Personal television round-up

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Elementary: it seems like a lot of my flist hasn't been liking this season as much, but I've mostly enjoyed it. Every episode Joan and Sherlock have some fabulous scene or two together and that, plus the overall charm of the show, is apparently enough for me. Though I am slightly dreading what seems to be brewing, what with Moriary's letter -- and especially that Sherlock still hasn't told Joan about it -- and Mycroft's looming betrayal and Joan and Sherlock's ominous conversation about how he'll never change. I mean, dreading in a good way. But still dreading. 

Person of Interest: Carter was, like, 40-95% of what I liked about the show, depending on the episode. With her gone, I'm not terribly interested in continuing. But up until then, I was really enjoying S3, because she was getting some great scenes and I was loving her storyline. (Along with other miscellaneous things I liked.) We'll see. Mr. Adjacent claims he wants to keep watching, and if he downloads it himself (which he knows how to do but never bothers to) then I'll probably watch it with him. But I kinda doubt that'll happen.

Agents of SHIELD: I was liking it well enough, then disliking it, then liking it well enough again. The most recent episode I ended up turning off 20 minutes in because I just couldn't bring myself to care. So, I keep saying it, but for now I'm just going to wait and see if my flist asplodes over something.

Once Upon a Time: WHY ALL THE HET, SHOW?? The last two or three episodes have kept me pretty entertained though. I'm enjoying watching Regina teach magic to Emma. Snow, as usual, oscillates between grating on me just a bit and being kinda cool. I could really do without the Emma/Neal/Hook triangle, so I was glad Emma nipped that shit in the bud. Rumple's childhood backstory actually worked for me, somewhat to my surprise? I liked how his dad had a lot of the mannerisms of Crocodile!Rumple. Though part of me, at the end, was like, "hey Rumple, you get to grow up with these lovely lesbians to take care of you! So why all the evil?"

Doctor Who: I went with some coworkers to see it in the theater, and it was lots of fun!  As usual I'm enjoying the reaction posts on my flist at least as much as I did the actual special.  But it was appropriately delightful, and I am definitely looking forward to -- or I guess the better phrase is hoping for -- some Gallifrey episodes in the future.  Also, I feel like I maybe finally sorta get Eleven?

But, can anyone offer thoughts on how this does/doesn't fit in with timelocked!Gallifrey a la Timothy Dalton?  (I don't remember the events of those episodes very well, which is part of my problem.)

I also watched S6 of 30 Rock on Netflix, and liked it a lot more than I thought I would. I stopped watching at the end of S5 because I thought the show had seriously degraded in quality. Now I'm not sure if it improved again in S6 or if my expectations just went down, what with the early seasons fading to a distant memory. I was particularly enjoying Jenna, and especially Jenna/Paul. They're a fabulous couple and so much fun to watch.

In the future: I kinda want to check out Northern Exposure? It's in that fuzzy realm of shows I saw sometimes as a kid, as my dad regularly watched it. Sometimes I wonder if I'd enjoy it as an adult. Also, after four years of badgering, Mr. Adjacent finally agreed to re-watch Buffy with me. At which point I immediately decided I wanted to watch something else...