what if no one's watching?

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[Poll #1078555]

And you'll tell me why, and where to nab 'em, in comments? Comments on Chuck (fun, ironic, entertaining!) noted and logged from previous post! But tell me -- is it precious? In love with itself? Tiresomely ironic?

Criteria!

Nothing where the crux of any given episode hinges upon who loves/fucks/betrays who (unless, in the case of Dirty Sexy Money, it's got a Peter Krause voiceover and KENNEDYS and LIONS and PARTIES on the BROOKLYN BRIDGE). Nothing with teenagers who don't have superpowers. In fact, nothing with teenagers that DO have superpowers. Nothing that loves itself so much it thinks it's the second coming of Judd Apatow. Nothing that is "Heroes" or "Lost."

ISO: Something with vaguely apocalyptic undertones. Something with angry and/or reluctant heroes. Something with smart ensembles. Something with funny people in it. Something with character arcs AND monsters of the week. Anything vaguely gay or in space is always an automatic winner. Something with thigh holsters. Something with pathological liars and incredibly awkward hilarious people.

ALSO, please go on and send me toward other, non-2007 series that you think I'll like, AND, preferably, the locations on the series of tubes where one might "acquire" said episodes. SRSLY, if it's not in my userinfo and you haven't heard me babbling about it, I probably haven't seen it. If it's British or Canadian, even better.

Comments

[raz0rgirl.livejournal.com]

I've seen Reaper, Chuck & Burn Notice on your list, and of the three I'd recommend Burn Notice. Reaper and Chuck are both good but also kind of pedestrian and boring (though Chuck does have Adam Baldwin. And geeks. And Adam Baldwin being frustrated with geeks). Reaper just annoys me that Veronica Mars got canceled. We've seen it before, both in a serious way (Brimstone) and a silly way (G vs. E). And have I mentioned that CW canceled Veronica Mars? (/me = still angry about this and pretty much any new shows on the channel right now except for Gossip Girl, as much as I want to resist it.) Burn Notice is well written, paced well, has a great cast & is a summer show, which means fewer episodes to track down and no filler. Also Bruce fucking Campbell. 'Nuff said.