Century City: "To Know Her"
Mar. 24th, 2004 12:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ealgyldenI'm surprised they didn't hear my squeal of glee out in the real Century City when I saw the guest credits for tonight's episode. Archie! Archie is in this episode! So it must be that Krychek had him kidnapped from the A/V lab, sold him to the aliens, and they transported him to the future, where he became a bartender! Of course!
Or maybe not. Possibly CSI's dullness this season is making me odd. But hey, it would explain how he fell into the black hole of no screentime. Whatever, I've missed my guy. I'll take what bit parts I can get.
So we've skipped to the third episode in the production order (fifth, originally, but "Sweet Child of Mine," a gay-themed episode, keeps getting shuffled in and out of the schedule), but it doesn't seem like there's any arc-building going on yet (not surprising, considering the type of show and the nine-episode order), so I don't think it matters too much. It would be nice to see "Love and Games" eventually, though.
Waiting room bingo, huh. Tacky, but funny, in that "let's joke about the dead guys" black humor way of medical shows. And we briefly get another young Asian guy with Big Boy hair, like B.D. Wong last week. Is this a Dorky Trend of the Future? Not an attractive choice, guys. Future girls might be too nice to say so, but I'm not. Then the fun and games come to an end when Lukas uses the knowledge he gained righteously pursuing sex criminals for the DA's office to read Sylvie's very obvious body language, because of course it's Lukas with the 30+ convictions in that area. He is the white knight, after all. Meanwhile, Darwin sleazes off to do some entertainment law with Juni from Spy Kids, because he's the weasel and that's what weasels do. Easy choices, no surprises. Ah well.
Then Hector, Viola and Nestor head home to watch Dr. Phil and balance their checkbooks. Bye guys, see you next week!
So, evil nanites. I've only seen two episodes of Jake 2.0, but I don't think his nanites can be used like this, can they? This sort of idea creeped me out in Strange Days and I didn't find it any less creepy here. There was the expected preachiness in the A plot, but I did think it was better than the pilot. I was a little unsettled that the defense attorney was expecting such a narrow definition of rape to be persuasive, but I suppose the future doesn't necessarily have to be more enlightened than the present. Though it would be nice. Oh well, that's why we have Lukas, I guess.
And he boxes, too. Of course. "A moral victory"? That means he got his butt kicked, right? He was probably defending an orphan or something.
And of course they do the scene where the lawyer attacks his client to show how intrusive and mean the defense is going to get, because every TV rape case has to have that scene. Oh well, at least it was an okay version of it (thanks in large part to Lukas's snappy suit), though there was some very odd phrasing toward the end. Sylvie asked, "Is that what's going to happen?" And Lukas answered "Because it works," which is true, but which doesn't logically flow from the question she asked. Weird. Maybe I heard wrong.
Hey, they all get to sit down for the initial hearing now. Neat. And we get Robert Guillaume and Roma Maffia in this case, cool! Yay for good guest stars (like Archie! Yaaaay!). I'm glad they did away with the weird Scotty-imitating hologram technician from last week, and this imaging chamber or whatever it is looks much more professional than the other. Nice and sleek.
Speaking of sleek, I've decided that I love the lawyers' clothes. They still look too contemporary, but it's nigh impossible to guess where fashion will go next and almost any attempt to do so would likely look goofy, so I can deal. Viewed as business wear of the early twenty-first century, though, those clothes are great. And I like the colors, both the hues and the combinations. Sharp-looking firm, this one.
Darwin's case was weird. Not the case itself, but the way it was conducted. It was all so casual. I know the judge didn't want to be there (or at least really looked like she didn't), but it didn't seem like her courtroom was as formal as the others we've seen so far. But maybe that's because of the different flavor of law, or the wackiness inherent in the B plot, or the Darwin Effect, or something.
Donny Most is old. Wow. Fun stunt casting, I guess.
