richard castle and kate beckett really set the relationship standard for me when I was growing up. the agonizing slow burn, the 'we would die for each but can't define what we are', the 'I love you so much that I will fight you for your best interests', the constant quipping and playful teasing and banter, but the real intense passion in the moments that need them. No wonder I love love that isn't capable of being labelled in a straightforward way. re-watching this show, and the confrontation in season 3 ep 24 has compelled me to write this because my god Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic Knocked it Out of the park.

Tonight on CBS! Telly Savalas is Kojak - 1973.

Alan Davies and Bill Bailey together is just genius

Jonathan Creek - "the Tailor's Dummy" (4x03)

Does anyone else consider certain tv shows as happening in the same universe? For instance, I always think that Grantchester and Endeavour occupy the same universe, with Granchester obviously coming a bit before in the 1950s. Or Father Brown (2013-) and Miss Marple (2004-2013) are both simultaneously snooping around solving mysteries in different parts of England. Agatha Christie's Poirot and The House of Eliot definitely share a timeline too.

I have a deep love for detective fiction and like somehow I know there is a logical explanation rooted in my neurodivergence or something else entirely but I honestly just can't explain it at all. It's the same way I love green as a color, I sort of chose it as a kid and never looked back since.

Florence & Neville's 💔 goodbye.

Death In Paradise ep 11x04

I really like the Cormoran Strike DETECTIVE series. I started reading the books at CAREER OF EVIL, thinking it was a DETECTIVE series. I went back and read the earlier books and joined groups to discuss STRIKE among like-minded people. To my horror: most other people had started at book one and bc "R was there from the beginning" [and they have the brains of 12 year olds] were treating the series like a romance with a bit of detective stuff instead of the other way round 🤦‍♀️

And despite all her BS interviews where JKR said just wanting....to have it be about the writing [maybe she did] I think she MEANT it to be a romance, disguised as a detective story, the whole time. Especially after ploughing through 🖤. The fandom in 🖤 is so similar to Tom Burke and STRIKE fandom. Not as viciously harmful but just as toxic. Twatter is JKR favourite platform. Her worst fans are there. All the rest of the fandom promote the romance. If you go against the narrative, you are vilified. I'll finish 🖤 and try the next one. But I've been sold a pup. The books evolve, sure. But I was sold a dodgy bill of goods, from the outset. I thought I was getting a detective series with 2 good friends. Not a romance whose tedium I would have to navigate between cases. And a junior partner [with a genuine knack for the work] that has gone from temp to making life threatening and agency threatening decisions in such a short period of time. Especially given her actual life experiences are abysmally lacking for someone her age. Plus, she is taking over a lot of Cs' actual work in the TV adaptations. 🤦‍♀️

Credit to creators

Columbo and Monk and the like are blorbos you inherit from your mother

Sharona: i need advice. Randy: *eating cookie dough for breakfast* you came to the right place

White collar

Watch it!

This is the whole show and it's worth watching!

(Yeah, a new tv show I'm addicted to.)

. . .

So in a nutshell it's about a criminal (Neal Caffrey) who made a deal with the FBI and starts working for them, while in the background minding his own business with a friend, while Peter Burke (the agent next to him) is trying to trust him and make him see he can have a good life. While they are actually (I mean Neal) using illegal tactics to catch other criminals. It's really fun.

....and another thing--

Why do detective shows have to be cop shows? I love detective stuff. I love seeing someone systematically uncover clues to solve the mystery and catch the bad guy. But all the detective shows are fucking copaganda and I don't want to watch copaganda.

Honey West (1965-1966)

Endeavour (2012-2023)