Town Heretic
Temporarily out of order
I wanted to create a more open-ended thread about what's on, tech, whatever.
Last night I watched another episode of Life in Pieces. It's uneven, but well cast and when it hits it can be very funny. The Thanksgiving episode is an example of that, mostly being redeemed by the less sentimental, slightly tacky but undeniably funny scene involving the actual meal and how members coped with a well-intentioned but deadly broccoli-rice gas attack (a less hilarious variant of the hilarious ipecac episode of Family Guy).
Elementary is back and has introduced one of my favorite character actors, John Noble, as the enigmatic head of the Holmes family. Promises to add interest, though it will remain the poor American cousin of the BBC's Sherlock.
Speaking of the BBC, Netflix has a new player in River, a six part series about a police detective struggling with the death of his partner and seeing visions (including, regularly, said partner) as he goes about his business. So far it's dark but terrific, sad and driven television that manages not to reduce its premise to a the maudlin play on sentimentality. Stellan Skarsgård fashion an understated, complex and compelling portrayal, which matches the quality of the writing, penned by Abi Morgan, who won an Emmy for her work on The Hour.
Last night I watched another episode of Life in Pieces. It's uneven, but well cast and when it hits it can be very funny. The Thanksgiving episode is an example of that, mostly being redeemed by the less sentimental, slightly tacky but undeniably funny scene involving the actual meal and how members coped with a well-intentioned but deadly broccoli-rice gas attack (a less hilarious variant of the hilarious ipecac episode of Family Guy).
Elementary is back and has introduced one of my favorite character actors, John Noble, as the enigmatic head of the Holmes family. Promises to add interest, though it will remain the poor American cousin of the BBC's Sherlock.
Speaking of the BBC, Netflix has a new player in River, a six part series about a police detective struggling with the death of his partner and seeing visions (including, regularly, said partner) as he goes about his business. So far it's dark but terrific, sad and driven television that manages not to reduce its premise to a the maudlin play on sentimentality. Stellan Skarsgård fashion an understated, complex and compelling portrayal, which matches the quality of the writing, penned by Abi Morgan, who won an Emmy for her work on The Hour.
