What were the last TV shows you watched?

[seriousbusson]

Caught the How I Met Your Mother season premire tonight. Great sutff. Didn't disappoint, and I already have my speculations on how the rest of the season is going to turn out.

As for now, I'm starting a rewatch of Firefly. Currently on episode 1.

[topperharley]

Just watched the premiere of The Event. Looks promising. Hopefully it won't crap all over itself the way Flash Forward did.

[Cubefreak53]

Just watched the premiere of The Event. Looks promising. Hopefully it won't crap all over itself the way Flash Forward did.

What exactly is that show about? is it like Fringe?

[topperharley]

From the premiere and the previews, it looks as though it will have influences ranging from Fringe to The X-Files to Lost to 24 to The West Wing. As far as what it's about, it looks like the writers are going to keep us guessing about that as much as possible.

[BevoTheWarrior]

Just watched the premiere of The Event. Looks promising. Hopefully it won't crap all over itself the way Flash Forward did.

I skipped it because I just don't have the patience to be let down again. If after the next few weeks people are saying that it's good, I'll probably catch up. But unless that happens I'm good without seeing it.

On the other hand, I loved tonight's premiere of Chuck. Just one of my many favorite parts: "I must break you".

[sa_nick]

House started going downhill after season three.

Last season was pretty kickass.

[Der_Lex]

Last season was pretty kickass.

And the last two episodes of season 4 (House's Head/Wilson's Heart), as well as the season finale of 5 and the season premiere of 6 are some of the best episodes in the entire series.

[whofan]

Watched the new Hawaii Five-0 last night. I must say, I was very impressed with it. I started watching only because of the possibility of Grace Park in a bikini (and I wasn't disappointed), and ended up really liking the show.

[bjordan42]

This particular episode had Linda Hamilton and Dolph Lundgren as guest stars. And House started going downhill after season three.

Last season was pretty kickass.

And the last two episodes of season 4 (House's Head/Wilson's Heart), as well as the season finale of 5 and the season premiere of 6 are some of the best episodes in the entire series.

I have to agree with topperharley. Ever since I've watched the show since its inception in Nov 2004, what interested me was the medical drama. "House, M.D." was one of the few shows that not only got the medicine right, but made it very entertaining, especially when it showcased all the ethical dilemmas that could arise. And it was a mystery; a detective show where "the germs were suspects."

While it mostly started in season 2 with the introduction of Stacy, season 4 is when it became prominent to delve more into character drama than medical drama. The medical accuracy went down hill, because they were more concerned about Thirteen's oh so interesting problems. The season 7 premiere, to me, represents this completely. Every cliffhanger involved House and Cuddy, and the most interesting thing about the patient was that he was a neurosurgeon who dropped trou. In fact, there was no "trial and error" that the show use to be famous for. Thirteen just all of a sudden thought it was toad eggs (with no medical basis, I mind you), was conveniently right, and treated him with a "fast and easy" cure; they neglect to mention what it is, because there currently is no cure. The writer's were probably more worried about the many different ways they could get House and Cuddy "together", than worrying about what made the show famous in the first place: the medicine.

But, I'm still a fan of the show, even if it's probably going in a direction I don't personally care for. The teaser for the rest of the season peaked my interest, and so hopefully the show will go back to "House, M.D." and not "House and Cuddy".

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[Der_Lex]

I have to agree with topperharley. Ever since I've watched the show since its inception in Nov 2004, what interested me was the medical drama. "House, M.D." was one of the few shows that not only got the medicine right, but made it very entertaining, especially when it showcased all the ethical dilemmas that could arise. And it was a mystery; a detective show where "the germs were suspects."

While it mostly started in season 2 with the introduction of Stacy, season 4 is when it became prominent to delve more into character drama than medical drama. The medical accuracy went down hill, because they were more concerned about Thirteen's oh so interesting problems. The season 7 premiere, to me, represents this completely. Every cliffhanger involved House and Cuddy, and the most interesting thing about the patient was that he was a neurosurgeon who dropped trou. In fact, there was no "trial and error" that the show use to be famous for. Thirteen just all of a sudden thought it was toad eggs (with no medical basis, I mind you), was conveniently right, and treated him with a "fast and easy" cure; they neglect to mention what it is, because there currently is no cure. The writer's were probably more worried about the many different ways they could get House and Cuddy "together", than worrying about what made the show famous in the first place: the medicine.

But, I'm still a fan of the show, even if it's probably going in a direction I don't personally care for. The teaser for the rest of the season peaked my interest, and so hopefully the show will go back to "House, M.D." and not "House and Cuddy".

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I understand your issue with the show, because it's similar to my own issues with the final season of Lost (turning a mixture of mystery show and character drama into pure character drama), but I have to admit I watch House for neither the formulaic medical mysteries nor the character drama, but purely because of Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard (Wilson)'s stellar acting, and because the writers have a knack for funny dialogue.
I really dislike formulaic shows like the bazillion CSI's and even Castle (even Nathan Fillion isn't awesome enough to make that show fun) and that's why I mentioned those particular House episodes as some of my favorites before, because they show what kind of cool things the writers can come up with in terms of storytelling when they're not being bogged down by the 'case of the week' formula.

I agree with you that making the show all about the characters' lovelife won't be a good thing either, though. Let's hope they'll find some kind of balance between the medical stuff, the personal drama and the interesting storytelling.