life is a single skip for joy

One of the best shows ever, hands down.

for missy_useless
( pilots - finales - canon pairings - movies )

for knopflergroupie, mfirefly10, & stainofmylove
( actors/actress of the moment - female characters - crossover ships - ot3s )

for hypertwink, dr_kittym, zelda_zee
( character you want to be - characters you'd like to kick - tropes - non-canon pairings )

for quiet_rebel, ozmissage, & gigglemonster
( caroline forbes moments - guilty pleasure movies - favorite shows - whedonverse characters - deaths )


There are a a couple I didn't get to, but I'm all listed out for now!

I'm going to do this because I've been putting it off.

Show reactions! What has KC been watching this season? I have briefly touched on it this year but I have kind of sucked at the whole actual writing of posts about stuff. I'm going to make these as brief and non-spoilery as possible. I may have to cut for The Vampire Diaries. It is just that good.

Modern Family
General reaction I have every episode: Yay! Dunphy-Delgado-Pritchett-Mitchells!

Community
Season two is improving but I'm still not sure where I stand on it as a whole. It is always entertaining though. I'd like to stab fandom with a spork -- and that includes all sides of the great ship debate. I regret writing it -- it's like guilt by association -- but whatever. Some things cannot be undone.

Being Human [US]
Yeah, I didn't watch past the pilot. Trashed it.

Friday Night Lights
I am all caught up. I think I have finally come to terms with losing over half the main cast. I love Becky, Vince, and Jess. Luke is pretty cute too. I am beyond disappointed that it's ending but it really is time, I think. It has always been so under-appreciated but is still one of the most compelling, "real life", well-produced shows ever. I'll stand by that to the end.

Grey's Anatomy
I'm entertained. I like April -- much to the chagrin of probably everyone else who watches the show. That is how I roll apparently. Nothing special but a TV constant that I can depend on week-to-week.

Fringe
Have I mentioned I quit this show? I did. Sorry my fellow fangirls. I had to call it a day.

Off the Map
Again, as with Grey's, it's entertaining. I am all caught up and have enjoyed everything so far. I love Caroline Dhavernas and Zach Gilford so they brought me to the table, and my favorite characters thus far are Ryan and Charlie. I told hesperia that right now it's like a skeleton of a show. I'm waiting for the body to be filled in. (We're talking sketch artists, not corpses.) But I'm willing to wait. And even if it doesn't it's decent fair with pretty scenery.

The Middle
Not a regular watcher, but I find it hilarious.

Being Human [UK]
Haven't seen the last two eps but I'm pumped about season three. Hope it lives up to it. And if it doesn't? There's always Mitchell.

Big Love
Oh, Hendricksons. The show is as wacky and yet strangely compelling as always. Alby's still crazy. Bill's still kind of a douche. And I'm just hoping that they all get to take a really long nap by the end of the season. Cause goodness knows they deserve it.

Life Unexpected
I am sad that it is over and I think if it had a real chance it could have become one of my favorite things ever. They were going through a second-year slump but I always enjoyed it. Lux was actually my least favorite character. She didn't deserve all those super-nice people. Tasha included. (Ksenia!)

Parenthood
The show I watch about the mundanities of familial life and the impossibly close liberal family. Everybody's got their good traits and their bad traits and I find myself being really compelled by that fact. It's just like life. And the script is really amazing. One of the best-written shows on TV, even if it's not about anything too terribly exciting. I catch this one every week.

The Vampire Diaries
I love Caroline Forbes. And how is Stefan Salvatore almost perfect in every conceivable way? Plus, the pacing and the WTF-ery, and how I actually think the shows canon "otp" is adorable beyond belief? It defies the laws of my fandom gravity, this show. But I agree with gigglemonster ( about this spoilery thing )

Plus! Elena's ponytail was awesome! Bottom line? This show is awesome.

I feel like I'm leaving something out, which hardly seems possible. I'll get back to you.

Answers to this meme:

far_to_nowhere asked: If you could kill any character from any tv show who would it be and why?
( i answered )

isis2015 asked: Have you ever had/have a show that you just enjoy(/ed) mindlessly, even if it's not very good or doesn't have much redeeming value, but you always just have fun watching it? If so, what? :)
( i answered )

turquoisetumult asked: Do you have a favorite character from Misfits? Why?
( i answered )

gottalovev asked: from all of your years in fandom, with every pairing you've loved, which is the one that is the dearest to your heart?
( i answered )

zelda_zee asked: Why Claire? Do you like her as written/acted or do you like the potential of the character as a fictional entity separate from the show (i.e. what you & others can do w/her in fic)?
( i answered )

ozmissage asked: Since I know you're watching it and I'm dying to hear your thoughts, what do you think of Being Human (the original) so far?
( i answered )

bachlava asked: Fandom of your choice: pick one character you feel got shafted the most by canon, and tell me what ending s/he would have gotten if you'd been in charge of things.
( i answered )

beerbad asked: Any shows you swore you would never watch but are now favorites?
( i answered )

Random things from this week:

→ The Lost Fic Battle over at lostsquee is on! I'm super excited and there are already some great fics being written. Like this awesome jack/claire by colourmayfade. Writing goes until the 29th and I am definitely planning on writing!

→ Didn't watch more than a passing glance at the Golden Globes. I really like Ricky Gervais though so I was partially tempted even though I find awards shows to be pretty pointless and actually have issues with them as a whole. But I kind of wanted Kathryn Bigelow to win for director. (I didn't even know she was nominated until I looked it up last night. That's how invested I was.) The Hurt Locker was great. But she didn't. I know people are pissed about Avatar. I have little or no interest in seeing it beyond the casual, "ohh, Sam Worthington is pretty" distraction. And I can see why people are upset. (They're upset it won for the same reasons I don't really want to see it. Go with your instincts, KC.)

→ And how about Matt Barr guesting in Friday Night Lights? I just gotta say it kind of made me miss Sully and his cocky attitude. But it was nice to see him.

→ About Friday Night Lights, ( general spoilers for s4 )

→ And about Dollhouse, ( um, no. )

What I Did With My Snow Day
- Looked out the window at least once an hour and exclaimed, "Gosh, it's still snowing. Look at it!"
- Ate way too much cheese dip.
- Watched 10 episodes of Friday Night Lights, finally catching up with season 3 and season 4. Woot! (Although, that's like stockpiling emotion and sadness and drinking it all in one day, I'm kind of depressed now -- more on that later.)


Productive? Eh, not so much.

So, call me crazy, but as awesome as this line-up is, I was kind of burnt out by the end of it. I'm not used to watching three full hours of TV in a row. (What? I'm a grazer!)

I have been watching Friday Night Lights + BSG on Fridays up until now. I was waiting for it -- FNL -- to premiere on NBC to finish watching it instead of downloading it when it was on HDTV? HDNET? DirecTV? Idk!, but now with this line-up I think I'm going to end up doing that anyway. Course I could always watch it on NBC.com and be all legitimate about it -- whichever.

In other words, I was already maxed out at 2 hours in a row. Now with three? Man!

→ TSCC, 4.14, The Good Wound: ( underwhelmed a bit? )

→ Dollhouse, 1.01, Ghost: ( brief (entirely unspoiled) speculation )

→ BSG, 4.15, No Exit: ( bald is the new black, baby )

( I ALMOST FORGOT )

The above might be slightly rambly/incoherent and I may have forgotten some a lot of things. No promo spoilers in the comments please. I've seen them but others may not have.