Supernatural: The Song Remains the Same...

Without actually being redemptive, this episode was More Like it.

Still: after several episodes that weren't quite worth the trouble, it's hard to have faith in the show again. There's something of narrative thrust that has been lost.

But the script was good and the acting was terrific. I kept expecting someone to reach for the Retcon, because obviously characters couldn't be left knowing their own futures, could they?

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This show still means more to me than other things on TV, though Castle is gaining ground. What else should I be watching, if anything? maaseru suggested a return to Lost. I am about to watch Being Human.

Today Sheila showed me a couple of episodes of Mortal Target; entertaining, but I kept seesawing between enjoyment and impatience. It had aspects of Stingray that I loved: that the hero is a mystery action man with good connections, that he doesn't take payment but he does take promises of help in future, and non-monetary items like rings. On the other hand, the plots seemed more full of absurdities than was necessary and it wasn't quite a clever as it pretended to be. And - this was probably the real problem - however much I liked Christopher Chance as written, I don't much like Mark Valley. My favourite character by far was Jackie Earle Haley (whom I loved as Rorschach in Watchmen) as Guerrero, and I kept wishing we'd see more of him.