{"id":104,"date":"2007-12-15T06:03:19","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T18:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/15\/box-watch-postscript\/"},"modified":"2012-08-07T09:01:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T21:01:54","slug":"box-watch-postscript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/box-watch-postscript\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Watch Postscript"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the promise of The Street<\/a>‘s pilot, subsequent eps have disappointed. I thought their About Schmidt<\/a>-ep with Jim Broadbent was a blip but when it was followed by The Crucible<\/a>-ep with Neil Dudgeon<\/a>, and Timothy Spall’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?<\/a>-ep, we cried uncle. Four episodes into the season might be overly generous and forgiving of us but I think it shows how much the acting talent elevated the scripts. Tch.<\/p>\n

Last man standing is Burn Notice<\/a> which, though light and disposable like a LAW<\/a>, remains breezy and entertaining with no soapy aftertaste. Man cannot get by on one show alone – sure, I’ve a backlog of DVDs to watch<\/span> study but I need my fix of regular programming and the current free-to-air schedule is, in a word, desolate<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And thanks to the very connected Motorbike Steve<\/strong>, The Goddess and I’ve enjoyed the pilots for Bionic Woman<\/a> and Dirty Sexy Money<\/a>, and look forward to more. Arriving soon is the much anticipated<\/a> Pushing Daisies<\/a> and the rather intriguing<\/a> Dexter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also – miracle<\/a> of miracles – we’ve just embarked on a seven season retrospective of Homicide: Life on the Street<\/a>. That series nails everything so well, it’s only things like the ubiquitous smoking and the box-shaped cars that date it. Damn<\/em>, it’s good.<\/p>\n

Summer’s not looking so shabby after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the promise of The Street‘s pilot, subsequent eps have disappointed. I thought their About Schmidt-ep with Jim Broadbent was a blip but when it was followed by The Crucible-ep with Neil Dudgeon, and Timothy Spall’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?-ep, we cried uncle. Four episodes into the season might be overly generous and forgiving … <\/p>\n

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