Season premieres, not so bad...
Sep. 23rd, 2006 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
graculusAfter this week's Boston Legal premiere where Alan and Denny continued to make me swoon, particularly with the appearance of the lifelike Shirley doll and all the heavy innuendo around that and the heartrending revelations from Alan on the balcony, I was also waiting for the season premier of Numb3rs with some anticipation.
Those people who've been watching the show in previous seasons will know it hasn't always been plain sailing, with a main character change relatively early in season 1, with Sabrina Lloyd leaving and Diane Farr joining in season 2. I'd really liked Sabrina playing Terry (apparently more than she did!) and I hated Diane's character in Rescue Me and made no secret of the fact that I was concerned about her coming onto the show.
However as season 2 went on, Megan really grew on me and I also enjoyed the way she has slotted into the relationships between the characters. In fact, the whole show is heavy on the ensemble and though it's kind of unlikely that the boundaries between Charlie's work and home and Don's work would be quite as blurred as portrayed here, I like the cross-connections between all three.
I have to say I was pretty pleased with the season 3 premiere, though I have to say the whole Alan-Larry chess game thing had me thinking 'please let them be planning to go where I hope they're going!' as surely Charlie doesn't know that Larry's technically homeless? I can't see him putting up with that.
Nice to see Dylan Bruno (Colby) finally getting into the credits as a regular - love the relationship between him and David and their snarking about getting forgotten by everyone. A relatively low-key return for Agent Edgerton, though he's gradually getting introduced to everyone, isn't he? As for the Charlie/Amita thing, well it might not be too sickly but only time will tell.
And the cliffhanger!? Damnation, I can't wait till next week... :(
Those people who've been watching the show in previous seasons will know it hasn't always been plain sailing, with a main character change relatively early in season 1, with Sabrina Lloyd leaving and Diane Farr joining in season 2. I'd really liked Sabrina playing Terry (apparently more than she did!) and I hated Diane's character in Rescue Me and made no secret of the fact that I was concerned about her coming onto the show.
However as season 2 went on, Megan really grew on me and I also enjoyed the way she has slotted into the relationships between the characters. In fact, the whole show is heavy on the ensemble and though it's kind of unlikely that the boundaries between Charlie's work and home and Don's work would be quite as blurred as portrayed here, I like the cross-connections between all three.
I have to say I was pretty pleased with the season 3 premiere, though I have to say the whole Alan-Larry chess game thing had me thinking 'please let them be planning to go where I hope they're going!' as surely Charlie doesn't know that Larry's technically homeless? I can't see him putting up with that.
Nice to see Dylan Bruno (Colby) finally getting into the credits as a regular - love the relationship between him and David and their snarking about getting forgotten by everyone. A relatively low-key return for Agent Edgerton, though he's gradually getting introduced to everyone, isn't he? As for the Charlie/Amita thing, well it might not be too sickly but only time will tell.
And the cliffhanger!? Damnation, I can't wait till next week... :(
Must do something about getting a Numb3rs icon, but I haven't seen one I like and haven't got around to making any myself...
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Date: 2006-09-23 06:22 pm (UTC)I was thrilled with Numb3rs for all the reasons you wrote. First Edgerton was back, just that in itself was worth it but the rest of the episode was good even with the Amita thing (who you know I loathe) although Charlie doesn't seem to be that thrilled about the girlfriend bit :-)
And then there was the Larry thing and Megan, just love her and darn it a cliffhanger? From the writers who swore they wouldn't do arcs? Oh and let's not forget protective older brother at the beginning, that was fun ;-)
Yep I liked it, let's hope it keeps going in this vein and it should be a great season!