don't be dull, be fannish

( Growin' Up )

( Cause and Effect )

I think that it was a pretty satisfying, low-key ending. All the loose ends were tied and I think that it was the right decision to let the show go after this ep. Anything else would have felt... tacked on. All the characters are left in a very happy place and that's all a fan can ask for, I guess.

This is probably my last post ever about Numb3rs. It was a good show. It had its low points and it highs. Around season 3, my focus shifted and I stopped watching for the Eppes, from then on I watched for Colby - who would have thought that back then, in S1, when they added Colby and I found him annoying. Yes, things change - as the series finale said. It was a good ride :)

I decided to finally finish Numb3rs!

( Scratch )

( Arm in Arms )

4 more eps to go!

Robert Seidman from TVbytheNumbers.com writes:

Hardly a surprise if true, but as a Numb3rs fan and admirer of producer and show co-creator Cheryl Heuton, it’s still sad to hear. What I hear is that the sets were deconstructed, chopped up and sent to the landfill.

I'm kind of... blank. Don't know what to say. 6 long years, it's always numbing when a show that you've been following for so long ends.

So, it looks like Numb3rs will really end this season - not that it's all that surprising. As Ausiello reports, David Krumholtz (Charlie) has been cast as the lead in Fox's new, and as of yet untitled, comedy by Ron Howard. I quote: "For Krumholtz, the project is in second position to Numb3rs, which is not expected back next season."

Too bad. I still like the show well enough but these days, I don't watch it for Charlie and Don anymore but for David and Colby which just shows how much the series has changed since its beginning. I would gladly watch just a spin-off about David and Colby - with a side-dish of Nikki, go figure! - without the Eppes family and their dating issues.

* I'm thinking of hoarding the rest of Numb3rs - only four more episodes to go! - and then marathoning it in one go. It's easier to go through the teeth-gritting or mind-numbing parts when you have more Colby and David in one heap!

* Leverage is still delegated to DVD. I love the show and I love the "kids" - Eliot, Hardison and Parker - but my plate is just too full! Besides, the audio commentaries on the DVDs are hilarious. And also insightful!

* White Collar and Supernatural return next week! My favorite two shows back on TV. I hope that a) Neal and Peter stay buddies and b) Sam and Dean's... brotherness... will be back. I can't do without the one or the other.

* I decided to download the season finale of Sanctuary - the promo looked good and besides, I really want to LIKE this show. I stopped watching around 105 but I was told that just after that it became really good. Hm. Ok, I will give it a another go.

* Still need to catch up on: Castle, Bones, The Mentalist and House.

* And the pilot of Human Target is out on torrents? It might be a good one so I'll try it out - even though the opening credits left kinda blah :( But I'm not getting too excited about it. I loved the old version with Rick Springfield - I really, REALLY loved it - so a re-do... Springfield's character, Christopher Chance, was so broken and his team was so protective of him that the show pushed all my buttons!

I loved this episode! ( White Collar! ) I love my OT3!

I'm now slashing Colby and David even harder! Ha! ( Numb3rs! ) Why can't we have episodes like that every week?

* According to Ausiello, CBS trimmed Numb3rs:

A CBS spokesperson is confirming that the network has cut Numb3rs‘ episode order from 22 to 16. Translation: This is most likely the show’s final season.

On the other hand, CBS ordered two more eps of NCIS and NCIS:LA (and of other shows that I don't watch) upping their order from 22 to 24 and one more ep of Criminal Minds and The Mentalist (and of other shows that I don't watch) upping their order from 22 to 23!

I'm not really surprised by the trim for N3. The show's doing badly and it's the CBS' worst rated procedural. Besides, the show feels tired. The writers concentrate too much on the private lives of the characters instead of on the cases so in places it feels like a soap opera or a character drama and not a procedural. No real excitement, it's all about Charlie and Amita's wedding, Alan's pension, Don's mental breakdown and his sudden religious fervor - or the lack of it again. The only ones who keep the episodes going are David, Colby, Nikki and Liz. It just feels like the show's not what it used to be anymore. I'll watch till the end but only because I love to watch David and Colby bicker. Those two are hilarious.

( Ep 6x02 )

You know, I would be actually fine with it if Numb3rs ended this year. I mean, the ratings are rather... disappointing and the stories are not as intriguing as they used to be anymore. Most of the time I have to make myself watch it instead of going after the ep "right this minute" and the Eppes aren't the draw for me anymore, David and Colby are. So yeah, if they gave it a nice ending, some closure for Charlie and Amita on the one hand and Don and Robin on the other, I would be fine with it.

The promo pics for Numb3rs' ep 6x01 made me very happy! The more scenes with David and Colby we get, the better! *bounces* They are my OTP in this show!

And Royal Pains! I just watched the pilot and it awesome! Like watching MacGyver/ER in the world of The Bold and the Beautiful! I will have to get my hands on more eps! :)