Fortunately, everybody involved keeps his/her/their head(s):
Of course Alisa and I visited the Tower of London during our travels. Luckily the Ravens of Death were friendly that day.
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Think TV Doesn’t Have a Big Influence on Kids?
Are these the ultimate BREAKING BAD fans? Better give Walt whatever he wants for Halloween because we know what he’s capable of these days:
How “High Concept” Does Your Concept Have to Be?
No point in guessing. Just compare it to the premises for the shows below. Remember, regardless of what their ultimate fates may be, all these shows had premises that got them to the starting line…and scripts that took them beyond:
The Premise-O-Meter: Ranking the New TV Dramas – by Margaret Lyons (Vulture.Com)
Love DOCTOR WHO? Live in the Chicago Area?
Then check out the Chicago Tardis, DOCTOR WHO Con. It has the greatest group of Whovian guests we’ve ever seen, including two of our favorites: Sylvester McCoy, the Seventh Doctor, and Sophie Aldred, AKA Ace, whom we’ve always thought of as the Doctor’s Greatest Companion. Yes, children, better than Sarah Jane and Rose and Amy (AKA Chatty Cathy) Pond.
Seventh Doctor story editor Andrew Carmel and several other DOCTOR WHO writers (and actors, mustn’t forget them) are scheduled as well. This is a real Thanksgiving celebration. Check out the details HERE.
Kathy sees CRIMINAL MINDS: “The Silencer” (8.1)
Admittedly showrunner/episode writer Erica Messer had her work cut out for her in the Season 8 opener. In 43 minutes she had to: introduce a new character, give the character some “character,” tie her into two existing characters, write a solvable crime, show what the existing characters did on summer vacay, plant the seed for a series-long criminal arc keep existing viewers happy/interested while intriguing new viewers so the suits upstairs would be, like, WTG Criminal Minds. Yes, that was a ridiculous run-on sentence, which is kinda what this episode felt like–the run-on sentence from hell that would make your high school English teacher break out in hives.
I would love to coherently recap the actual crime our intrepid profilers “solved”, however I’d have to watch it three more times, and this ep doesn’t warrant a repeat viewing. As usual the actors were great–they always are on this show–but from a writing perspective, I found “The Silencer” difficult to follow, full of exposition, way too much dialogue for normal people (unless they have Red Bull intravenously fed through them every half hour) and an ending that was supposed to be creepy, but just wasn’t.
Maybe I’m jaded. Maybe after seven seasons I can’t help but see the formula seeping through the show. Maybe Messer was trying to cram too much into one episode, which ended up dulling the impact of this week’s criminal mind. I don’t know. I’m not ready to give up on this show…but I’m not lowering my expectations, either. And–this is important–neither should you.