Bones
I’m not the one watching this, but Katie’s still hooked, so I guess it’s still good.
– Returns Thursday, Jan. 29 @ Fox 8 pm

Fringe
We both gave up after something like 4 episodes. It seemed like they were trying too hard to be The X-Files, too focused on the conspiracy and everything fitting “the pattern” and being tied to work in this one lab…and then there’s the problem with not bothering to research the regular science or think through the consequences of the totally-made-up “fringe” stuff that gave the show its title. The only thing worth watching for was John Noble’s mad scientist, Walter Bishop.

Lost
After a couple of seasons of floundering, Lost came back very strongly last year. Having an end point to work toward certainly helped, as did opening up the format from present with flashbacks to present with both flashbacks and flashforwards. At first the flashbacks were great for showing what motivated the various characters, what brought them to the island, what issues they were still working through, etc. But after a while they started answering questions no one asked (“The secret of Jack’s tattoo!”) or re-treading old ground. Adding flashforwards to post-Island events really added to story possibilities, and they made thorough use of it.
– Returns Wednesday, Jan. 21 @ ABC 9pm

Heroes
Alternately fantastic and infuriating. I’ve gone into this recently, so I won’t repeat it here. That’s what links are for. With luck, Volume 4 will fall more on the fantastic side.
– Returns Monday, Feb. 2 @ NBC 9pm

Pushing Daisies
As good as ever. They managed to somehow maintain the tone while moving forward with character development and further exploring the consequences of Chuck’s resurrection.
– Sadly, canceled. Word is that ABC may show the last three episodes next summer. SUMMER. *grrr* Just show ‘em in a 5am marathon so they can be released to iTunes, Amazon Video and DVD, willya?

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
This still hasn’t totally grabbed me the way Heroes or Pushing Daisies has, but it’s been an interesting, intricate take on the Terminator mythos. And oddly enough, I’m far more interested in the second half of this season than I am in the upcoming Terminator: Salvation movie. Sadly, Fox has moved it to the Timeslot of Death.
– Returns Friday, Feb. 13 @ Fox 8pm

Dollhouse
Not much to say about this one, since it hasn’t aired yet, but I’ll at least take a look at just about anything developed by Joss Whedon. Eliza Dushku and Amy Acker won’t hurt, either. Unfortunately, Fox has placed it in the Second Timeslot of Death, right after SCC
– Starts Friday, Feb. 13 @ Fox 9pm

(TV Guide via Blog@Newsarama)

So I’ve got this running tally. Last night, I added one to it and another character–there’s no other way to describe it–got jealous. I’d thought after seeing the Hulk movie that Eric Bana might have a place in my head. After seeing Troy yesterday, it’s confirmed: he’s definitely Vance. Now, you’d think this would inspire me to work on something he’s in, but due to my current license plate chase, I’ve been working more on Prophecy. I tried last night to review and revise some bits and found it incredibly difficult, due to characters getting uppity. Seems Temin got wind of someone being cast and decided he wanted to be played by Alexis Denisof. Which is totally wrong, but I couldn’t convince him. All the already-written dialogue was coming out Wesley, and everything I came up with for revisions was following suit. Eventually I gave up.

I was complaining to Kelson a bit later and tossing around the idea of picking stars we like and trying to cast them. Keira Knightley came up, and I thought there wouldn’t be a place for her, but then remembered a story I had written maybe a paragraph of, where she might fit. A second later, I’d cast Amy Acker as her older sister, the main character.

This morning in the shower, they started arguing in my head. It took fifteen minutes to transcribe. Maybe story 5 will get written after all.