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No Person of Interest until tonight at the earliest, unless someone else wants to change that. ;-) In the meantime, here's the recap for Ultraviolet 1.05. This episode has one of my favorite scenes. In other words, you should click on the link because there are pictures of Idris Elba looking souful as he stares death in the face.

Hm. Watch last night's Missing or run errands first? Or watch that DVD I need to send back to Netflix? (Or take a nap? That sounds rather tempting right now...)

Yikes, time to turn off the computer. Been playing catch-up on some things and delving without any real reason into others. Here's the round-up from this weekend.

My recap of Ultraviolet 1.04 'Mea Culpa'. If you're wanting to catch up on the rewatch, it's not like these posts are going anywhere...

Person of Interest: ( spoilery for 1.18 'Identity Crisis' )

On to my other fandom with an ex-CIA agent with implausible skills: I put a review of Missing 1.03 on Tumblr. Eh, I'll just repost it here.

( Missing 1.04 'Ice Queen' )

I finally finished reading Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini. ( spoilers for the four books in the series )

Non-spoilery reason to read: Nasuada is awesome. And Arya. And Angela. In other words, if you can make it through book one, which is strictly Eragon's POV, there are more women involved in the story, and they're vital to the plot.

TV: Ultraviolet 1.02 "In Nomine Patris" recap. I was in a hurry when I wrote it, so it's a fairly straightforward summary of events.

While I was visiting friends at the end of Spring break, I ended up watching Once Upon a Time 1.15. ( spoilers )

I saw a commercial for Missing while watching OUaT, and I'm curious enough to check it out at some point. Former spies seem to be a thing right now, yeah? I'm okay with this theme.

Speaking of that, I'll post Carter/Reese kiss and not make up fic tomorrow morning.

Either tomorrow or Thursday I'll post a recap of episode one of Ultraviolet. And it will be a week before the next post, which means you have lots of time to catch up! And why exactly should you make an effort to watch random 1990's British TV? I'm glad you asked... except for how I should be working on that to-do list, so this is going to be quick.

( four reasons to watch Ultraviolet )

planned (re)watch schedule

Okay, here's my tentative schedule for rewatching Ultraviolet. One episode per week, and I'm aiming for Wednesday or Thursday posts, which leads to this:

8 March "Habeas Corpus"
15 March "In Nomine Patris"
22 March "Sub Judice"
29 March "Mea Culpa"
5 April "Terra Incognita"
12 April "Persona Non Grata"

If anyone wants to head up a post and recap an episode instead of me, feel free to volunteer. I'm not planning anything fancy for my own posts: a short overview of events and information, a few of my thoughts... maybe a picture or two if I'm feeling really ambitious. The posts will go on the uvfics comm, but I'll make sure I link to them from my LJ.

Speaking of that, I'm turning off comments here; if you want to sign up for an episode, ask me a question, or whatever, head over here.

Okay, everyone, listen up! Battlestar Galactica is being ignored and I don't like it! I'm talking about crack_van. Looks like frolicndetour gets to make recs for January, but there's no one else signed up after that! My last turn was just in July 2009, so I don't think I should sign up just yet. Go here to sign up for a turn. It's not that hard, really! And I'm happy to be bossy about how to do it correctly help out, if needed.

I have some fic recs, and I was thinking of you as I compiled them. This doesn't mean you have to like them--people have different tastes in stories.

for queenofthorns: Ultraviolet fic recs. Still no Angie/Vaughan that I've found, alas. But here are five gen stories I quite like. ( back here )

For nicole_anell, a Gaius POV ficlet that maybe you've never read? I quite enjoyed it: Children of the Gods, by shaychana. Him, head!Six, Gina, Caprica... for a short fic it has a lot to say. Written sometime during season three, I believe.

For grimorie (and all other Life fans): Conversations Neatly Placed in Tired Mouths , by piecesofalice. Also in this year's Yuletide archive--and that's such an overwhelming place, I thought maybe some of you might need a little help to get there. This story is Dani's POV about Charlie and Ted. Lovely gen piece. (I'm still looking through the archives myself! But there are TEN Life stories just for this year's Yuletide, so it will be great fun to sort through that!

For njborba--I think you prefer to write fanfic rather than read it, but this story in The Pretender fandom has Broots, his daughter Debbie, Miss Parker and Jarod. Plus it ends with a brief (fade to black) steamy Miss P/Jarod interlude. untitled, by juliefortune. (General warning--does contain non-specific references to child endangerment/molestation.) Too many of the old archives with fic from this show have disappeared; it's frustrating.

For anyone who likes both The Pretender and 30 Rock, piecesofalice has written a crossover fic with those two fandoms. Yes, really. This Is Going To Get Weird, Isn't It. *giggles* It is GREAT!

For siljamus: finding shippy fics that you haven't already read is hard! So... I have a mostly gen Ironman fic with a side of unrequited Tony/Pepper--also humorous kidnapping (really!) and banter. That Time with the Dobermans (and the Hole in the Wall), by mspotts.

My other attempt for Silja: Earth Girls Are Easy, a BSG/ER crossover story with Felix Gaeta/Lucy Knight. (She was the pretty ash-blonde med student on ER who was killed by a crazy patient. rap541 decided to give her a better ending.)

Coming up next: I try to fulfill some people's actual wish list requests by figuring out (again) how to upload music to sendspace.com or whatever site I used last year... Wish me luck!

I was rewatching Ultraviolet (episodes 4-6 only, since the first disc is already back in Netflix's tender care) and... I own shippy goggles. I didn't know I had them, but I do. Angie/Vaughan! He's pining, y'all. PINING! And she's repressing it! I had no idea I could be so enamored of a (totally unrequited) romantic pair on an ensemble show. Everything that happened is now subject to interpretation of how it affects Angie/Vaughan. IS THIS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PAIR?!?! Gah! I'm glad I didn't know I had shippy goggles before now--what a pain!

I've watched stuff! I'm so impressed with me! You can assume spoilers behind each cut, though it's mostly me blathering about my reaction.

Inspired by beatonna's awesome comic Get me off this freaking moor!, I watched the BBC version of Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. ( So brooding! )

Another BBC production: Ultraviolet, a six-episode mini-series done in shades of grey--not literal, just figurative. ( I'm so confused--which are the bad guys again? )

I actually saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the day it opened in theaters. (Geek cred re-established for another year!) It was late enough in the day that I had to ask three different people not to talk about it (please!) while I was near. Apparently I know a lot of other geeks. ( Realistically speaking, that hot waitress wouldn't have been interested. )

In non-TV/movie news, I'm rereading a novel that should be titled Young Sociopaths in Love. (I'm just giving this as a hint about my general reaction, DB!)