The TV hitlist

[graculus]

Normally me liking something is the kiss of death for a new show but here's the news for this year's TV renewals/cancellations (or at least the ones I've been watching) so far:

Renewed:

How to Get Away With Murder - absurd, but I do love Connor

Agent Carter - \o/

Brooklyn Nine Nine - surely not a surprise to anyone?

Sleepy Hollow - wasn't looking

Comments

[sg_wonderland]

I want more of the catching the folks on the Blacklist and less of the political backstabbing. And how long are they going to stretch out the who are Lizzie's parents mystery?

[graculus]

Yep, they seem to have detoured away from the basic premise of the show, which was a mistake to do for so long I think. Not helped by the fact that the woman who plays Liz isn't the best actor, so the major focus on her doesn't help me remain interested.

[sg_wonderland]

She's not a terrible actor but when you're on the screen with James Spader, you'd better be more than mediocre.

And I have to admit that the character of Tom Keen is becoming, for me, the most intriguing person on the show.

I can't explain Grey's Anatomy any more than I can explain the wacky world of reality tv.....

[graculus]

You're right, it probably is the comparison with Spader (who remains mesmerising, imho) that does her no favours. I mean, she's not as bad as Katie Cassidy from Arrow (Laurel Lance) but then she's the most wooden actor I've seen in a long time.

The only unconvincing thing for me with Tom's recent shenanigans was the tattoos - there is no way you can get a new tattoo and have it look like it's not 5 minutes old, even once the swelling goes away. My favourites are Ressler (particularly when he was on his 'I don't care what happens to me' schtick when his girlfriend got killed) and I have a major soft spot for the relationship between Aram and Agent Navabi.

[nialla42]

I like Connor on HTGAWM too, but ironically he's accidentally been trying to be "better" while everyone else went batshit crazy. I'm undecided on watching next season

[graculus]

I like Connor on HTGAWM too, but ironically he's accidentally been trying to be "better" while everyone else went batshit crazy.

That's a very good description of him. The overall plot of the show itself is one of those things where I'm not certain how long it can reasonably be stretched out for and I have significantly less interest in the other characters so we'll see how long it holds my interest.

Likewise, Grimm. I feel like we've gone back in time to early SG-1 territory again, with the whole Hathor debate - naturally most people watching won't perceive having sex with someone when you think they're someone else as non-consensual, because the person being fooled was a man. Again, I'm a bit ambivalent about next season, but I'll see how they run the season out...

I think you'd like iZombie - it's got an entertaining premise, with stuff going on for each episode and an overall story arc. It succeeds greatly by not being yet another formula cop show with a detective with a difficult past meeting a by-the-book partner who blah

[nialla42]

I feel the same way about Connor versus the other characters, it almost makes me wish someone would take on the challenge of doing an "edit" of just his scenes and posting them online.

Many viewers will just view it as Nick having been fooled, not that he was raped, because hey, he got to have hot sex with a woman he thought was his girlfriend. If it was the other way around, it would be seen a lot differently, especially since a pregnancy was the result. I wonder if they'll ever deal with how Nick feels about all of it, or if it will be forgotten in the wake of the events of the season finale.

I'm usually the kiss of death for new shows as well, so I often miss the beginning of them and just wait for DVDs.