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[llywela]

1. I have new neighbours! They moved in on Wednesday, a young couple named Lisa and Phil. So far so good, but I have to get used to hearing people moving around upstairs again now - it's been so lovely and quiet since Samar and the kids moved out back in the summer.

2. I am loving the new season of Scott and Bailey.

3. But find I have lost interest in New Tricks - I forgot to watch it one week early in this new season and never quite picked it up again, and feel no urge to do so. It's a little sad, as I loved it so much, but with 3/4 of the original cast gone, I find my emotional bond with the show is gone with them.

4. Enjoying having Downton Abbey back, on the other hand, for all its manifold flaws. I suppose that's the thing about TV: everything is flawed in one way or another, what matters is whether what you enjoy about it outweighs those flaws. If the show captures you, you barely even notice the flaws, whereas if it doesn't capture you, the flaws are all you see. And then there are those that start out as the former but slowly become the latter - every show ever made exists somewhere on that spectrum!

5. tvtorrents has been down for ages. I didn't expect to miss it, as I watch so few shows these days, but because I can't dl anything without it (I don't trust other sites) I find I want to!

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[thisbluespirit]

3. I only managed the first episode! Drama are repeating some old episodes; I am watching those!

4. *nods* Downton is such an escape, really. *waves away flaws as long as it still has Mrs Hughes, Carson & Maggie Smith*

If the show captures you, you barely even notice the flaws, whereas if it doesn't capture you, the flaws are all you see

I think this is so very true. I just wish more people could be a little less ready to leap on the ones that don't capture them and declare their flaws so much worse and super-evil than the ones that do. :-/

5. Is it down or is it that new law blocking things? (I wouldn't have a clue. I know they took down the radioarchive site, which is so sad. There is literally no other way to get hold of old radio dramas, legally, illegally, anyway.) Anyway, if it is the new law, apparently there are totally plug-ins that can get round it if you search. (I haven't, but... pass a law, someone works out how to internet round it. :lol:)

[catsdownunder.livejournal.com]

I too have lost interest in New Tricks ... the new cast actors may be fine actors themselves but they just don't gel together as a team. It is a shame as it was a very good show

My scribbles on my calendar tell me a new series of Lewis starts your way this weekend. Love the dynamics of Robbie and James and OXFORD.

[bagpuss1966.livejournal.com]

ITA with what you write about both New Tricks and Downton Abbey. I watched one series of Scott and Bailey, which I liked, but for some reason I haven't managed to watch any more.