And then we get Archie! Yay! So cute in his tight black t-shirt, as the A/V tech-iest bartender in LA. Seriously, he's a bartender, and he still spends his scene cueing up videotape? That's wacky. I think Crane, Constable, McNeil & Montero should make Archie's bar their regular hangout so we can get Archie scenes every week. Considering his recent CSI appearances, he probably has the time. Anyway. The future is lousy with surveillance, of course. That's creepy, but I'm not sure if I was more disturbed by the fact that CC-LA has "surveillance-free" bars that still tape their patrons (and presumably ones that openly do so as well) or by the fact that that was easily the most convincing bit of future-shtick the show has had yet. Nanites might still be on the drawing board, but Big Brother? Not so much.
Also unsettling? "Civil search warrants." Yikes.
What kind of a stage name is Augie for a twelve-year-old? Were his parents on a retro kick when they picked it? His double-breasted pinstriped suit was amusing, though. Goes with the name. He's like a pocket Meyer Lansky.
So Darwin wanted to be Billy the Kid and became a lawyer. Easy joke, but I still laughed. He also won a point with me for using the word "droll." Heh.
The virtual jury Lukas was practicing his summation on was pretty neat. Handy gadget, though I wonder how it's programmed and how its projected reactions match up to his live juries. But euch, they used his melodramatic backstory from the official site. How unfortunate.
Darwin's "Boo hoo. Make some," reaction to Juni's whine that he doesn't have any friends made me laugh. Then the show scared me to death when Darwin said, "I can't think of anything I'd like to do more," about bike-riding lessons. Oh no, do they all have hearts of gold? Wait, "I will, however, have to bill you for my time." Oh, whew. That's better. Weasel on, weasel-man!
And even total strangers feel compelled to assure Lukas that his quest is righteous! "You didn't only win it for her." Ow, rain of anvils! Thanks, writers, we've got it. Sheesh.
So overall I felt it was an improvement over last week, but there's far to go. Half of the regular cast barely appeared, and while Lee May was there, she was mostly a seat-filler. There's still too much straight legal drama preachiness as opposed to sci-fi for my taste, but it is a CBS show, so that comes with the territory. Still, it has its moments, the order's only for nine episodes and I don't expect it to go beyond that, and the cast is very likable and pretty, so I guess I'm here for the duration.
Next week- Beni from The Mummy does Flowers for Algernon. All righty then.
Back to Miracles, type type type. It would be one thing if I ended up with some brilliant meta post at the end of all of this typing, but no, it'll just be my usual "Alva! Yay! Scary thing! Eek! And what was that other thing about anyway?" running commentary sort of deal. But it gives me an excuse to watch the episodes over and over, so there ya go.
Or maybe not. Possibly CSI's dullness this season is making me odd. But hey, it would explain how he fell into the black hole of no screentime. Whatever, I've missed my guy. I'll take what bit parts I can get.
So we've skipped to the third episode in the production order (fifth, originally, but "Sweet Child of Mine," a gay-themed episode, keeps getting shuffled in and out of the schedule), but it doesn't seem like there's any arc-building going on yet (not surprising, considering the type of show and the nine-episode order), so I don't think it matters too much. It would be nice to see "Love and Games" eventually, though.
Waiting room bingo, huh. Tacky, but funny, in that "let's joke about the dead guys" black humor way of medical shows. And we briefly get another young Asian guy with Big Boy hair, like B.D. Wong last week. Is this a Dorky Trend of the Future? Not an attractive choice, guys. Future girls might be too nice to say so, but I'm not. Then the fun and games come to an end when Lukas uses the knowledge he gained righteously pursuing sex criminals for the DA's office to read Sylvie's very obvious body language, because of course it's Lukas with the 30+ convictions in that area. He is the white knight, after all. Meanwhile, Darwin sleazes off to do some entertainment law with Juni from Spy Kids, because he's the weasel and that's what weasels do. Easy choices, no surprises. Ah well.
Then Hector, Viola and Nestor head home to watch Dr. Phil and balance their checkbooks. Bye guys, see you next week!
So, evil nanites. I've only seen two episodes of Jake 2.0, but I don't think his nanites can be used like this, can they? This sort of idea creeped me out in Strange Days and I didn't find it any less creepy here. There was the expected preachiness in the A plot, but I did think it was better than the pilot. I was a little unsettled that the defense attorney was expecting such a narrow definition of rape to be persuasive, but I suppose the future doesn't necessarily have to be more enlightened than the present. Though it would be nice. Oh well, that's why we have Lukas, I guess.
