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I love this show, but even I will admit that the show had a pretty slow and rocky start. I wanted so much to like it when it first hit the air. At first the story lines of each episode were too, for lack of a better word, silly. Almost every episode had me scratching my head saying, at least once: "Really?" Even for a science fiction show, it was hard to swallow what they were trying to explain and investigate.
All that turned around for me once I saw episode 10: Safe. As soon as I was done viewing the episode I said: "That's what this show should have been doing from the beginning". That episode was a big turning point for the show. It was on a steady incline from that moment on. Now the show is easily one of my favorites on television right now.
So why do I like it so much? Well, right now I say: What's not to like?(if you're a fan on the genre) It's intriguing, it's mysterious with a little bit of horror thrown in. I laugh out loud at least a couple times per episode.
The cast has come together beautifully. They all have great on screen chemistry. Especially Joshua Jackson and John Noble, who play Father and Son. I swear John Noble better get an Emmy nomination or something for his role on this show. The emotion range he portrays is nothing short of extraordinary.
I am absolutely stoked for the next season. The season finale kicked the show into next gear and has set up a very expansive story for us to get read for.
The ONLY reason I was interested in seeing this show was because of Nathan Fillion. I will watch anything he is in. So I tuned in just for him, not knowing much about the show, just it's basic premise. Let me tell you not only is Fillion amazing in his role as Richard Castle, but the rest of the cast shine almost as brightly as he does.
If you don't know what this show is about it's about Richard Castle, an uber successful mystery novelist who gets called in to the NYPD when someone starts killing people exactly the way it happens in some of his books. After meeting Det. Beckett, played by Stana Katic, Castle immediately finds, in her, a new character for a series of books. He manages to finagle his way in to being able to accompany her on murder cases and more often than not is a big help to the investigation.
I was not sold on Stana Katic's character right away, but she has grown on me a lot and the chemistry and banter she has with Fillion is very natural and convincing. The rest of the cast all work phenomenally with the two leads as well. Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever play detectives on det. Beckett's team. They work very well together and I love every scene they are in and never fail to make me laugh. I can't talk about the supporting cast with out mentioning Molly Quinn. She is so good in her role as Richard's mature teenage daughter, Alexis. She has great screen presence and commands your attention every time she is on screen. She has an incredibly bright future ahead of her.
Obviously these great characters would not be as endearing as they are if it weren't for great writing. I am very impressed, each episode, with it's writing. I think the best way to describe it is to say it's not lazy writing. Sometimes it seems like some writers don't put much effort into their writing and rely mostly on the actors to make it seem better than it is. But I don't sense that with this show. I feel like the writers work very hard to make the dialogue witty and believable and I am glad for that.
This show quickly became my favorite out of all the mid season replacements and I am looking forward to more.
I am a huge, HUGE, Joss Whedon fan. I'm talking, like, everything he's done. Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dr. Horrible, Serenity, and the other couple movies he's done. The man can do no wrong in my book. Dollhouse is no exception.
While the pilot and the first few episodes did not blow me away I knew they were necessary for setting up the premise of the show. Dollhouse has an enormous potential to be something really great if given the chance. I thought the show got better and better with every episode.
My biggest, and really only, problem with the show is that I feel Eliza Dushku is miscast as the lead. I just don't think it's a good role for her because she isn't that strong of a character actor. And in a show that requires her to sometimes be two or three different people per episode makes the role not a good for for her. Thank goodness for the amazing supporting cast then. They're the ones who really drive the series for me. I especially enjoy the performances of Tahmoh Penikett, Harry J. Lennix, and Fran Kranz. Actually other than Dushku, there isn't really a character that I don't enjoy seeing on screen. Also the casting Alan Tudyk as the mysterious Alpha was absolute brilliance. he was born for that role.
I really hope that this show is brought back for another season. The writing for the show is right up there with Joss's other shows. Although it wasn't at first, it got way, way better as the season progressed. I really, really, hope it comes back to continue the story that we only got a taste of so far.
This season certainly had a lot of ups and downs. I thought this season had some of the weakest episodes of the whole series while on the other hand I thought it finished very strong with the best season finale since the first season
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Let me just start off by saying this is a show that more people should be watching. It is consistent and has an interesting way of telling a story that could potentially be very boring. The show explores many themes mostly about human nature, I think
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This episode is easily the best episode of the second season, if not the whole series. Two mysteries are played out in this episode to great effect. Ned and Olive try to solve a murder at a cook off while Emerson helps Chuck clean up the mess she created by tricking Ned by keeping her father alive after Ned brought him back to life.
Like always the guest stars are put to great use in this episode. I love how Beth Grant recreates her role of Marianne Marie Beetle who previously appeared in the episode of Wonderfalls entitled "Muffin Buffalo" a show also created by Bryan Fuller
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This is the kind of episode people were expecting from Fringe from the beginning. What a great episode. It was exciting and intense. It mislead the audience, leaving us guessing to the very end and gave us an incredible cliffhanger. If they[the creative teams] can keep this quality up, they're going to have one amazing show on their hands
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Best. Prank. Ever.
Well, this episode was a big step up from the last one. It had good sub plots and a some what intriguing medical mystery. And the best prank ever. Seriously, I did not see that coming
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This season just keeps picking up more and more steam and doesn't seem to be letting up. The plot is kept tight and focused making absolutely sure the audience can't miss a minute. This show is not afraid to take risks with the twists and reveals and kill off characters to keep the story from spinning out of control
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Well, this episode had an interesting factor going for it, but that's about it. We are finally shown what Cameron does at night and it leads to a pretty cool, but mostly slow plot. The episode was all about what happened when a T-888 is sent to the wrong time. I like how he still figured out how to accomplish his mission, which was to assassinate the Governor of California. I wonder if that is going to factor into future plots of the show, like if they will try to figure out why the Gov. was important enough to be eliminated
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Comment by Ben Whitcomb
on My Thoughts on ABC's Castle
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