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Comment #532

2008-05-27T10:43:34Z

We've finished Season Three, so I've added another update.

Comment #531

2008-04-03T13:00:57Z

I've added an update, now that we've completed Season Two.

Sadly, our library won't do ILL for movies, and don't have any of their own. You have an amazing library for a small town!

Comment #530

2007-07-08T01:27:34Z

Regarding the show, I liked it initially, but got tired of it after the first season. As Andy mentions, the writing of many shows becomes formulaic. I did watch the season-ender and was not happy with it, but won't spoil what happened.

Have you tried your library for DVD's? I know our library carries many TV show series like Monk and Northern Exposure (one of Rob Morrow's old shows). This may rub some of you the wrong way, I don't know. I am not sure if the library has purchased these or someone has donated them. (Donations are how they got all of those Teaching Company tapes).

I am a big believer in interlibrary loan (ILL) and have found a bunch of things I want to see using that. The loan period is usually longer than the normal one week from our own library. I have "I am David" (North to Freedom) to watch sometime this week that I got from ILL. I know some places charge for this, but so far, our library or the loaning library has not.

Comment #529

2007-07-03T01:26:13Z

I have not had the ability to watch broadcast or cable television since I moved to Tallahassee. I completely agree with your assessment that commercial-free television is the way to go.

In fact, it is a requirement for my watching and a reason for my refusal to pay for it. Fortunately, anyone here with whom I might find myself watching something use DVDs or DVRs.

It's the only way to watch.

Comment #528

2007-07-02T21:24:08Z

Ah, Columbo! I remember that from long ago and far away. I just love the way he walks away then turns back and almost as an afterthought solves the crime.

That's when I really gave up on our local Blockbuster (the only choice unless I want to drive half an hour, which I don't, not for a movie) -- when I couldn't even get Poirot, Miss Marple, or Lord Peter Wimsey, all of which I thought would be basic stock.

Comment #527

2007-07-02T19:54:23Z

Hm, I'll have to check this out. If you haven't already, you might also want to try the first season of Monk. Unfortunately, as seems to be the case with any TV show worth watching, it was already of the peak of a very steep jump over a very large shark with the very first episode (not necessarily got tawdry so much as got stultifyingly formulaic, and the writing went down from the really brilliant pilot to stale).

I love having a local independent video store chain where one can find such things as BBC Poirot series, Columbo (I'm becoming a Peter Falk fan), and pretty much anything else you'd ever try to find.