And he boxes, too. Of course. "A moral victory"? That means he got his butt kicked, right? He was probably defending an orphan or something.
And of course they do the scene where the lawyer attacks his client to show how intrusive and mean the defense is going to get, because every TV rape case has to have that scene. Oh well, at least it was an okay version of it (thanks in large part to Lukas's snappy suit), though there was some very odd phrasing toward the end. Sylvie asked, "Is that what's going to happen?" And Lukas answered "Because it works," which is true, but which doesn't logically flow from the question she asked. Weird. Maybe I heard wrong.
Hey, they all get to sit down for the initial hearing now. Neat. And we get Robert Guillaume and Roma Maffia in this case, cool! Yay for good guest stars (like Archie! Yaaaay!). I'm glad they did away with the weird Scotty-imitating hologram technician from last week, and this imaging chamber or whatever it is looks much more professional than the other. Nice and sleek.
Speaking of sleek, I've decided that I love the lawyers' clothes. They still look too contemporary, but it's nigh impossible to guess where fashion will go next and almost any attempt to do so would likely look goofy, so I can deal. Viewed as business wear of the early twenty-first century, though, those clothes are great. And I like the colors, both the hues and the combinations. Sharp-looking firm, this one.
Darwin's case was weird. Not the case itself, but the way it was conducted. It was all so casual. I know the judge didn't want to be there (or at least really looked like she didn't), but it didn't seem like her courtroom was as formal as the others we've seen so far. But maybe that's because of the different flavor of law, or the wackiness inherent in the B plot, or the Darwin Effect, or something.
Donny Most is old. Wow. Fun stunt casting, I guess.
And then we get Archie! Yay! So cute in his tight black t-shirt, as the A/V tech-iest bartender in LA. Seriously, he's a bartender, and he still spends his scene cueing up videotape? That's wacky. I think Crane, Constable, McNeil & Montero should make Archie's bar their regular hangout so we can get Archie scenes every week. Considering his recent CSI appearances, he probably has the time. Anyway. The future is lousy with surveillance, of course. That's creepy, but I'm not sure if I was more disturbed by the fact that CC-LA has "surveillance-free" bars that still tape their patrons (and presumably ones that openly do so as well) or by the fact that that was easily the most convincing bit of future-shtick the show has had yet. Nanites might still be on the drawing board, but Big Brother? Not so much.
Also unsettling? "Civil search warrants." Yikes.
What kind of a stage name is Augie for a twelve-year-old? Were his parents on a retro kick when they picked it? His double-breasted pinstriped suit was amusing, though. Goes with the name. He's like a pocket Meyer Lansky.
So Darwin wanted to be Billy the Kid and became a lawyer. Easy joke, but I still laughed. He also won a point with me for using the word "droll." Heh.
The virtual jury Lukas was practicing his summation on was pretty neat. Handy gadget, though I wonder how it's programmed and how its projected reactions match up to his live juries. But euch, they used his melodramatic backstory from the official site. How unfortunate.
Darwin's "Boo hoo. Make some," reaction to Juni's whine that he doesn't have any friends made me laugh. Then the show scared me to death when Darwin said, "I can't think of anything I'd like to do more," about bike-riding lessons. Oh no, do they all have hearts of gold? Wait, "I will, however, have to bill you for my time." Oh, whew. That's better. Weasel on, weasel-man!
And even total strangers feel compelled to assure Lukas that his quest is righteous! "You didn't only win it for her." Ow, rain of anvils! Thanks, writers, we've got it. Sheesh.
So overall I felt it was an improvement over last week, but there's far to go. Half of the regular cast barely appeared, and while Lee May was there, she was mostly a seat-filler. There's still too much straight legal drama preachiness as opposed to sci-fi for my taste, but it is a CBS show, so that comes with the territory. Still, it has its moments, the order's only for nine episodes and I don't expect it to go beyond that, and the cast is very likable and pretty, so I guess I'm here for the duration.
Next week- Beni from The Mummy does Flowers for Algernon. All righty then.
