NCIS, by way of House and Criminal Minds
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osprey_archerI love fall; it's the only season in the year when you can watch the wind. The leaves are red and yellow and falling, and they swirl in any breeze at all.
No wonder October is a month for ghosts. Just look at the leaves - they look like they're possessed by spirits.
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Through no fault of my own, I've been watching NCIS lately. A few thoughts:
1. Gosh, but Ziva is pretty. I love her hair.
2. I'm rooting for an episode that involves Gibbs being hit repeatedly with sticks. I don't think I'm supposed to hate the character this much, anymore than I'm supposed to want an episode of House where Wilson beats House with his own cane. And then laughs at him.
(If it was anyone but Wilson, House would shrug it off as part of the vileness of the human race. But if Wilson is caning him, House will suffer. Especially if Wilson laughs at him, too.)
Gibbs and, to a lesser extent, House, are vile mentor figures who torment their subordinates, pausing occasionally to toss them crumbs of affection so said subordinates don't realize how abusive their mentor is and leave for greener pastures. I would find this less disturbing if these shows pointed out that this is a sick dynamic (which House, give it it's dues, does recognize, in fact rather wallow in), but no, Gibbs is god-like, and his subordinates are suffering because it's GOOD for them, dammit.
3. I feel like the Criminal Minds people spent a not inconsequential amount of time watching this show and singing under their breaths, "Anything you can do, I can do better." In particular, Garcia and Abby Sciuto are so alike it's scary (both are fake-flighty tech girls with interesting fashion sense), and I can see some definite similarities between Emily Prentiss and Ziva, except Emily only speaks Arabic while Ziva's actually Israeli.
I tend to think the Criminal Minds people were right in their humming, if only because I don't want any of its characters to be beaten with anything.
4. I really can't watch this show just because Ziva's pretty. I tried to watch Due South for Benton Fraser's cheekbones and his mountie uniform, but eventually you want something more out of a show than cheekbones.
No wonder October is a month for ghosts. Just look at the leaves - they look like they're possessed by spirits.
***
Through no fault of my own, I've been watching NCIS lately. A few thoughts:
1. Gosh, but Ziva is pretty. I love her hair.
2. I'm rooting for an episode that involves Gibbs being hit repeatedly with sticks. I don't think I'm supposed to hate the character this much, anymore than I'm supposed to want an episode of House where Wilson beats House with his own cane. And then laughs at him.
(If it was anyone but Wilson, House would shrug it off as part of the vileness of the human race. But if Wilson is caning him, House will suffer. Especially if Wilson laughs at him, too.)
Gibbs and, to a lesser extent, House, are vile mentor figures who torment their subordinates, pausing occasionally to toss them crumbs of affection so said subordinates don't realize how abusive their mentor is and leave for greener pastures. I would find this less disturbing if these shows pointed out that this is a sick dynamic (which House, give it it's dues, does recognize, in fact rather wallow in), but no, Gibbs is god-like, and his subordinates are suffering because it's GOOD for them, dammit.
3. I feel like the Criminal Minds people spent a not inconsequential amount of time watching this show and singing under their breaths, "Anything you can do, I can do better." In particular, Garcia and Abby Sciuto are so alike it's scary (both are fake-flighty tech girls with interesting fashion sense), and I can see some definite similarities between Emily Prentiss and Ziva, except Emily only speaks Arabic while Ziva's actually Israeli.
I tend to think the Criminal Minds people were right in their humming, if only because I don't want any of its characters to be beaten with anything.
4. I really can't watch this show just because Ziva's pretty. I tried to watch Due South for Benton Fraser's cheekbones and his mountie uniform, but eventually you want something more out of a show than cheekbones.
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:32 pm (UTC)The wacky characters and their interactions as an ensemble make that show one of the few procedural dramas I can watch any episodes of, but the underlying politics and worldview make my eyes roll. I did like the crazy Israeli terrorist who was somehow related to Ziva. He was quite fun.
I like Due South.
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Date: 2008-10-15 10:41 pm (UTC)Tony is mostly annoying me. It's like he's emulating Gibbs but he doesn't have the chutzpah to pull it off so he's just annoying instead of "I want to disembowel you with a pointy stick."
Re: Due South--I don't think there's anything wrong with the show, I just can't seem to get into it. I've heard the Ray Kowalski seasons are better than the Ray Vecchio.