Monday 5 October 2009

The Monday List: I know they try to lure me in with the odd characters, but I just can't resist

With the exception of Tatort (ok, and Skins), these are all shows I might have otherwise given up on.

1. Heroes. Gretchen, played by Madeline Zima (little Gracie, all grown up).
2. Nurse Jackie. Zoe, played by Merritt Wever.
3. Grey's Anatomy (I know, it's evil). Arizona, played by Jessica Capshaw. But why can all the straight couples go all soft-porny and the happy lesbian couple only gets to sip wine together, lots and lots of wine?
4. Fringe. Walter Bishop, played by John Noble. Not too many people could pull off baking and working on a dead body at the same time. He totally can.
5. Tatort Kiel. Frau Jung, played by Maren Eggert. You knew that before, but it got even weirder last week. Somehow it would have been less creepy if she had continued to be formal around Borowski.
6. The Big Bang Theory. Dr. Sheldon Cooper, played by Jim Parsons. Because in a show that is about odd people, he is the only really cool character.
7. Weeds. Isabell, played by Allie Grant. Because in a show that is about odd people, she is the only one that isn't odd, and that makes her odd.
8. Skins. Pandora, played by Lisa Backwell. OK, there are other reasons to watch the second cast of Skins, but still. "I'm Pandora, I'm useless".
9. Glee. Sue Sylvester, played by Jane Lynch. Filling the shoes left by evil Bobbi Glass in Ryan Murphy's previous "Popular", Sue Sylvester carries a show on her shoulders that is so far only filled with shallow stereotypes (I know, that's what "Popular" started out as too, but it is a bit painful). And she is so awesomely and unapologetically evil.

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