From Across The Pond

It is no secret that Mike and I are huge fans of Doctor Who and the new season is almost upon us.  However I think it is fair to say that at least in my circle of friends and family no one matchs my fandom for English televsion. I feel I should pay the tv licesene fee for all the shows I watch even though I don't live in London.  BBC America has been stepping up its game and coming up with its own shows for us Americans obsessed with England.  I have watched many BBC shows: Top Gear, Gavin & Stacy, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, Sherlock, Primeval, Grahm Norton.  I have watched so many of Gordan Ramsay's shows (Kitchen Nightmares, The F Word) I could run a sucessful resturant.

BBC America debuted their own televsion series awhile back called Copper. Copper as in police officer not the element, takes place in 1864 New York City, more specifically Five Points, and it is gritty crime drama following Kevin Corcoran, surprise an Irish-Amercan police detective.  It is a fantastic show with great writing and acting.  The coppers will bust a crime by killing a crimnal before they anounce they are cops.

Copper aside I wanted to bring attention to two new shows on BBC America I am truly excited for.  The first one is called Orphan Black and rather than trying to explain it I will quote it's plot summary case it does a pretty good job of explaining it.
"Sarah, an outsider and orphan whose life changes dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman who looks just like her. Sarah assumes her identity, her boyfriend and her bank account. But instead of solving her problems, the street smart chameleon is thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery. She makes the dizzying discovery that she and the dead woman are clones… but are they the only ones? Sarah quickly finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly conspiracy and must race to find answers about who she is and how many others there are just like her."
Sounds interesting right.  Starts March 30 same night as the new Doctor Who.

The second show stars our favorite 10th Doctor David Tennant. Hurray!! The show is called Spies of Warsaw and I just saw the trailer for it the other night. Here is a brief tease for the show. Show starts April 3. -Matt

 



You Know That's Right

Shawn and Gus are back solving crimes and making obscure 80's and 90's references in the seventh season of Psych.  I am huge fanatic of Psych and have been watching it from the beginning.   Thanks to  Netflix I have probably watched a handful of episodes at least fourteen times each. Yeah, that is a lot and actually quite crazy when I think about it because it is probably a lot higher.  Lets face it I should probably call it Psychflix, because 90% of the time that is on (as in right now.)

Psych is a crime/comedy on USA Network and it stars James Roday and Dule' Hill (Shawn and Gus.) It is a show that certainly does not take itself seriously and the duo can be very silly.  The dynamic between the two rivals Riggs and Murtagh of Lethal Weapon.  Shawn is a fake psychic who's perceptions skills and obscure references are only matched by Gus's super sniffer (sense of smell) and ridiculous encyclopedic knowledge random things.

This new season started off with the conclusion of season six's cliffhanger with Shawn's dad Henry being shot by his former police partner who turned out to be dirty.  In the premier episode we see a different side of Shawn.  For the first time you see him blinded by his feelings, sure in other episodes you see him very concerned about his Mom, Juliet, and his girlfriend at the time Abigail in the Yin and Yang episodes, but in this one it is a bit different.  For a character who is always cracking jokes to diffuse tension he leans on Gus to break it for him to catch his father's shooter.  Without wanting to spoil anything about the first episode I will comment that in the second episode this week Shawn is back to usual self and we see some growth between him and Juliet.  

For those interested in watching Psych here are my go to episodes.

Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion

Shawn (And Gus) of the Dead

Lights, Cameras, Homicido

Shawn and the Real Girl

Sixty Five Million Years Off

Kneel before Louise *cough*…I mean Zod

“General Zod was a visionary leader who was under appreciated by his entire planet. Of course I know who Zod is.” – Louise Litt

If you’re wondering who Louise Litt is he is a character on the TV shows Suits.  If you never heard of Suits you are missing out on a fantastic show.  Suits, on USA Network, is not your typical lawyer show, where most of the drama takes place in a courthouse or a DA’s office.  Instead it is about all the wheeling and dealing, and leveraging that takes place before a trial even starts.  In fact you rarely ever see a courtroom.  The stars of the show are Harvey Specter, senior partner, and Mike Ross, a first year lawyer who never went to law school but helped other cheat on the bar.  It might sound gimmicky that Mike Ross fooled everyone into thinking he was a lawyer, but Harvey recruited him in the first episode and knows he never went to law school.  Suits is so well written, it is like a heated chess match between some Russian and a super computer.  Suits is half way through its second season and after an intense season finally last year it just keeps getting better.

 My main reason for writing this is the character Louise Litt.  His character is a bit of a weasel and sometimes it seems like he is a traitorous asshole but he really isn’t.  He is often the butt of jokes and like his quote about General Zod his is under appreciated at his firm.  Granted most of the times he brings ridicule on himself, but he is just so damn funny.

I recommend watching this show, even if it is just an episode or two.  More than likely you will get hooked.  If you have watched the show tell me what you think, and your favorite Louise moment.

-Matt