House, MD

[Prometheus]

This is arguably one of the best TV series ever produced.

Every main character evolved and was fleshed out by the writers over the course of the series. Their arcs were integral to the stories presented. Even many of the secondary characters were given care by the writers. Hell, many of the tertiary characters (single episode) had more involved evolution than most other "procedural" dramas of its time.

The actors were superlative in their execution of their roles.

The directors (though they may have had different visual styles) stayed true to the central story.

What other TV series did such a good job?

[gardengirl1953]

Dec 28, 2020 17:39:24 GMT Prometheus said:

This is arguably one of the best TV series ever produced.

Every main character evolved and was fleshed out by the writers over the course of the series. Their arcs were integral to the stories presented. Even many of the secondary characters were given care by the writers. Hell, many of the tertiary characters (single episode) had more involved evolution than most other "procedural" dramas of its time.

The actors were superlative in their execution of their roles.

The directors (though they may have had different visual styles) stayed true to the central story.

What other TV series did such a good job?

Probably none.  It was a remarkable series.  I just finished, about a month ago, a complete series binge watch. Seeing the episodes in rapid succession like that made the experience more enjoyable. I've done that with one other series, Criminal Minds, up through season 13, I think, but it degraded so much over the years that I usually only watch episodes up through season 10.

[Prometheus]

Apr 6, 2023 17:32:08 GMT gardengirl1953 said:

Dec 28, 2020 17:39:24 GMT Prometheus said:

This is arguably one of the best TV series ever produced.

Every main character evolved and was fleshed out by the writers over the course of the series. Their arcs were integral to the stories presented. Even many of the secondary characters were given care by the writers. Hell, many of the tertiary characters (single episode) had more involved evolution than most other "procedural" dramas of its time.

The actors were superlative in their execution of their roles.

The directors (though they may have had different visual styles) stayed true to the central story.

What other TV series did such a good job?

Probably none.  It was a remarkable series.  I just finished, about a month ago, a complete series binge watch. Seeing the episodes in rapid succession like that made the experience more enjoyable. I've done that with one other series, Criminal Minds, up through season 13, I think, but it degraded so much over the years that I usually only watch episodes up through season 10.

I watched CM for a while then just drifted away from it....

[gardengirl1953]

Apr 6, 2023 23:40:24 GMT Prometheus said:

Apr 6, 2023 17:32:08 GMT gardengirl1953 said:

Probably none.  It was a remarkable series.  I just finished, about a month ago, a complete series binge watch. Seeing the episodes in rapid succession like that made the experience more enjoyable. I've done that with one other series, Criminal Minds, up through season 13, I think, but it degraded so much over the years that I usually only watch episodes up through season 10.

I watched CM for a while then just drifted away from it....

It was really about behavioral analysis for the first few seasons, and well-written and informative.  I was not a big fan of Mandy Patinkin, but he played his role well.  The rest of the cast were really good, and I actually became envious of this group of people who worked with each other on the darkest of crimes, but were like family to each other.

I think Prentiss and Rossi were both great additions, interestingly complex, and I dearly loved Reid.  I felt compassion for Morgan's childhood issues and JJ's loss of her sister. I liked the odd relationship between Garcia and Morgan. 

In later episodes, when they took JJ away, and then Prentiss, I did like the new character whose father was a serial killer, but the fans wanted JJ and Prentiss back.  They should have kept all three.

Then it started to devolve into weird arcs where the unsubs came after the BAU, and things started to get weirder.  JJ went all hard-ass, and that was to the detriment of her character.  When they canned Hotch, I was still on the original IMDb board and I was part of the "No Hotch, No Watch" movement, and from there on my interest started to wane.

It was an interesting show, and I wish it had been handled better, but when Edward Allen Bernero cut ties with the show, Erica Messer became the showrunner and that was when it started its downhill slide.