WooHa! Season 4b - aka Season of WTF

I just finished going through Season 4b - possibly the trick to this season is to watch all the episodes back to back with little time to think about the weirdness of it all. So in addition to doing the little quote things (I have developed a weird Said obsession, which will probably lead to me being incredibly sad tomorrow, since he buys it in 6.3), I have put together a list of why Season 4b sucked. To be fair, I also have a list of some decent things about the season.

Reasons why season 4b sucked (really in no particular order):
1) Omar White/Burr Redding - These two characters bug the heck out of me. There was a need to replace Adebisi, but, man, these two together don't even come close to everything Adebisi's character brought to the show.
2) The Cage - Was there a move to cut down on nudity at HBO? We liked them sending people to the hole. This was just bizarre.
3)Floria - So was she or wasn't she supposed to be a love interest for Leo? She was too perky for this show.
4) Chinese refugees - This was a horrible subplot (despite the fact that it gave Morales more screen time)
5) Lighting - was someone experimenting with gels this season - the laundry room was a horrible shade of green and the computer room made everything blue. Not pretty.
6) Up Your Ante - good Lord, where was Miss Sally when we needed her (I know, on Up Your Ante)
7) Half a season without Keller - don't know what you've got til it's gone
8) Experimental Accelerated Aging Drugs - you don't have to use everything that comes into your head, Tom, sometimes it's best just to leave it alone.
9) Basketball/Dave Brass - the beginning of Brass' whining campaign and the fact that the sports clips are the least watchable thing in this series
10) The beginning of Ryan O'Reily's redemption - Little bits of it show up in the last episode making it seem that the other half of our favorite "Fandango" team is heading toward the boring straight and narrow.

( QUOTES! )

The good things about Season 4b (again in no particular order)

1) The return of Alvarez
2) The acting, particularly in "Cuts Like a Knife" is particularly good
3) JIA! (Maybe cause I'm just looking forward to him in Season 5)
4) Lots of Morales
5) "Adebisi lives!" - The Muslims attack on the Aryans came as a complete surprise
6) Clayton's nuttiness/Giles' moment of clarity
7) Medium Rare - an unusual way to present a recap episode but there's some brilliant dialogue in it
8) Sean Whitesell (aka Donald Groves) on as a writer
9) ( Said's Progression )

Wrapping up with Season 5 today, just in time for tomorrow's release date.

WooHa! Season 4b - aka Season of WTF

I just finished going through Season 4b - possibly the trick to this season is to watch all the episodes back to back with little time to think about the weirdness of it all. So in addition to doing the little quote things (I have developed a weird Said obsession, which will probably lead to me being incredibly sad tomorrow, since he buys it in 6.3), I have put together a list of why Season 4b sucked. To be fair, I also have a list of some decent things about the season.

Reasons why season 4b sucked (really in no particular order):
1) Omar White/Burr Redding - These two characters bug the heck out of me. There was a need to replace Adebisi, but, man, these two together don't even come close to everything Adebisi's character brought to the show.
2) The Cage - Was there a move to cut down on nudity at HBO? We liked them sending people to the hole. This was just bizarre.
3)Floria - So was she or wasn't she supposed to be a love interest for Leo? She was too perky for this show.
4) Chinese refugees - This was a horrible subplot (despite the fact that it gave Morales more screen time)
5) Lighting - was someone experimenting with gels this season - the laundry room was a horrible shade of green and the computer room made everything blue. Not pretty.
6) Up Your Ante - good Lord, where was Miss Sally when we needed her (I know, on Up Your Ante)
7) Half a season without Keller - don't know what you've got til it's gone
8) Experimental Accelerated Aging Drugs - you don't have to use everything that comes into your head, Tom, sometimes it's best just to leave it alone.
9) Basketball/Dave Brass - the beginning of Brass' whining campaign and the fact that the sports clips are the least watchable thing in this series
10) The beginning of Ryan O'Reily's redemption - Little bits of it show up in the last episode making it seem that the other half of our favorite "Fandango" team is heading toward the boring straight and narrow.

( QUOTES! )

The good things about Season 4b (again in no particular order)

1) The return of Alvarez
2) The acting, particularly in "Cuts Like a Knife" is particularly good
3) JIA! (Maybe cause I'm just looking forward to him in Season 5)
4) Lots of Morales
5) "Adebisi lives!" - The Muslims attack on the Aryans came as a complete surprise
6) Clayton's nuttiness/Giles' moment of clarity
7) Medium Rare - an unusual way to present a recap episode but there's some brilliant dialogue in it
8) Sean Whitesell (aka Donald Groves) on as a writer
9) ( Said's Progression )

Wrapping up with Season 5 today, just in time for tomorrow's release date.

Non-labor day

Weird. This just started restoring what I already posted. I'm halfway through Season 5 (Season of B/K Frustration). Things here are fine. It's hot. I haven't really been outside today except to leave my apartment to go to the laundry room. For those of you faithfully forced to read who are interested, looks like Season 666 has beaten out the Princess, meaning I will see it before I see her. Honestly people, I was halfway pulling for it to go the other way. With the new choir director starting this week, I'm sure she'll be back in full health very, very soon. The weird thing is, this past Sunday, the music team actually sounded the best it's been in months. Next week it'll probably be back to square one. I've thought of a new cliche post (not the Hill thing that's already up) for the HT100. I'll have to get it down soon. I got some feedback on my others, for which I'm grateful (feedback whore that I am) and I'm one week away, I think, from finishing the flashfic challenge (just need to fill in some of the details from S6).

Non-labor day

Weird. This just started restoring what I already posted. I'm halfway through Season 5 (Season of B/K Frustration). Things here are fine. It's hot. I haven't really been outside today except to leave my apartment to go to the laundry room. For those of you faithfully forced to read who are interested, looks like Season 666 has beaten out the Princess, meaning I will see it before I see her. Honestly people, I was halfway pulling for it to go the other way. With the new choir director starting this week, I'm sure she'll be back in full health very, very soon. The weird thing is, this past Sunday, the music team actually sounded the best it's been in months. Next week it'll probably be back to square one. I've thought of a new cliche post (not the Hill thing that's already up) for the HT100. I'll have to get it down soon. I got some feedback on my others, for which I'm grateful (feedback whore that I am) and I'm one week away, I think, from finishing the flashfic challenge (just need to fill in some of the details from S6).