Michael Shanks' new show

This might not be my cuppa, but Michael Shanks and Erica Durance as a married couple? Sweet!

The CTV network in Canada has just greenlit Saving Hope, a new 1-hour drama starring Stargate SG-1 veterans Michael Shanks and Erica Durance.

Shanks plays Charlie Harris, a medical doctor and chief of surgery who winds up in a coma in his own Toronto hospital. As his wife and fellow surgeon Alex Reid (Durance) struggles to cope with the situation and fight for his life, Harris wanders the hospital in “spirit” form, not sure if he’s a ghost or a figment of his own imagination.

Twelve hours of the new series have been ordered, in addition to the 1-hour pilot already filmed.

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Fic rec: Merlin

"He Was Steeping" by anon | Arthur/Merlin | AU | Arthur falls in love with a partially deaf Merlin. | Words: unknown but short-ish (kinkmeme)

"Hi," Gwen says, all cheer and delight, and then stops as Merlin steps in closer to shake her hand. "Oh," she catches a glimpse at his ears (and Morgana had noticed them before as large as they were, but not until Merlin stepped closer did she notice the hearing aid). Gwen blushes to almost a shade of purple, "I don't know any signs," she says uselessly, "Just turtle," Gwen says and then makes a gesture with both her hands that does not look like a turtle, but more like what Arthur bragged about with the Frenchie.

I just love Morgana's POV here. AUs where Morgana and Arthur get along well are my favorite kind!

Let's brainstorm on sci-fi shows

It's certain that I haven't seen all the hardcore (as in not fantasy or horror) sci-fi shows out there - so, peeps, tell me what I shouldn't miss!

To avoid duplication, I know of/plan to watch/have seen: Star Trek (all incarnations), Stargate (all incarnations), Alien Nation, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica (both old and new), The X-Files, Eureka, Alphas, Heroes, Fringe, Andromeda, Firefly... And that's it. I think?

So, any suggestions? New, old, really old - anything, as long as it's science, not magic and ghosts.

ETA: D'oh, I forgot to add Babylon 5! And I have the whole show, with all its bells and whistles, at home on DVD! 45 discs, IIRC *head, meet desk*

ETA2: Another show I forgot: Lexx! I still got the fighting song of the Brunnen G stuck in my head, even after all those years. What a nutty show!