What did you watch on TV last week (w/e February 28)

Here’s what I’ve been watching – not much because of the Winter Olympics, it turns out:

  • Being Human: Nice ending to the season. Wasn’t expecting any of that, although Kemp going all mental was a bit silly. A whole lot darker than expected, too. And good to see where just about every plot thread went. Wonder if Whithouse and co are big fans of Ultraviolet, though.
  • Burn Notice: Surprise twists aplenty and a good storyline. Good to see Fi getting an examination of her back story, even if it didn’t go anywhere or go into much depth. Carlos Bernard’s Argentinian accent left a lot to be desired. Chris Vance’s storyline – as expected – went nowhere, but in a good way.
  • The Deep End: It’s over and nothing got wrapped up! Everything just sort of finished. Just to reiterate, virtually all the cast are very nice and need to get jobs elsewhere, even if the whole show was awful.
  • Lost: A Jack episode, but we didn’t all want to turn off. How mysterious and unexpected. Good to see Claire in action again, too.
  • Life Unexpected: This week’s slightly famous female guest star was that woman who played Dale Arden on Flash Gordon. So not that famous. A fairly clunky way to write out a character and as a moral for the episode – “women, whatever you do, lie in order to save your relationship” – seemed a strange choice.
  • 24: A terribly boring episode rescued by an almost acceptable final 10 minutes. But I’m sorely tempted to give up this season, because it’s just been so very, very dull.

But what did you watch?

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    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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