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[ealgylden]

"A love triangle will develop among LaPaglia's Jack Malone, who's estranged from his wife; Poppy Montgomery's sexy Samantha Spade; and Eric Close's Martin Fitzgerald. Enrique Murciano, who plays Danny Taylor, will also find romance."

Ahh! Boo! No! That's just what I was afraid of! Martin and Sam have no romantic chemistry. None. They are a vast sucking black hole of romantic chemistry. They don't even like each other! Argh.

Of course the slasher in me doesn't like this, because it's so blatantly obvious that if Danny "finds romance" with anyone, it should be with Martin. But I've overcome bigger obstacles than stupid, misguided love triangles for my preferred couples before- heck, Boromir's dead and that's never stopped me from slashing him. But I'm also just a fan of the show, and I want it to live up to all of its potential. And this triangle thing sounds like a baaad idea. The best way it could play out, in my book, would be with Martin asking Sam out in the season premiere, Sam saying no because she loves Jack, and Martin going off to find solace in Danny's embrace because they're so much better suited for each other (hence Danny finding romance too). The end. WaT becomes a big success and makes its actors rich and happy, and Joan and her pairing live happily ever after.

Also from TV Guide, the first line of a mini-review of History Detectives (looks like a CSI-goes-Smithsonian deal on PBS)- "History is part fact, part speculation and part tedious nitpicking." Hey! That's my field you're... summarizing fairly accurately, unfortunately. Hm. Never mind.

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[blue_ant]

Oy.

*nods* Is there a lot of WaT stuff in the article?

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Ummmm... well, the title is "Amazing Trace"- "Dismissed as as CSI knockoff, Without a Trace has found an audience big enough to challenge ER." It's about three pages long (with two sidebars, one on the ladies' clothes and one little bio on LaPaglia), but there are a bunch of pictures eating up space, so I'm not sure what that means in text (and no way am I counting words *g*). It's mostly "no one thought it would work, it worked, we're going to screw with why it worked, and the plots are ripped from the headlines like every other cop show on TV." Nothing too major, but there's so little coverage of any kind that I'm not complaining.

So anyway, let me know what you decide.

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[blue_ant]

Awww. What's the name of the mag again? Maybe I can dig it up when I go out of town this weekend! And then scan it (my dad has a fantastic scanner).

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

TV Guide, the July 12-18 issue. Look for the shirtless himbo on the cover (that'd be Travis Himmel from Tarzan). Wait, unless you're in Canada? Because Canadian TV Guide is different (still likes the himbos, though).

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[blue_ant]

No. I'm in Michigan. Usually it's that magazines around here are out of date or, you know, they don't carry them. It's all good.