Back to Miracles, type type type. It would be one thing if I ended up with some brilliant meta post at the end of all of this typing, but no, it'll just be my usual "Alva! Yay! Scary thing! Eek! And what was that other thing about anyway?" running commentary sort of deal. But it gives me an excuse to watch the episodes over and over, so there ya go.
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Date: 2004-03-23 10:45 pm (UTC)You heard right (or we both heard wrong identically); I suspect someone edited wrong. Oopsie.
Seriously, he's a bartender, and he still spend his scene cueing up videotape?
I'm not a credits reader, so I was like, "Archie? No, that can't be Archie." I'm glad it was Archie...and dude, maybe it is Archie. Immortal Archie, in a triple crossover of CC, CSI, and Highlander. *G*
Weasel on, weasel-man!
That should be an icon.
And even total strangers feel compelled to assure Lukas that his quest is righteous! Ow, rain of anvils!
His real last name is Skywalker. He lifts the anvils with the Force.
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Date: 2004-03-25 04:20 pm (UTC)Indeed. *g* As annoying as the glitch is, I'm kind of glad to know that I wasn't hearing things. Can't be too careful, you know.
I'm glad it was Archie...and dude, maybe it is Archie. Immortal Archie, in a triple crossover of CC, CSI, and Highlander. *G*
Hee! I love that idea! Highlander really comes in handy sometimes, doesn't it? It's a little black dress of crossover fodder.
His real last name is Skywalker. He lifts the anvils with the Force.
Bwahahahaha! Well, that's okay then. snerk
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Date: 2004-03-23 11:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-23 11:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-24 01:14 am (UTC)"That's not possible! There are two different genotypes represented here!"
"There are? Why would that be?"
"Who knows, Doctor. But there are two people's blood on this jacket. How do we know which one is Lord Hornblower's? CI-5 is paying us to clone him, not someone else ... "
"I guess we'll have to clone both then, and see which one is correct."
"How do we tell? And what do we do with the other one?"
"I don't know ... "
Plotbunny time!
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Date: 2004-03-24 01:51 am (UTC)I was thrilled to see his name in the opening credits. He's such a sweetheart, and my age. :-) I know him because he was the voice of Eric on "Dungeons & Dragons" which made the character a blast to write for. And yeah, ran afoul of Hollywood politics post-"Happy Days" and had some major career problems as a result. Awfully nice to see him again.
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Date: 2004-03-25 04:52 pm (UTC)It was nice to see Don Most again- I was just surprised. I missed him in the credits (too busy with Archie-glee) and it took me a bit to connect the voice with the silver hair. Kind of a jolt, but nice.
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Date: 2004-03-24 12:47 pm (UTC)Oh, yes. Because Lukas is all Good and of the Light. Le sigh.
And we get Robert Guillaume and Roma Maffia in this case, cool!
Oh, hell yeah! We got Isaac and Grace (from Profiler) and Archie all in the same ep. I'd just watch this show for the casting, myself.
And I like the colors, both the hues and the combinations.
Really? Lukas' color scheme annoyed me, mostly because there didn't seem to be a scheme.
Seriously, he's a bartender, and he still spends his scene cueing up videotape?
::snort:: He's been typecast! Woe is him! He'll never get away from it! Hehehe. Still so cute, though.
Ow, rain of anvils! Thanks, writers, we've got it.
Heh. Seriously. Lukas is eerily starting to remind me of a Marty Stu. The man has no flaws! He is perfect! Righteous and Good and a Keeper of Civility! Watch him as he singlehandedly saves the world, making it Safe for Humanity! Honestly, people. Are we really supposed to fall for this?
I still love Lee may, though. It might have something to do with Kristin Lehman being hot. Yeah, i'm shallow. But of all the characters (as much as we've seen them) her story intrigues me the most. I think because it appeal to the side of me that never lost my love for the In-Vitro civil rights issue on Space: Above and Beyond.
S:AAB! ::cries::
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Date: 2004-03-25 07:44 pm (UTC)Well of course he is! He's a noble upholder of justice! (Naturally this just means that I wish the show were going to last long enough for us to see him become bitter and burned out. Maybe divorced. A drinking problem would be a given, of course. I'm a very bad person, aren't I?)
