Sorry for the lack of my review last week, but I was away at camp, and as many times I ask for them to set up TV and Cable...it never happens.
So today I watched last weeks episode and caught tonights to get things back on track.
And I must admit, I was pleasently surprised with last weeks episode 'Pied Piper'.
Considering it was the type of case that I absolutly LOVE, I was immediatly hooked. (Creepy children singing nursery rhymes is generally something I watch all of the time. Nightmare on Elm Street, anyone?)
So about last weeks episode...it was 'bloody' amazing. Perfect in every way, and so far...once again, it is now my new favorite episode of the season. (Perhaps the series, but we're only on season 2)
However the cherry on top for that episode had to be Cal's ear injury/head bandage. I IMMEDIATLY thought about Vincent van Gogh (Tim Roth in Vincent and Theo) and I had a good laugh about it for well over 15 miunets.
But now, alas, this week's episode began to jump back a bit, and was somewhat dissapointing. (Not having a week to absorb last weeks episode, rather a few hours) I was expecting alot more from tonights episode, and it never seemed to deliver.
However, it WAS suspenseful, and Bloody, and...constantly had me thinking about Reservoir Dogs. (I was waiting for Mr. Pink to burst through the Warehouse doors and start screaming "WAS THAT A F**ING SET-UP OR WHAT??!")
But Lie to Me has never had a BAD episode, and when you have a show like this, it's very difficult to have an episode go wrong.
And this episode is FAR from bad, but it deffinatly wasn't the strongest episode this season.
While it might be memorable for the "Twists" and gore it entailed...there was nothing REALLY memorable to capture my genuine intrest.
Unlike last weeks episode that had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end.
This one, at least, kept me watching.
So today I watched last weeks episode and caught tonights to get things back on track.
And I must admit, I was pleasently surprised with last weeks episode 'Pied Piper'.
Considering it was the type of case that I absolutly LOVE, I was immediatly hooked. (Creepy children singing nursery rhymes is generally something I watch all of the time. Nightmare on Elm Street, anyone?)
So about last weeks episode...it was 'bloody' amazing. Perfect in every way, and so far...once again, it is now my new favorite episode of the season. (Perhaps the series, but we're only on season 2)
However the cherry on top for that episode had to be Cal's ear injury/head bandage. I IMMEDIATLY thought about Vincent van Gogh (Tim Roth in Vincent and Theo) and I had a good laugh about it for well over 15 miunets.
But now, alas, this week's episode began to jump back a bit, and was somewhat dissapointing. (Not having a week to absorb last weeks episode, rather a few hours) I was expecting alot more from tonights episode, and it never seemed to deliver.
However, it WAS suspenseful, and Bloody, and...constantly had me thinking about Reservoir Dogs. (I was waiting for Mr. Pink to burst through the Warehouse doors and start screaming "WAS THAT A F**ING SET-UP OR WHAT??!")
But Lie to Me has never had a BAD episode, and when you have a show like this, it's very difficult to have an episode go wrong.
And this episode is FAR from bad, but it deffinatly wasn't the strongest episode this season.
While it might be memorable for the "Twists" and gore it entailed...there was nothing REALLY memorable to capture my genuine intrest.
Unlike last weeks episode that had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end.
This one, at least, kept me watching.
Tim Goodman..........
Every television critic I know is making both end-of-year and end-of-decade lists. Although we have many different takes on what happened this year and in the last 10, there does seem to be one consistency: We each make what amounts to an improbable list. This is mine.
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"Fran here - I will not bother putting the whole list in ...just this bit"
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Tim Roth, "Lie to Me," Fox. It's easy to give network programming - even the finest of it - less attention and affection in the face of so much impressive work on the cable side. But Roth's combination of smarts, aggression and compassion has not only elevated this procedural drama, but also proved he deserves the Emmy attention that has previously (and deservedly) gone to Hugh Laurie on "House."
Every television critic I know is making both end-of-year and end-of-decade lists. Although we have many different takes on what happened this year and in the last 10, there does seem to be one consistency: We each make what amounts to an improbable list. This is mine.
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"Fran here - I will not bother putting the whole list in ...just this bit"
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Tim Roth, "Lie to Me," Fox. It's easy to give network programming - even the finest of it - less attention and affection in the face of so much impressive work on the cable side. But Roth's combination of smarts, aggression and compassion has not only elevated this procedural drama, but also proved he deserves the Emmy attention that has previously (and deservedly) gone to Hugh Laurie on "House."