Boy, was it good to see Marc Blucas in something new. I wasn't a huge fan of the hair, and the show itself -- Eleventh Hour, as if you didn't know -- wasn't nearly as good as House is, but I hadn't realized how badly I wanted to see him again. And, happily, he didn't let me down.

The character played to his strengths -- alpha male turned on by stronger woman; subtext of bigger issues playing out in his eyes; hint of laughter in the background at just the right times. Unfortunately, he didn't get as much air time as I would have liked. That was bad both because, well, I wanted to see him on air more, but also because the two actual main characters weren't really that enjoyable to watch to begin with. So unlike House, where I had an interest in the story that was going on around him, here I just perked up when he was onscreen, and pretty much did other things when he wasn't.

I am quite pleased that CBS decided to go ahead and air this episode first since I'm pretty sure the show won't last too long. I can be quite forgiving of bad TV shows, but this was painful even for me to watch. I won't go into a full review -- Television Without Pity did a much better job than I ever could (see http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/eleventh_hour/eleventh_hour_premiere.php) -- suffice it to say, however, that I won't be going out of my way to see further episodes now that MB's ep has aired. I have a feeling I'll be enjoying Life On Mars much more.

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On another note, I was just watching an episode of Bones and the head Dr. (I can't ever remember her name, but it's not Bones herself), said something that I thought was funny so I wrote it down.

"Have you considered Prozac, Mr. Fisher? ... Then double your dose, 'cause you're bringing me down. And that's hard to do because I've worked with death for years and you're making it all look like good times now. So get it together, o.k., Eeyore?"

O.k. So it doesn't look quite as funny there as it was in the actual telling of it. The actress delivered the line perfectly.

TTFN.

In case anyone was wondering, the actor who was in my mind while I was creating the character of Brooks (in Celestial Light/Butterfly Ops)-- Jason O'Mara -- is in one of this fall's new shows: Life on Mars. The homepage for the series on the ABC website doesn't appear to be working -- there's just a big white square in the middle of the page where a picture should be -- but the actor bio page is. Check it out at:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lifeonmars/index?pn=bio#t=actor&d=121008

(He's also front and center in the print advertisements that seem to be plastered everywhere.)

Speaking of fall shows, we all know that Marc Blucas is in what's supposed to be the first episode of Eleventh Hour (but that I think may have been postponed until later in the season -- we unfortunately still have a week before we know for sure). I did also want to note that I just watched this week's episode of The Mentalist, and, in the preview for an upcoming episode, there was an actor who looked incredibly like MB. Now, he was dressed as a kind of crazy homeless person and only onscreen for about three seconds, so it's highly unlikely that that's who it actually was; even my Marc Blucas radar isn't that good. Plus, to give full disclosure, there's no mention of it on his IMDB site. I will, however, definitely be keeping an eye out for that episode and thought I'd mention it here in case you'd like to do the same.

Hi, gingerpig again with an update as she hates the laptop she's using with the fiery passion of a thousand suns *g*

She's still trying to get straight, there's a ton of stuff she's had to dump.
BUT - she's got hot water and electricity and it smells a little better than it did before. And she's got the forms from FEMA and SBA to fill in for grants and assistance so hopefully that won't take to long to come through.


It's slow progress but she's getting there.