I can’t remember the last time the temperature was in the fifties, but that’s where it was overnight. I wish there was a pause button that would let me capture the current climate conditions and replay them day in and day out. This is the nicest time of the year in Texas, and I’m so enjoying coming out of the gym at noon into sub-eighty degree weather.
I finished The Masuda Affair and will be working on a review in the coming days. Next up: Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane. Though this will be billed as a sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone by many, because of the movie adaptation, technically it’s a sequel to Prayers for Rain, the most recent of the Kenzie-Gennaro novels (1999). The storyline, though, supposedly relies heavily on Gone, Baby, Gone.
There’s a saying that a lot of acting is reacting. I find myself watching Stana Katic on Castle because of the way she reacts. There’s a lot going on with that pretty face of hers. Sometimes it’s subtle—the quiver of a lip—and sometimes it’s funny and unexpected, like the way she wrinkled up her nose and squinted after Castle debunked her theory about who wrote the letter. It was a very honest reaction, and almost of out shot when it happened.
Imagine my disappointment when it turns out that The Event was simply a blue light special at K-Mart. Well, no, not really, but it turned out to be just about the only thing it could possibly be after the events of the final few minutes of the first episode. At some point I suppose (read: hope) they’ll abandon the Lost-like flashbacks, though I expect that some of them will prove important in helping us figure out who among the cast are actually sleepers. Very definitely a case of wolves in sheep’s clothing, and I’m reminded somewhat of V, though less overt and maybe a little bit less cluttered than that show (is it still on? I gave up on the reboot after a handful of episodes). I see the ratings dropped almost 20%, which can’t be a good sign, although the DVR stats are taken into account yet.
A lot of people were fearing the worst with the House/Cuddy developments at the end of last season, and I have to say their fears are being played out. The show isn’t terribly impressive this season and, to make matters worse, Olivia Wilde (Thirteen, aka Remy Hadley) is on sabbatical for a good chunk of the season. If there were anything else on at the same time, I’d probably ditch the show.