Really? Lukas' color scheme annoyed me, mostly because there didn't seem to be a scheme.
Oddly enough, that's exactly what I liked about it. He seems to favor combinations that are either simple and conservative, but make him look pretty, or ones that are totally random, like dark blue shirts with poison green ties. How can I resist a guy who wears My Little Pony colors? *g*
Heh. Seriously. Lukas is eerily starting to remind me of a Marty Stu. The man has no flaws! He is perfect! Righteous and Good and a Keeper of Civility! Watch him as he singlehandedly saves the world, making it Safe for Humanity! Honestly, people. Are we really supposed to fall for this?
Dude. Word. He's getting on my nerves. And that his one flaw so far seems to be interest in a woman not his wife does not endear him to me. Good thing he's pretty.
I wish they'd do more with Lee May and less with Lukas. Let him be the pretty set-dressing for once, and give her a good plot to sink her genetically perfect teeth into. Hopefully before the show gets canceled. The clock is ticking.
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Date: 2004-03-24 04:22 pm (UTC)I will admit to being a huge sap right now and say that Lukas's final speech to the jury won me over completely. Sign me up to fangirl the White Knight.
The B-plot was rather "meh" for me, although I was thoroughly pleased to see Donny Most.
And we get Robert Guillaume and Roma Maffia in this case, cool!
That was so great! I did a double take and shouted "Isaac!!" (well, actually I pointed and said "Ooooh! It's..." and stopped for a minute, because I'm a dork whose brain wasn't working last night and forgot Isaac's name).
I want Jamie Bamber to guest star. Is that too much to ask, d'you think?
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Date: 2004-03-24 07:58 pm (UTC)I did the happy dance during the creidts at Isaac and Profiler gal as well. But the 2 cases in 42 minuets wrapped up neatly with a shiny red bow thing is gonna bug me. I don't usually ever watch lawyer shows, so it's a bit grating. But I'm hanging in there for the duration, waiting to see if some of Lukas' shiny gets worn off. Because the boy is too shiny. He needs to be a bit distressed. More, after I read his bio on the CBS site. Ick.
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Date: 2004-03-24 08:32 pm (UTC)I just love Robert Guillaume, especially as Isaac. He made a good judge, too. I wonder if we'll get to see him again.
This is really the first time I've bothered to catch much of a lawyer show. I don't do lawyer shows. Is the "wrap the case up in one episode thing" standard?
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Date: 2004-03-25 11:23 pm (UTC)Sign me up to fangirl the White Knight.
If Lukas were played by anyone other than Ioan (or maybe Sean Maher), my eyes would be rolling so far I'd never see again every time he opened his mouth. As it is, I think he's a bit over the top, yeah, but he comes darned close to selling it. He just glows with idealism. Too bad I'm too grumpy and cynical to fully enjoy it. *g* He sure is nice to look at, though!
I did a double take and shouted "Isaac!!" (well, actually I pointed and said "Ooooh! It's..." and stopped for a minute, because I'm a dork whose brain wasn't working last night and forgot Isaac's name).
Hee! First I said, "Benson!" then "Isaac!" and only then did I remember the poor guy's name. Oops. *g*
I want Jamie Bamber to guest star. Is that too much to ask, d'you think?
Happy thought. Very happy thought. That would be worth any amount of preachiness and dorky hairdos. Yes indeedy.
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Date: 2004-03-24 08:04 pm (UTC)Well, possibly--we would have seen, had they shot episode #17, Jake's nanites used as transmitters and receivers. But we don't have anything like the VR gear the jury wore, to transmit that sensory data. On Jake I think it was visual only. Would have been, I mean.
The thing that got me about the tech was that I don't get how the VR gear worked. I mean, the nanites as recorders/transmitters I kinda get. But that must have been a PDA with a few thousand terabytes of data storage on it, to store that much sensory input... And how wearing a funky headband would duplicate the sensory experience--rather than nanites being *required* to "replay" the data--I don't get.
Um. Okay, I geeked out just a touch there.
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Date: 2004-03-30 11:58 pm (UTC)