Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

[Avaitor]

Eh, Buffy's more influential than X-Files at this point. And better. Same with Angel.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Probably, but I've heard people talk so highly about that series that now I just have to at least give it a try.

[Avaitor]

Yeah, it's a good show, worth checking out. And we got Vince Gilligan out of it, so we can always be grateful for that.

[Spark Of Spirit]

King Of The Hill.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I was kind of referring more to live-action shows, but I'll also get around to that series eventually.

[Spark Of Spirit]

It's my duty to incessantly suggest it.

But otherwise, how about Twin Peaks?

[LumRanmaYasha]

I saw a bit of How I met Your Mother recently, about a good half a season's worth I reckon, while I was trapped on vacation in India, and really enjoyed it. With the show's final season starting in September, I think I'll try and get caught up on the show in time to catch it's series finale live.

I also watched half of the first season of Revenge and...meh. It's honestly too over-dramatic, to the point it sucks out my suspension of disbelief and made it a very boring experience for me. In a way, it's dramatics lends to a sense of camp, and made it, to a point, fun to watch to make fun of. However, I just can't care about these characters. Emily/Amanda has zero personality except to be obnoxious and manipulative, and the rest of the characters embody tv drama stereotypes I've seen before and have never truly been fond of. It's just not a show I can enjoy, personally, and I don't think I'll watch it further anytime soon.

The Wire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones are somewhat bigger priorities to me, however. I'm going to finally try and watch them starting in the next two months, although college and social life will no doubt reduce my tv watching time to a bare minimum, so progress on all of 'em will be slooooooooooooooowww...

Damn my backlog...

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Yeah, Twin Peaks is another one that I've been meaning to check out. I'll add it to my backlog.

[Avaitor]

Cartoon X, you really should try to get into Breaking Bad soon. With the mid-season premiere coming up next Sunday, you're not going to stop hearing about the show, and you don't want to get spoiled, do you?

I'm glad you're enjoying HIMYM, too. I understand that because it's a CBS multi-camera comedy, it tends to get ignored with the more sociably revered comedies out there, but I just still get a kick out of it. Even with the writing not being as strong as it used to be, there are still plenty of great moments in the later season, that range to being hilarious, heartbreaking and sometimes both.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I just saw "Once More, With Feeling." I'm not a fan of musicals, but this is definitely a top 10'er for me. Spike's solo was my favorite.

[Grave]

Burn Notice

After the disappointing final episode of the previous season I found myself not really wanting to follow this season, but outta curiosity, I decided to watch this final season and I have to say I am impressed with what I'm seeing so far.

[Avaitor]

The craziest thing I realized about Orange is the New Black after finishing it- Nick Sobotka is Pornstache!

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

So, I'll be honest, here. I thought that season 2 of Angel was a bit weak (I honestly actually preferred season 1, which I liked quite a bit), but it was still overall good in quality. That said, Buffy season 5 was definitely the much better-written, and overall stronger season of the 2 shows.

That said, Angel season 3 just kicks Buffy season 6 straight-up in the ass. Shit just got REAL, here. Holtz took Angel's son into a hell dimension, and Angel is so furious with Wesley (despite clearly understanding the reason behind his actions), that he downright tried to kill him, and made it clear to him beforehand that he was doing it as Angel, not as Angelus. That seems like some pretty irreparable damage done between their relationship as close friends and allies. I don't think I can see how Wesley will ever get Angel's forgiveness for this, but I'm guessing that he might eventually do so since he isn't exactly dead yet, and I doubt that they'd just get rid of Angel's right-hand man from the show like that (actually, I keep forgetting that he's technically Angel's boss....well, at least he was). Avaitor was right, though. Wesley did change a lot. He's certainly not a favorite character of mine, but I have grown to appreciate his numerous contributions to the team, and it'd be hard to imagine the show going on without him, but it also creates for some great drama to see him now being cast out of the team by Angel (who once again, actually physically tried to kill the guy). That's some heavy stuff, right there.

As for Buffy season 6, its not bad, but the fact that we went from a main villain was a freaking God to a group of nerds who appeared in a few episodes here and there from earlier seasons just feels like such a slap in the face. Its not like I expect the next bad guy to be more powerful than the last like it was following some DBZ-level logic, but at least give me a villain that I can take seriously. The nerds would have worked fine as villains for just an episode or 2, but being the main villains of an entire season story-arc is a huge mistake on the part of the writers, IMO.

[Avaitor]

Have you finished season 6 yet?

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I have 3 episodes left to go as of now.