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Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi

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From: Jim G.
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:33
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shawn sent the following on Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:16:18 -0500:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:21:52 -0600, Jim G.
> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >shawn sent the following on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:43:03 -0500:
> >> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:48 -0600, Jim G.
> >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >shawn sent the following on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:56:54 -0500:
> >> >> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:43:17 -0600, Jim G.
> >> >> <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> >erilar sent the following on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:14 -0600:
> >> >> >> In article <barmar-948DB1.00000823022013@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >> >> >>  Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> > Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your 
> >> >> >> > calendar broken?
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> I saw a Grimm ad. Early March.  I quit watching it because I got so sick 
> >> >> >> of Juliet's selective amnesia and fixation on Nick's boss, and according 
> >> >> >> to the ad, it continues, so I don't intend to watch.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Yeah, the Juliet storyline is admittedly beyond the tedious stage, but
> >> >> >there's so much other good stuff with this show that I'm willing to suck
> >> >> >it up on that front. But hopefully they'll wrap up that silliness in the
> >> >> >second half of season two. There have already been indications that
> >> >> >she's snapping out of it, IIRC.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Yes, I feel certain they will wrap up that storyline soon.
> >> >> Unfortunately we will have to deal with the infatuation that Juliet
> >> >> and Nick's boss are still feeling for each other. Hopefully that won't
> >> >> take too long since it seems that the facts behind it are coming out.
> >> >
> >> >You think that the infatuation will remain after Juliet snaps out of the
> >> >spell? For a viewer like me who hates the soapy stuff, that would really
> >> >suck. And Nick probably wouldn't like it, either.
> >> 
> >> No, I just meant that we will have to deal with that infatuation for a
> >> few more episodes before she snaps out of the spell. After that
> >> happens I expect all we will get is awkward silence if the two meet
> >> but no more than that.
> >
> >And hopefully the writers won't spend episode after episode with Nick
> >and Juliet "exploring" their feelings for each other in the aftermath,
> >or whatnot. Get 'em back together quickly. Break 'em up quickly. I don't
> >care either way. Just be done with it and move on to the non-soapy
> >stuff. Ideally, I'd like to see Juliet in on the secret once and for
> >all, whether she's still with Nick or not. The current three musketeers
> >need a female touch, after all.
> 
> I'll be shocked if they don't bring Juliet in on the secret by the end
> of the season.

I hope that you're right.

> I suspect they will keep her and Nick together

I agree. But then again, this *is* NBC, and if they think that the soapy
stuff will keep the non-skiffy fans coming back...

> but
> either way I expect her to be brought in on the secret before long.

Again, I hope that you're right.

> Heck, even this sudden infatuation with Nick's boss should be raising
> questions in her mind.

Yeah, she's not stupid, and now that she's got *most* of her faculties
back, she should be busy processing things...

> I do agree that whatever they are going to do
> they need to do quickly. This isn't the sort of show that works as a
> soap opera.

Amen. And I can only hope that someone is beating this point into the
NBC suited pinheads on a daily basis.

-- 
Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre
"Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO
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From: Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid>
Newsgroups: aus.sf,rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:33:24 -0600
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