The City Watch

Total Icon Count: 123

Doctor Who: Series 2, Episodes 1-3, 48 icons

Torchwood: Series 2, Episode 3, 31 icons

NCIS: 8 icons

UK Life on Mars: 12 icons

House: 24 icons

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Total Icon Count: 150

Doctor Who, Season 1, mostly episode 11: 13 icons

Torchwood, Season 1, mostly episodes 11-13 and Season 2, episode 1: 59 icons

NCIS: 10 icons

House: 33 icons

Star Wars, Original Trilogy: 13 icons

Buffy: 22 icons, mostly Giles

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Total Icon Count: 137

Torchwood and Doctor Who: 37

NCIS: 46

Battlestar Galactica: 7

House: 47

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I liked tonight's episode, but not enough to dissect it.  This post is mainly about the preview for next week, which is the 100th episode of House, an amazing milestone and achievement for all of the cast and crew, especially those who've been there since the beginning.

I'm not spoilering it, because it's not going to surprise anyone who has been watching for the past year and a half.  The 100th episode of House is about...

drumroll please...

Thirteen.

Of course.

Blech.

I didn't really have a loyalty in the Superbowl, except a sort of affection for Wes Welker, as he's from my home state.  That said, I got what everyone who's not a fan of a particular team involved really wants - which is a good game.  Gotta say, though, not a lot of memorable commercials.  Of course, there wasn't one as appalling as the Snickers commercial last year, either.  And after it was over, they really could have gotten to House a little faster, don'tcha think?  




 

This post contains links to all of my fanfiction.

TORCHWOOD
His Own Petard - March 15, 2008
Jack has Ianto exactly where he wants him.  Doesn't he?
     His Own Petard

HOUSE
Nine Side Effects Wilson Hasn't Got (and one he does) - October 20, 2007
Taking antidepressants causes side effects.  Wilson copes. 
Written for WilsonFest 2007     Rated PG
     Nine Side Effects 

How to Make Friends - October 27, 2007
The Electrical Outlet Incident inspires Wilson to make some changes, but it isn't easy.
Written for WilsonFest 2007     Rated PG
     How to Make Friends            
 
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Destiny - 1996-1998 or thereabouts
           Also known as my big honking epic.  This is the first fiction I ever wrote and it is looooooong (95 NOT small chapters!).  I began it out of frustration with the way that Days had come to be written under James Reilly, and it mostly stars my then-favorite characters of John and Marlena, with a huge helping of Sami, plus Brady and Belle as small children.  It begins around the time that Stefano had Marlena locked up in the giant gilded underground cage.  (Yeah, I know.)  ETA:   RIP John Black  ETA again:  Oh, never mind, why do we ever believe ANYONE is dead on this show...

ETA: Feb 2010  The story was hosted on the Deidre Hall (Marlena) website but that site has consolidated.  I will be posting it on LJ soon. 

   Part 01    Part 02    Part 03     Part 04     Part 05     Part 06     Part 07    Part 08     Part 09   Part 10
   Part 11    Part 12    Part 13     Part 14     Part 15     Part 16     Part 17    Part 18     Part 19   Part 20
   Part 21    Part 22    Part 23     Part 24     Part 25     Part 26     Part 27    Part 28     Part 29   Part 30
   Part 31    Part 32    Part 33     Part 34     Part 35     Part 36     Part 37    Part 38     Part 39   Part 40
   Part 41    Part 42    Part 43     Part 44     Part 45     Part 46     Part 47    Part 48     Part 49   Part 50
   Part 51    Part 52    Part 53     Part 54     Part 55     Part 56     Part 57    Part 58     Part 59   Part 60
   Part 61    Part 62    Part 63     Part 64     Part 65     Part 66     Part 67    Part 68     Part 69   Part 70
   Part 71    Part 72    Part 73     Part 74     Part 75     Part 76     Part 77    Part 78     Part 79   Part 80
   Part 81    Part 82    Part 83     Part 84     Part 85     Part 86     Part 87    Part 88     Part 89   Part 90
   Part 91    Part 92    Part 93     Part 94     Part 95    

AS THE WORLD TURNS
Impetus to Change - September 1, 2007
Luke has a conversation.
     Impetus to Change

XFILES
Banging Your Head Against a RedHaired Brick Wall - January, 1998
Winner of a 1998 Spooky Award
A fic that answers the question - "Wouldn't it just be soooo much fun to be Fox Mulder's girlfriend?"
        Part 1     Part 2

BUFFY
Not Even Jimmy Olsen  -  Spring, 1999
During the spring of senior year, a Cordette finds out more than she bargained for about her friend Cordelia and the weirdness of Sunnydale High. Rated PG
        Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4     Part 5     Part 6

Alternity  -  Summer, 1999
The Ascension has passed, but not the danger. Buffy and Giles face a dire threat from an unexpected quarter, and the choices they must make are heartrending.  (Buffy/Giles)  Rated R. 
        Part 1     Part 2     Part 3  

Alternity's Leider  -  Summer, 1999  (Unfinished)
Buffy and Giles return home to try and rescue Willow, despite the danger posed by the Council of Watchers' Tarakan assassins and the return of Angel to their lives.  (Buffy/Giles)  Rated R. 
        Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4     Part 5     Part 6     Part 7     Part 8     Part 9     

Faith's Consequences - Summer, 1999
What really drove Faith to join the Mayor at the end of Consequences?  An episode gap-filler.  Rated PG.
        Faith's Consequences

