Day 2 and unexpected domestic goddessery

( The fandom meme, if anyone's interested )

Day 02 - A show that needs more viewers

I wasn't completely sure what this question is getting at - a lot of the shows I like which have been cancelled could have done with more viewers in order not to get the axe so I'm going to go with 'the show more people need to watch that's on now because it's great'.

This time around (because it could well change depending on how the new season goes, I would never say never after my recent experience with Suits) everyone needs to be watching Person of Interest. This was definitely one of those shows I wasn't really expecting to like as much as I do, as I'm really not a big fan of Jim Caviezel (Reese) and didn't know who Michael Emerson (Finch) was as I couldn't recall actually seeing him in anything else.

What I really like about the show is that they manage to pull off both an overall story arc and episode-of-the-week with equal aplomb, while also having a great ensemble cast including women who kick arse. I am always happy to see Detective Carter (Taraji P. Henson) kick in doors and the addition of Sarah Shahi as a series regular has also pleased me, though I understand there's been some speculation in the fandom that this is setting things up for either Jim Caviezel wanting out and/or a spin-off and that either possibility might pull attention away from the Reese-Finch interaction as the centre of things. I agree this would be a shame, unless it was handled really well, but have to admit that the episode where Shaw (Sarah Shahi's character), who is essentially a proto-Reese, was one of my favourites of season 2 even though there wasn't a great deal of Reese and Finch in it.

While I'm sure there may well be a degree of gadget hand-wavery involved, the development of the characters over the series so far has been great - the main characters all make real changes to how they deal with situations and each other as the episodes progress and we also get a bunch of new (and recurring) characters who add to what's going on in a very real way. It's also a h/c junkie's dream show, with all sorts of stuff going on (but not in an over the top way) in terms of both physical and emotional peril, while so far TPTB have resisted the urge to ship John Reese with anyone in the present, though there was a fridging of a past love interest back in the day as part of his Tragic Backstory.

So, if you're not watching it, please consider giving it a go - season 3 starts 24th September and it doesn't clash with Agents of SHIELD. ;)


In other news, in honour of The Great British Bake-Off I made English muffins over the weekend, which were the technical challenge for the second episode - not quite the same recipe, because I used this one from Dan Lepard, which cheats a bit by using both the griddle and the oven rather than just cooking it in one go like they did on the show. Sadly the end product would not have met Paul Hollywood's exacting standards in terms of shape or size, but they actually did seem to be cooked properly (to my great surprise) - the initial dough was insanely wet and I added quite a lot of extra flour to it, which is probably a big no-no.

Don't think I'll be making it again, but I do regularly make my own bread by hand so there are plenty of other recipes I can use... I've also frozen a bunch of them so we'll see how that works out.