what if no one's watching?

[sab]

[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

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

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

Have you tried Supernatural? It seems like it fits the vast majority of your requirements. :) No love triangles, no teenagers, no precocious cuteness... just smartass brothers trying to save the world from all the things that go bump in the night. Owes a lot to The X-Files & Buffy. Season 1 is pretty monster-of-the-weeky, and in Season 2 the arc really kicks in.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Eh, every summer when I'm bored I nab some of the previous seasons' Supernaturals and watch them for sort of boredom-stemming filler. I don't care about either of the boys and I think the writing's sort of stupid, but the monsters of the week and the general themes of demons and the supernatural are COOL and SCARY. I've probably seen most of the eps by now (except for the current season) but they just sort of skim over me and I forget them as soon as I'm done watching them. Still! Good for monsters!