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.
