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Re: Nearly 90 pilots... "especially heavy on the supernatur

More sci-fi and supernatural TV is always good, but no more vampires, please.

From the shows you listed, I'm most interested in Midnight Sun. It seems like an interesting premise for a TV show, but more than that, the writer and director have worked on some good shows (Awake and Fringe).

Elementary looks good, but I'll watch anything with Jonny Lee Miller in it after two great seasons of Eli Stone. A modern-day Sherlock Holmes solving crimes with the NYPD should be fun.

Last Resort also looks good. I don't think Shawn Ryan has created a bad TV show yet.

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said by Rook008:

Elementary looks good, but I'll watch anything with Jonny Lee Miller in it after two great seasons of Eli Stone. A modern-day Sherlock Holmes solving crimes with the NYPD should be fun.

I think it will be hard to top Sherlock -- series two is amazing.

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I've heard about it, but never watched an episode.
Maybe I'll see if I can find the pilot to watch.

Edit: Only 3 episodes per season, is that correct?

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Edit: Only 3 episodes per season, is that correct?

Yes. »thetvdb.com/?tab=seasona ··· 41&lid=7
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Elementary looks good, but I'll watch anything with Jonny Lee Miller in it after two great seasons of Eli Stone. A modern-day Sherlock Holmes solving crimes with the NYPD should be fun.

This was picked up by CBS, by the way.

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Well, I recently saw the pilot episode of Sherlock, and I have to say it was amazing! Besides the fact that Sherlock is a genius and solves crimes, I love the way they sometimes print on the screen what's going on in his head before he sums up his ideas to anyone out loud. And the dialogue is great. I expected it to be smart, but I found it to be pretty funny too.
And I like that Watson is more than just a person for Holmes to bounce ideas off of.

I'm going to watch the next episode very soon. I think everyone should be watching this show.
Thanks for the recommendation Darci.

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Glad you like! Hubby and I are re-watching season one eps ourselves -- though we're not sure if hubby saw them the first time around even

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Never heard of Sherlock. Might have to check out the first few episodes. How many seasons are there?

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So far, two seasons, three episodes each (!!). Season two is available via online until 6/19: »www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp ··· dex.html (listed in reverse order so watch those airing dates )

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Huh? What? Wait... only 3 episodes a seasons? Wth???

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That's them lazy Brits for ya' They're actually a solid 90 minutes of entertainment though. So, think of it as quality over quantity

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Cool!

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Doesn't make them brits any less lazy.

I'm still unhappy that its so long till the next Top Gear.

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Well, I recently saw the pilot episode of Sherlock, and I have to say it was amazing!

There's an unaired pilot floating around out there as well; no major plot changes, but some slightly different settings / characters and one or two minor plot deviations. Kind of fun to spot the differences

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I'll probably check it out after I've finished Season 2.

I have to say that the events at the end of season 1 were pretty cool. I'm watching A Scandal In Belgravia right now and so far it's great. I'm hoping to get through all of season 2 this weekend.
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Finished watching season 2 last night.
What a great series. Every episode is like a 90 minute movie with quality writing and acting from everybody.

I love that they had Sherlock try on "the hat" so they could take some pictures.

I'm going to go look for the un-aired pilot episode now.

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Yes, it's very very well done throughout.

I think in comparison, Elementary will be a little disappointing but it might do until fall 2013 when we finally get some more Sherlock...

(I love the scene from the royal palace )

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That was a great scene in a great episode.
Every time Sherlock was in a room with "the woman" was great too.

I can't believe we have to wait that long for another episode though.

Hopefully Elementary is as good, though I doubt it will be. I guess it will be up to the writing staff, because the cast seems solid.

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Haven't checked this out yet myself (BBC's "The Hour") but seems like it would be worth doing so:

»rightsideofthebrian.com/ ··· -should/

Often mistakenly compared to AMC’s “Mad Men“, the drama is more John Le Carre‘s Agent George Smiley than Madison Avenue’s Don Draper. It’s a very behind-the-scenes espionage thriller set in Cold War-era England featuring the intertwined stories of a journalist (Ben Whishaw), a producer (Romola Garai), and an anchorman (Dominic West)… all involved in the BBC’s first televised news program.