ashogo (Level 21)

Have watched a couple episodes. Love the aesthetic and seductive, slinky, smoky atmosphere.

This is good stuff, really good. Never read Conan Doyle though I always wanted to. This modern-day version of Sherlock Holmes is so enticing, so tech-savy and clever with his use of the world around him, that I'm afraid I might even be a little underwhelmed if I try to rewind to the victorian setting of the original. It's only fitting that Sherlock be played by someone with such an unconventional name as "Benedict Cumberbatch". One glaring complaint though--what happened with that second episode? I get that the fiction is meant to be a little over-the-top, something a little beyond the boring confines of reality, but episode 2 just veered off into ridiculous cartoony territory. Ends strong on the third episode.

Going old school. I've heard plenty of good about this show, and it is obviously hugely influential. The first two episodes have been fairly decent, though nothing that has really wowed me so far.

I had actually already seen this show 4 or 5 years back, but my recent return to television inspired me to give it a second run, and I'm enjoying it even more than I did the first time. I remember the show was a little TOO bizarre for me on my first watch, in a way that kind of put me off. Now I find myself really loving not only the weirder elements of the show, but how it effortlessly seems to flow between horror, comedy, drama, and genuinely emotional moments. Dale Cooper is easily one of the most likable characters I've ever seen, not to mention the foxy beauty of Sherilyn Fenn as Audrey Horne. Fantastic show.

This show terrified me as a kid just with it's opening sequence alone. I remember the eerie intro tune with and some weird shapeless form superimposed over the series trademark "X". Yeah, I was a real scaredy cat. Anyways, all these years later I've heard more about the show through the grapevine, and the combination of mystery, sci-fi, and horror elements seemed really intriguing. I've only seen the pilot, but I already like the dynamic they've set up between Scully and Mulder.

My only reservation is, how on earth are they going to keep this up for its seven-or-something-season run? Even in this first episode alone it seems pretty obvious that there is some sort of government cover-up of extraterrestrial events going on, I hope they don't spread the premise too thin. I'm afraid it's going to end up like Lost, where they create a great hook, but then as the show goes on they're just fumbling to keep it going and lose track of any overarching narrative. Good promise so far, anyways.

Among the few actually "new" shows that I'm planning to watch; really enjoyed the pilot. Let's hope this show gets a viewership and isn't cancelled like the series creator's other tv series, 'Lonestar'.

This is just a really fun show to watch. Tony Shalhoub's quirky mannerisms and tragicomic obsessions always make an episode entertaining, even if the mystery element is occasionally subpar.