{ one night they called me for supper, but I never got up: I stayed right there in my chair. }

[delga]

I have a fondness for tragedy in both its classical and contemporary senses, and I think The Good Shepherd was both wonderful and horrible. I'm not sure I'll watch it again, at least, not by myself. But it was the best kind of story, and that made the difference. The music, too.

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I watched Criminal Minds, CSI: NY and The Black Donnellys today. The first two were solid filler episodes, but The Black Donnellys was actually quite good. If it wasn't for Jenny's inability to make a decision and stick to it, I would have been very pleased with this episode. As it is, she flip-flops, so I have less and less sympathy for her. Although seeing her jump Jimmy and start to smack the hell out of him was worth it. Eventually Jimmy's going to kill Whitey, right? I mean, one of Joey's asides leaned that way.

Oh, Kevin, ever in trouble; and Tommy, balancing on a thin wire. I think that's what irritates me more about Jenny: I want to sympathise with and support her character but her inconsistency exacerbates Tommy's problems to the extent that it's no longer tragic, just frustrating. And I prefer tragedy, naturally.

The door was brilliant; the beating those druggies took, though? That was a perverse display that I was sort of supporting, because it was brotherhood, and it was horrible, but it sat true. But yes: a better episode, funny, and ironic, and terrible.

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