Futures - Summer, 1999
Sunnydale University's newest history professor and his young, pregnant wife navigate the treachorous waters of a faculty party.  Buffy and Giles and a semi-normal life.  Rated R.
        Part 1     Part 2     Part 3

One Track Mind - Spring, 2000
Buffy has a tendency to...focus quite strongly on her romances.  Over, like, everything else on earth.
        One Track Mind 

The Futility of Grand Gestures - Summer, 2000/2008
Buffy will do anything for the people she loves.  That's a good thing, right?
        Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4     Part 5     Part 6     Part 7     Part 8     Part 9     Part 10

The Backup - March 2, 2008
Weddings, curry and imported beer lead to serious conversations - and snogging.  (Buffy/Giles)  Written for Every Slayer Needs a Watcher 2008.   Rated PG
        The Backup




 

The Texas A&M Aggies have hired a new head football coach, Mike Sherman of the Houston Texans.  See Article.   He comes to us fresh from 8 years in the NFL, six as head coach of the Green Bay Packers - Cheeseheads!!!  He also spent two stints as an Aggie assistant in the 90s, back when we were good at defense.  (I might have met him - he was there when I was, and I worked camera for the coach's show, but I only remember RC Slocum and Bob Davie.)  In general I'm not in favor of Pro Coaches as College Coaches or vice versa, because it's not the exact same job, really, but I'm going to be provisionally happy about this.  He's an offense guy, and clearly we need one.  He's also taking 200,000 less than Fran, ostensibly to free up money for good assistants.

I do like that it didn't drag on forever.

Still cannot decide about the upgrade for Torchwood, and am torn about asking for Doctor Who DVDs for Christmas, as they are so relatively expensive.  How can a show like House, with 24 eps a year, have a DVD that costs only half as much as Doctor Who, with 13 eps a year?  

Wonder if they'll discount DVDs on a truncated year of House, if the strike doesn't settle?

Wonder if they'll use a rerun after the Superbowl?  (I vote for "Three Stories")

Wonder, wonder, wonder.....

I need a sandwich.

BlairSis and I went over to BestFriendFromChildhood's house to watch FOX Tuesday while BlairMom hosted Bunco at home.  We told BlairMom we would not aid and abet her descent into gambling, but did make some nice snacks.  She won $3.

I'm really enjoying Bones this season.  I've decided to stop visiting the TWOP Bones thread, because it has a lot of people who are very nostalgic for Season 1 and don't like the Booth Brennan interaction these days, and I don't want them to convince me I'm not enjoying it either.  (Sometimes I am easily swayed).  I don't know what I think about Sweets, because I loved Stephen Fry, but I do find everyone's dissing alpha male Booth ("You're that guy!") hilarious.  I knew a lot of "That Guy"s.  It's nice to think some of them improved as they aged. 

Good mystery, fun flashbacks to the 80s, period inaccurate Rubik's Cube.  I give it a B+.

House was fun also.

PLUSES

Lots of great House/Wilson interaction.  They were very guyish this episode, and it was hilarious to see.  Also, Wilson told the TV crew House was Wiccan!

Great Cuddy/House interaction.  She was the boss this episode, and it was great to see.  The last scene watching the video was priceless.

The MASK illness was interesting - good acting from the two roles, and it had an interesting effect on Plastic Surgeon Guy.  If he stays I will be curious to see what kind of relationship develops between him and Wilson, the two adultery repeaters.

CIA doctor was fired!  For being stupid!  As an unemployed (temporary) person, my sympathy should probably have been with her - but she quit her GOVERNMENT JOB without having a guaranteed other job in writing from the guy who continually sexually harrassed her for a day!  She WAS stupid.

MINUSES

What the heck was wrong with Cameron?  

Why wasn't Chase more involved, it was a perfect opportunity as he was one of the doctors doing the surgery?

I've decided to post my thoughts before reading about what other people think, in order to keep from being argued out of my initial opinions.  I find that, though I pride myself on logic and critical thinking, I sometimes don't notice the glaring plotholes that exist on TV.  And if they slide them past me, good on them!

I'm not sure what I thought about the illness tonight - they've used Mirror Syndrome before, but this was more like Psychic Syndrome, and I think this might have been farther from a real illness than they usually get.  I'll have to read Polite Dissent to find out for sure.   I mean, I get the guy imprinting on people, but he didn't even have to talk to them first, and unless their clothes or something were unusually expressive, I don't see how that would work.

Foreman's return wasn't as annoying as I had anticipated, but it was still annoying, chiefly because I think that the first three seasons bear out the assumption that, statistically, Chase is a much better diagnostician than either Cameron or Foreman.  Cuddy's need to keep praising Foreman and offering him money and power over House just don't make that much sense.  I guess I just prefer Chase to Foreman, and if Foreman is the one working in diagnostics, we're going to see him a lot more often.

PLUSES

Some fun Wilson.  

The betting pool being run by (and won by) Chase, though I would have like to see the rapproachment between Chase and House.  Why are we spending all our time on Foreman?

Progress on the House and Cuddy front - at least it's clear now that there is no way she will ever fire him.  It doesn't make her a bad administrator, it just makes her a bad boss for him.  I can believe she's ultra competent over all the other doctors.

MINUSES

Still too many Numbers - just let Doctors Without Borders go, House, he's boring.  I don't like that 13's big secret is that she's scared.  Boring.

The sabotaging of the Clinic pulled me right out of the story.  I'm not expecting deep HMO talk or conversations about billable hours, but no way would House get away with this.


BONES was great, with everyone dressed up for Halloween.  I think I enjoyed it more than House tonight.