
    Deadwood
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3
    Desperate Housewives
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Dexter
       Season 1
    Doctor Who
       David Tennant (2)
    Due South
       Season 1 | Season 2
    ER
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4
    Farscape
       Season 1 | Season 3 | The Peacekeeper Wars (Mini-series)
    Firefly
       Season 1
    Friday Night Lights
       Season 1 | Season 3
    Fringe
       Season 1
    Futurama
       1x01 - 1x13
    Gilmore Girls
       Season 1
    Grey's Anatomy
       Season 1 | Season 3 | Season 5
    Grey's Anatomy
    Heroes
       Season 1
    Hotel Babylon
       Season 1
    House, M.D.
       Season 1 | Season 3 | Season 4
    Hustle
       Series 1 | Series 2 | Series 3
    I, Claudius
       1976 Miniseries
    Law and Order
       Season 1
    Law and Order: Criminal Intent
       Season 1
    Life on Mars
       Series 1
    Long Way...
       Round | Down
    Lost
       Season 1
    M*A*S*H
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Mad Men
       Season 1 | Season 3
    Monk
       Season 1
    NCIS
       Season 4 | Season 6
    Northern Exposure
       Season 1
    Party of Five
       Season 1
    Primeval
       Season 1
    Pushing Daisies
       Season 1
    Roswell
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Six Feet Under
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4
    Sports Night
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Star Trek: Enterprise
       Season 3
    Stargate SG1
       Season 1 | 9x01-9x10
    Stargate: Atlantis
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 5
    State of Play
    Studio 60
       Season 1
    Supernatural
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4
    Terrahawks
       1x01 - 1x04
    The 4400
       Season 1 | Season 2
    The Mentalist
       Season 1
    The Shield
       Season 1 | Season 2
    The Sopranos
       Season 1
    The State Within
       Miniseries
    The Unit
       Season 1-2
    The West Wing
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7
    The Wire
       Season 1
    Torchwood
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Ugly Betty
       Season 1
    Veronica Mars
       Season 1 (R1) | Season 2 (R1) | Season 3
    Warehouse 13
       Season 1
    Weeds
       Season 1
    Will and Grace
       1x01 - 1x08 | 1x09 - 1x15 | 1x16 - 1x22 | 2x01 - 2x04 | 2x05 - 2x08 | 2x09 - 2x12 | 2x13 - 2x16
       2x17 - 2x20 | 2x21 - 2x24 | 3x01 - 3x04 | 3x05 - 3x08 | 3x09 - 3x12 | 3x13 - 3x16 | 3x17 - 3x20
       3x21 - 3x25 | 4x01 - 4x04 | 4x05 - 4x08 | 4x09 - 4x12 | 4x13 - 4x16 | 4x18 - 4x22 | 4x23 - 4x26
       Season 5 | Season 6
    Yes Minister
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3

     

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