Meanwhile, out of Bizzarro-world comes the news that the Sugababes are worried that size 0 models are setting girls a bad example.
Right…
Year: 2006
US TV
Review: CSI 7.2
Okay, I’ve already reviewed the season opener to CSI, but seeing as that was a two-parter, I thought I’d just add in a bit more non-spoiling detail.
With CSI up against soapy old Grey’s Anatomy in the US on Thursdays, there’s a fair old amount of soap turning up in CSI to match. Catherine’s being put through the wringer for this two-parter, but the general aim of the season is to show the effects of investigating crime on all the CSIs (what a good idea for a show. Why don’t we call it Touching Evil? Oh wait…).
There’s also an unsolved crime that I suspect will return during the rest of the season. One of the more disturbing things about this two-parter is the “doll’s house” crime, in which a crime scene is lovingly recreated in an exact model left at the scene itself. Since even the blood pattern in the doll’s house is the same (and it’s made with the victim’s blood), we know we’ve got an absolute nutbag here.
I can’t help but feeling there’s something similar to the serial killer in the first season at work here, but since that was intellectually fascinating storyline, I’m none too fussed by that.
All the same, some intriguing things at work that should make season 7 of CSI a very interesting one. My only worry is they might push everything into realm of highly, highly implausible if they’re not careful.
PS Episode two has a highly upsetting ending. Brace yourself.
Intermittent service
Blogging’s going to be a bit inconsistent over the next few days, I reckon, while my ISP (Be) and BT work out exactly which one of them has screwed up my broadband connection. At the moment, my brother-in-law is being nice enough to let me use his broadband, so fingers crossed I’ll still be able to work and earn money during this period of uncertainty.
Thank you for bearing with me…
UK TV
Third-episode verdict: Extras
In the UK: Thursdays, BBC2, 9pm
In the US: Season 1 being repeated on HBO. No word on Season 2.
The ultimate test of any comedy is whether it makes you laugh. On those grounds, series two of Extras is an occasional success: when it makes you laugh, it makes you laugh hard. The rest of the time, it’s either not very good or slightly distasteful.
UK TV
Third-episode verdict: That Mitchell and Webb Look
In the UK: Thursdays, 9.30pm, BBC2. Repeated Tuesdays, 10.30pm, BBC3.
Well there’s surprising. A funny sketch show on BBC2. I wasn’t expecting that. I thought those days were long gone. Certainly, I wasn’t expecting it from Mitchell and Webb, whose Peep Show everyone keeps going on about but which I only found slightly amusing.
But this I actually look forward to each week. I’ve set the PVR and everything!
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