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[seekingferret]

New show for me to hatewatch this year, which has neatly supplanted Sleepy Hollow in that regard, is Scorpion. It is so much fun to be able to shout angrily at the screen so often.

"No, Walter, genetics doesn't work that way! No, Walter, computer networks don't work that way! No, Walter, autism doesn't work that way! No, Walter, ethics doesn't work that way! No, Walter, packets of salt don't work that way!" [I am also kind of enjoying having a terrible human being named Walter on my screen again. I miss you, Walter Bishop.]

I also like that it is a show about teamwork. Like most procedurals, the writing is built on the premise that every ensemble character has to in some way contribute to the solution each week no matter what, and since Katherine McPhee's character is not a 'genius', it is delightful to watch the writers scramble [in a terrible, misogynistic, elitist way] to figure out what her contribution can be every week. This week her contribution was pointing out that she knew more about being a retail cashier than they did, and then yelling at the team a bunch.

Also, the show reliably gives me explosions.

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[(Anonymous)]

Have you seen Breaking Bad? It will fulfill your Walter needs admirably.

MK

[seekingferret]

No, it's on the to-do list.

[misbegotten]

"...No, Walter, packets of salt don't work that way!"

Just dropping by from my Network feed and wanted to say that I LOLed mightily at this. Obviously I shall have to see Scorpion. Thanks for the chuckle.

[seekingferret]

:) If you can make it that far, the salt packet bit is in the third episode.