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And you did! All I Know About H:LOTS I Learned from Erika...

I've only seen a few of those, and I didn't know anything that came before so it was wasted on me. It took the release of the discs to make me care about that. And as somebody who has both a. interviewed people, and.b. endeavored to make art in my own small way, it made me sad how the same those interviews were.(I like to think I would do better, but I'd sound like Bridget Jones...I know I would.)

t still haven't seen the S5 of H:LotS. Am bitter

BTW, Court TV has a H:LotS marathon scheduled next Sunday according to my trusty TiVo guide. I've got "automatically record" function enabled after my H:LotS season pass despite the fact the the show's gone off the regular airing schedule, 'cause the hope springs eternal and all that, and almost had a heart attack yesterday when it came up on my "to do" list. I can't remember all the titles off the top of my head, but it looked like a 'greatest hits' parade--I think the pilot was on it, "Three Men and Adena", "Every Mother's Son", "Hate Crimes" (Gah, I love, love, love this episode. Especially its closing montage set to BNL's "What a Good Boy".), "Subway" and another one I can't recall at the moment. I have these episodes on tape, but what the hell, I'd watch them again.

Maybe Court TV will start running the show again. I live in hope.

Next Sunday...hmm, not for Turkey Day again...there's a real sense of rightness about a murder show being on when families gather. But maybe that's just me. I've watched "Three Men And Adena" ten times. And every time, I'm surprised like the first time by the end. Hardly any show ever has done that...a few eps of Buffy, but not a lot else...hence the obsession, the pimping, etc.But, smonster, that is a lot of pressure for me. For I am like Bayliss in the early eps...devoted, obsessed, but ignorant in many ways.Blinded by my own need to see everything I love as perfect. I've been slapped around by hard-core canoneros, and I don't even have a desk yet.;)

But "Hate Crimes" is Thanksgiving-themed! See, it's a murder show and holiday spirits all rolled into one! (OK, so it's about how it gets increasingly difficult to recapture the true sense of belonging and homecoming of the season as one gets older and more jaded, but it's stilll about Thanksgiving.)

I just got home & rechecked the line-up, and it's 5 episodes, not 6, and "A Doll's Eyes" instead of "Every Mother's Son". I always get those two mixed up.

Coolness!(Actually, I think that's why that show never caught on bigger. People Who Aren't Us would rather see themselves in another Merry Christmas Baby Story on ER, than in that. Although I was not immune to the MCBS the first time...they lost me on the fifth one.) Although H:LOTS does have the one about the candle and the cleaning lady's baby, pretty frickin' affirming if you ask me, but also an exception.

Court TV has a H:LotS marathon scheduled next Sunday according to my trusty TiVo guide.

No way! I've never seen H:LotS! And, solely because of erika's fic, now I want to.

Aw, Tep. I'm verklempt.Yay, now I get another (probably broken) toaster for my garlic bagels. Those eps are some very definite highlights for the series. What you will be seeing :dark snarky dialogue from people that act like they've worked together for years, excellent acting, angst, humor. What you won't be seeing: easy solutions, clothes you'll covet, car chases, forensic flabotinum. gun fights...I've watched about a third of season 3 right now,(aifg) but no cop has even drawn his or her, sorry, had to give Kay props,gun yet...which is way different than any other cop show evah. I think Munch is the most Buffista-in-spirit.Reads a lot...has an opinion about EVERYTHING...unlucky in love, but keeps going after it. Yet, he fears the internet.

No way! I've never seen H:LotS! And, solely because of erika's fic, now I want to.

You MUST. One of the most frickin' brilliant drama series ever. Think of all the grittiness of the Sopranos, at least 10 times the arc-y station-house drama of HSB, all the not-so-arc-y s-h drama of L&O (and remember, when I say that, that I was only watching L&O in the pre-multi-spinoff, pre-Kate years), all the station-house snarkiness of Barney Miller, and a setting so real and pure you could eat it -- just because of the writing, even if it hadn't been shot on location in a wonderful place -- all rolled up into one show. Plus, extra bonus bisexuality! God DAMN it was good. And I miss it.

And sometimes enough natter to keep Buffistas happy. Cause, you know, gotta fill up the time not being used on car chases. And taglines! But mostly, amych has got it. there's tiny hsq, but it doesn't really rely on the "It turns out the killer was really her long lost brother."(dramatic music) thing. Usually, these guys have a better day without hsq(typed bitter, calling Dr. Freud!) And what they do with Munch on SVU makes...well, can't say it makes the Baby Jesus cry, can you? Well, it makes the Characterization Gods cry.