And Now For Something Completely Indifferent
My TV viewing habits and their importance in my life pale in comparison to the importance of the apocalyptogenic trouble in the Middle East, I know that.
But here goes anyway.
I saw two important things last night.
a) The third episode of the current season of ‘Veronica Mars‘. Saw the first two, also. Very smoking. On the surface it looks like a teenage grrl’s show, but it’s got substance and style and it’s fun, like Buffy with a touch of Joan, but without either of the supernatural goings-on.
ii. The third episode (but not in order) that I’ve seen of the excellent British series ‘Hustle‘. It’s about con artists and in last night’s episode, they actually executed the old con known as the Wire, the same one Gondorff and Hooker pulled in ‘The Sting‘. Smoking. One thing I like about this show is 1> sometimes the characters talk to the camera to explain a con or part thereof and b] sometimes the action freezes and one or two of the characters might inject a little editorial comment into the frozen action.