{ there are vague spoilers about N3 (S4) in this post. }

So, LoudTwitter is down, or you'd know that I finally got around to watching the last few episodes of Numb3rs, season 4. I liked the episodes, which was surprising considering my reluctance to watch them. That's not to say that the show didn't continue its personal roads of Stupid (Amita's parents, whatever that was; David's story lines; Charlie in the finale - I have No Sympathy for him). It does mean, though, that the show's formulae (heh) has some bonuses. I'm watching the David and Colby Show at this point, because that dynamic is wonderful. They've tied up Megan's story, Don and Robin are back at it, Liz is kicking ass. So. I don't know. Back in Autumn, I suppose.

Which is also not to say that I have any real desire to log back into all those comms I dropped, but who knows. It's not like I've written real fic this year and Numb3rs is weirdly easy to contend with, even when I'm not as in tune with the canon as I used to be.

Ugh, guys! I don't know. I think I need to finish watching season 3 of The Wire already.

{ love's a feeling like a warm dark stone. }

Random gripe: I wish last.fm would let us choose the format for how music is scrobbled into the 'music' section of the update page.

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Meme! Stolen shamelessly from razorxrosary, format and all. An excursion into My Bag. dun-DUNNN!

( rambling + picture. )

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Coming up soon: ficlets, whee! Still time to play along. You can pick any fandom I've seen &/or written for before.

[ Saving Grace.] 1x13; Season 2

 I never wrote about the Saving Grace finale, but suffice it to say that the show continued its trend of being touchingly funny and emotionally dramatic. Grace's secret - her childhood abuse - comes to light in a beautiful scene with Rhetta, and her relationship with her brother is strengthened when he realises the true reason for her alienation from the church. Furthermore, Grace finds out that her sister's husband is having an affair - to her sister's knowledge - and she quietly, unobtrusively keeps the knowledge to herself, knowing that Paige's pride is at stake. The series ends with Grace coming upon her childhood abuser, preparing herself to murder him for his crime. 

The second season starts in a week or so, and I'm terribly excited to see where the show is going to go next. Grace is at a turning point in her life. She's gone from being at the low point of her life to a point where she has shared the greatest trauma she's ever experienced. She's still fighting Earl, but she's trying, too, and for me the joy of the show comes in the battle between her 'free' persona, the tragedy of the characters in her life (and there is much of that abound) and the need for her to be in control of her impulses. I think it's fair to say that she's not going to kill the priest (I loved seeing her brother knock the guy out, though, and the warmth Grace felt towards him for that act) but now she's there, where does she go next? Onwards, onwards, one assumes.

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I have recently started to watch The Closer which is a fairly run-of-the-mill procedure that I'm enjoying. It's the show that Saving Grace is partnered with, and deals with another strong female lead, although of a variety quite different to Grace Hanadarko. So far, so good. I'm half through the first season. It's not as compelling or as endearing as Saving Grace, or, say, Medium, but it has charm to it, as will (I suspect) Cold Case which I have collected, ready to streamline. Procedural dramas continue to be my saving grace (har, har).
 

{ yesterday's tweets. }

( tweets for 06.07.2008 (incl. Numb3rs commentary) )