So I was watching through this season and I noticed a familiar name in the starting credits, "Merle Dandridge". Couldn't quite place it at first..

Its the actor who voices Alyx in HL2+episodes. It was so bizarre seeing her on the screen and hearing her talk =) I half expected barney to run in at any point to protect her from headhumpers.

As for 24, Im not really feeling season 8 so far, too many changes and new people introduced. Overall though its a great show, really really enjoyed a few seasons of it! 

died at the end of season 4 IMHO. Or at least had a steady continuous decline since then. 

is that the one with Audrey Reins british husband in it? That was an amazing season purely for that scene (SPOILER------) where Jack has to chose between sacrificing the british guy or saving his informant (or whoever he was). Such fantastic drama there.

I agree the later seasons have not been as good, but I did enjoy season 7 purely for the character of that fbi woman who slowly gets corrupted by jack, I thought was quite interesting to see. 

good lord, that lasted 8 seasons? i could barely stand the first. -_- 

the run down seems to always be;
cellphone talk
dramatic camera shots of people driving while talking on cellphones
a four screen shot showing the good guys walking around looking important while the bad guys walk around with guns looking like sleazeballs
maybe an action scene
talking or something (never stayed to see these end parts)
end
24 sucked (i state that opinion as a fact) 

yeah that's the one. Also had some of the best action scenes in the whole series. 

good lord, that lasted 8 seasons? i could barely stand the first. -_- 

the run down seems to always be;
cellphone talk
dramatic camera shots of people driving while talking on cellphones
a four screen shot showing the good guys walking around looking important while the bad guys walk around with guns looking like sleazeballs
maybe an action scene
talking or something (never stayed to see these end parts)
end

that is pretty much bang on the money, but it's still fucking awesome :D

i've only seen the first 4 though - watching the wire at the moment and want to check prison break out after, but will finish it eventually. i remember reading there was a feature length episode between two seasons a while back - anyone know which ones & if it had a name?

also why are we talking 24 in the film thread anyway :Z 

Going from The Wire to Prison Break might be kind of painful... :) 

yeah it was at the beginning of season 7 and was called "redemption". It was ok, it basicly setup the story for season 7. Nothing to write home about though.

is Prison Break any good? Have not really heard much about it :P 

skip prison break. all of it.

Move straight to Deadwood if you havent already. 

I never started watching Deadwood cause I heard there wasn't ever any closure to the series.
I know an ending isn't the most important thing in a show/movie, but that still bothers me, should I watch it anyways? 

it has enough of an ending. 

I think the first two seasons are not bad, in fact they are very enthralling. It gets really really bad after that though. Horrible, even. 

Deadwood has a good enough ending. Yeh, it's not all loose ends tied up, but I kinda like that, makes it feel more real...

And it's one of the best TV series around. 

Deadwood is amazing. Timothy Olyphant's new show is very good, too. It's called "Justified". 

Breaking Bad is excellent. 

still want to see it for completeness' sake. have a whole 2 seasons to get through first though it seems!

just finished season 3 of the wire tonight - fucking brilliant viewing. i can't say i expect prison break to be anything like in the same class but from the few episodes i have seen (season 1) it seems entertaining enough; more in the 24 kind of mould

i'll remember deadwood for after; know absolutely nothing about it though in honesty. also been recommended the shield too. and dexter... so much tv so little time ;/ 

If you like a little fucked up family dramedy with your soft core porn, this one's for you. 

Oh, recommended before, but if you like The Wire then Treme is the new series by the same writers (and several of the same cast). Set in New Orleans following the hurricane and follows musicians, chefs, academics and mardi gras indians (among others) as they rebuild. Very, very good. 

is pure genius in season 2, pretty good in season 1 too but seaosn 2 really hits its straps nicely.

The three great supportign characters on tv right now IMHO : Jason Stackhouse (True Blood), Pete Campbell (Mad Men) and Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad).

Oh, and another plug for Mad Men, the best of the current drama on tv IMHO. 

season 4 is the pick of the bunch too I think, you should get on to that quick :)

Sleepy, what's Justified like? I know the basic premise but what's the tone meant to be like? 

I am finding it kinda hard to define that show. It's mostly about this marshall character and his friends, family, history. It's pretty funny because Timothy Olyphant is funny. It has a good cast and the stories are interesting. But it's not the stories that make the show, it's the dialogue and Timothy Olyphant's great delivery combined with quirky and crazy southerners ;-).

Kinda hard to dscribe, really, now that I think about it. I like the atmosphere of the show. 

will add it to the list of things ot eventually watch. 

Boardwalk Empire.