Friday Night Line-up
After a long hard week, we decided to stay home and relax this evening. I’ll be in San Jose next week, so a quiet night at home was very appealing to me. Besides, some of my favorite shows air on Friday nights — Friday Night Lights, Psych, and Stargate Atlantis.
Friday Night Lights — this is one of the best dramas on television in my opinion. It’s a high quality show that is about much more than football. The characters are well developed; the acting and directing are outstanding. I love the interactions between Kyle Chander and Connie Britton’s characters — it’s so true to life. Tonight’s episode wasn’t the best, but it was necessary to carry the story along. Some of my favorite moments were when the coach and Tami were dealing with Gracie. The Smash storyline and Matt storyline seemed forced, however. We’ll have to see how that plays out later.
Psych — I absolutely love this show — it’s hilarious. They cast the perfect actor for the role of the main character. I don’t think anyone else could pull it off so naturally. Tonight’s episode pitted Shawn against his dad while trying to solve a missing persons case at an old folks home. The tango scene was classic. My favorite line from this episode was:
Security guard (menacing), “I’ll be watching you.” Shawn responds with way too much intensity, “We’ll be getting watched.” [just watch it…it’s funny.]
Stargate Atlantis — I don’t know what happened to me. I used to hate sci-fi, but somewhere along the way, I began to appreciate the higher quality shows that grounded their stories in science. I think it started with the X-Files. I related with Scully — the skeptic that needed a scientific explanation for everything. Anyway, I eventually started watching Stargate SG-1 and followed the spin off (Atlantis) as well. At one time, I really loved this show, but TPTB decided to make major changes this season, so I’m just going along for the ride now — don’t love it, but don’t hate it. Anyway, tonight’s episode was somewhat interesting. There were some funny moments between Carter and Zelenka. It was nice to see him save the day for once. The scenes between Ronon and Keller annoyed me. Sorry, but I miss Beckett and Weir.
Well, that was my Friday Night line-up. What was yours?
We saw the author of Friday Night Lights speak, and even though he talked about the tv show being quite a bit different than his book, he acknowledged that it’s a quality show. Does you husband like the cheerleader? 🙂
I saw the movie, but didn’t read the book. I’ll have to check it out. Lyla (the cheerleader) is an interesting character, but my husband is more partial to blondes. Maybe it’s because he’s blonde also. 😉