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First Journeyman becomes the thinking man's Quantum Leap. That alone would have been enough to made this fall tv season a win.

But Life...oh man. I really doubt that any other cop show would ever surpass Boomtown. Boy was I wrong on soooooo many levels. They may have trouble juggling and giving time to their A and B stories sometimes, but only because they're A stories have so much depth to them. And the B stories are...well, generally fleshing out Crewes' character by fleshing out the non-cops that are his support system - his finance handler guy that he met in prison and the lawyer that got him out. This surpasses anything that Prison Break did in its first five episodes IMO. And the self contained stories allow you to not be constantly wondering at the mystery and being upset that there's no reveal or clue a la Lost.

I seriously cannot begin to squee or recommend this show highly enough. If it was on at the same time as SPN...I'd be watching Life....just to give you an idea.

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If it was on at the same time as SPN...I'd be watching Life....just to give you an idea

We are TOTALLY opposite people!
FACT!

I love Life, I DO! But nothing will replace Supernatural, EVER!
I rewatched Band of Brothers this weekend because I needed to watch more Damian Lewis. He brings me JOY!

I am really upset that you know who left at the end of this episode. ANGRY would be an understatement! The writers better FIX THIS!

*needs to upload the Life icons she grabbed...wait, was that before the crash?*

I am really upset that you know who left at the end of this episode. ANGRY would be an understatement! The writers better FIX THIS!

Is this in reference to band of brothers? Cause if so - haven't seen. Or Life - cause if so, Yes, I agree. She soo needs to leave her husband and carry on torrid affair w/ him. :):):):)

Life!

And I need your address, otherwise I can't send you Band of Brothers. It is based on the true story of America's 101 Air Born division (paratroopers), and their time in world war 2. Truly one -- if not the -- best mini-series EVER! Gorgeous, and moving, and just AMAZING!!!

Oh....and I'd still watch SPN...I'd just watch it in reruns...yes, I know, I lose my fangirl status now...

*hides before the impala hitmen come to get me*

You are DEAD to me!

what, you don't want me to write you dark angel fic anymore??

You are so full of it! You are not writing me Dark Angel fic, you are just throwing that at me so that I won't de-friend you!

Gaaah, yes. "Life" is so astonishing, with the brilliantly witty writing, and the zen, and the subplots, and ALL of it. I'm loving it. (Fortunately it isn't on when anything else major is, because I'd totally have to give up the other thing for it. *grin* )

*grab* *toss* "That wasn't hostile." *grin*

Bionic Woman, on the other hand, seems to become stupider and stupider with each passing episode. "My dad died of Parkinson's?" Please. *kicks BW writers*

hee, I liked the "Did you want to shoot him - me too. Could you see yourself shooting him - me too".

"I'm not an angel."
"See, that's exactly the kind of thing an angel would say." *grin*

What do you think of the "Evidence of Life" stuff they're putting in the middle commercial break? What's up with the "$18 million missing from bank heist" thing?

Honestly, I mute all the commercials so I don't listen to those...Besides, I really actually dislike mysteries on a whole so i wouldn't be enjoying the trying to discover who did it based on those. Prefer to just watch the drama unfold.

I wondering if perhaps the guy he was partnering w/ for the bar whose family and all got killed was either involved in the bank heist or found out about it and got silenced. Might finally give Crewes the reason for why what happened, if not the who.

Yeah, I tend to do little things around my apartment while commercials are on.

I can't help but think the all-too-cheerful former partner has something to do with it, maybe. Between his being almost manicly happy and little subtextual hints like him handing Crews the gun (with the underlying weird atmosphere that went along with that scene)... yeah. My writer's paranoia is piqued. : )

I meant to post to this.

Word.

Life is even BETTER than I hoped it would be. I love Damian Lewis in BoB and wanted his show to succeed, even if they DID replace Claudie Black with that generic blonde as Crews' wife. But... ah, well, nothing is *perfect*, is it?

The show manages to be funny and intense and quirky at the same time. I don't really feel sexual tension between Crews and his partner, but I like their banter. More and more with every ep.