TV from the UK

The Dulcinea and I watched episode 5 this season of Life on Mars last week. That leaves only 3 more episodes until the end of the series. (Someone across The Pond knows better than to let a good programme jump the shark.) It looks almost certain that the show is all in Sam's imagination as he lay in the hospital. In last week's installment, he felt like absolute crap and received one of those mysterious phone calls from his doctor in which he indicated that Sam had been medicated improperly. It was a good episode with a kidnapper threatening to kill a mother & daughter unless a man is released from prison. Being a very tense, serious story, it stood in contrast to the previous episode which featured Sam and Annie undercover at a key party only to have Gene burst in with a prostitute on his arm to join. A classic moment.

After the show had ended, I began to make fun of The Dulcinea by chanting that she loved this man, Ray:



Ray is Sam's foil, basically, and of course she denied my claim. She called him scum and disgusting on account of his misogyny, his looks, etc. I was then threatened with some slash featuring me with DCI Gene Hunt.

We quickly reached détente.

But my love for him continues unabated. I've even downloaded and installed the Mini-DCI Hunt.



He roams around my desktop smoking and drinking and I occasionally receive a message which features Gene giving lessons on "modern" police methods, circa 1973.

In other TV news, Doctor Who returns on Saturday! The episode is called "Smith and Jones". It debuts at 19:00 is the UK which is 13:00 here. So keep an eye out on Saturday night/Sunday morning at your favorite download source.



Some screencaps, including the one above, can be found here.

Almost forgot - DW has been renewed for a 4th series and David Tennant has signed on for the entirety of it. Hopefully Stephen Fry will find some time to write an episode for next year.