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Caring About Shows on Fox Always Bites Me in the Ass, One Way or Another
Only watched two shows tonight, unlike last Tuesday. And they both pissed me off.
With NCIS, it was a quibble with the B-plot. Yes, the A-plot was contrived, but it gave us some good team moments, even if it did contain unnecessary amounts of Madame Director.
But the B-plot. With the sperm bank. Just...the reason they gave for the call doesn't make sense. Sperm donors give up all rights to the donated genetic material, whether or not it's used to make a child. Unless it's a situation like Tony brought up (child needs marrow/organ), or a problem is discovered (previously unknown genetic disorder, etc.), the donor shouldn't be contacted again by the clinic. The clinic can do whatever they want with the sperm; say they were calling to notify him that since no one wanted his sperm, they were going to destroy it. There's no reason for them to do that. Also, if sperm isn't used in insemination, it's often sold at a discount for research or educational purposes. And sperm can be stored indefinitely; it's not a use-it-or-lose-it proposition. And there's no reason for this to have been handled by "the director of critical affairs".
Also, it's kind of weird that no one used the sperm. Tony's an attractive man. He's also intelligent and athletic enough to play at the college level. And light-eyed donors are popular.
It just seems like a really random plot.
House I was fine with - right up until the last five minutes. House is getting punished more harshly than Chase? Supervisor what? Foreman's in charge now? Before we even hit the promos I was ranting about crazy plot twists that should be undone right now.
Then we hit the promos. And oh my god, if Cuddy betrays House the way it looks like she's going to, I WILL CRY. Like, shed actual tears.
Okay, probably not. But...but...I read the story with the crazy Farscape crossover and the OT3 of World Domination and now it's in my head! And...and...CRY.
I thought it'd be a night of great tv and then it turned all mediocre and then it went all aggravating and nonsensical.
Though I did enjoy the majority of both shows. it was just those little bits that make me all crazy.
Also, the episode of Criminal Minds I was so happy about yester - this morning - turned out to be a rerun of my least favorite episode so far. Which is the suck.
With NCIS, it was a quibble with the B-plot. Yes, the A-plot was contrived, but it gave us some good team moments, even if it did contain unnecessary amounts of Madame Director.
But the B-plot. With the sperm bank. Just...the reason they gave for the call doesn't make sense. Sperm donors give up all rights to the donated genetic material, whether or not it's used to make a child. Unless it's a situation like Tony brought up (child needs marrow/organ), or a problem is discovered (previously unknown genetic disorder, etc.), the donor shouldn't be contacted again by the clinic. The clinic can do whatever they want with the sperm; say they were calling to notify him that since no one wanted his sperm, they were going to destroy it. There's no reason for them to do that. Also, if sperm isn't used in insemination, it's often sold at a discount for research or educational purposes. And sperm can be stored indefinitely; it's not a use-it-or-lose-it proposition. And there's no reason for this to have been handled by "the director of critical affairs".
Also, it's kind of weird that no one used the sperm. Tony's an attractive man. He's also intelligent and athletic enough to play at the college level. And light-eyed donors are popular.
It just seems like a really random plot.
House I was fine with - right up until the last five minutes. House is getting punished more harshly than Chase? Supervisor what? Foreman's in charge now? Before we even hit the promos I was ranting about crazy plot twists that should be undone right now.
Then we hit the promos. And oh my god, if Cuddy betrays House the way it looks like she's going to, I WILL CRY. Like, shed actual tears.
Okay, probably not. But...but...I read the story with the crazy Farscape crossover and the OT3 of World Domination and now it's in my head! And...and...CRY.
I thought it'd be a night of great tv and then it turned all mediocre and then it went all aggravating and nonsensical.
Though I did enjoy the majority of both shows. it was just those little bits that make me all crazy.
Also, the episode of Criminal Minds I was so happy about yester - this morning - turned out to be a rerun of my least favorite episode so far. Which is the suck.