Unexpectedly cool these past couple of days. Barely into the seventies and down to the low fifties at night. I know not many people will sympathize, but after a few days in the 80s when we had to run the A/C it’s a surprise.
Added another 1200 words to the novella in progress this morning. Moving right along. I’m hoping to wrap it up before something else comes along to get in the way. Had a promising e-mail from my agent this morning about a project that might happen in the not-too-distant future. Stay tuned.
I hear that Justified has been renewed for a third season. Yay. I also encountered the trailer for The Fall of Sam Axe, which is a made-for-TV prequel movie about Michael Westin’s trusty side kick from Burn Notice. It airs on April 17th. Funny, he doesn’t look younger. I hear, too, that Mad Men won’t be back until 2012 because of protracted contract negotiations with the show runner. That sucks.
I think I’ll check out Body of Proof, the new crime show starring Dana Delaney tonight. Well, I’ll record it and check it out another time since it’s on after my bed time. I don’t intend to give it too many episodes to win me over, though.
The crime story on Castle last night was okay, but I didn’t really care about the resolution. By the end, things had gotten so knotted up that it was easy to forget the guy who died so dramatically in the opening scene. Funny that Castle texted his poker buddies to call dibs on the story, and an interesting showdown between the captain and the D.A. One of these days someone should offer Bruce Davidson a role where he isn’t a dirtbag. Make him stretch a little. There were two excellent developments in the episode, though. First, there was the Alexis subplot where she felt obligated to make amends for her friends. It paralleled the main plot, in that the victim got on the jury to ensure that there wasn’t a miscarriage of justice, but it was good to see that not everything is perfect in Castle-land, that the perfect teenager makes some difficult choices and that nothing is simple for teenagers. Well handled, I thought. And then there was Castle’s charade at the end, pretending not to know anything about Forbidden Planet when Beckett announced she was going to see the film. They have so much in common. I also liked the scene where Ryan and Esposito carried out an inane conversation so that someone hiding at a crime scene wouldn’t know they were onto them.
