{"id":43,"date":"2002-09-08T22:45:52-04:00","date_gmt":"2002-09-09T06:45:52+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/wordpress\/?p=43"},"modified":"2002-09-08T22:45:52-04:00","modified_gmt":"2002-09-09T06:45:52+00:00","slug":"she-spies-monk-at-the-lathe-of-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2002\/09\/08\/she-spies-monk-at-the-lathe-of-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"She Spies Monk at the Lathe of Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned a couple of days ago that I’ve been watching Monk, Tony Shalhoub’s new show. Having given it a reasonable chance (three episodes), and as much as I like him and the character, I think I’m going to give it a pass. The whole show feels somehow forced, and the performances phoned in, not to mention the transparent plotlines.<\/p>\n\n

Much as I hate to admit it, I liked the episodes of She Spies<\/a> that NBC showed in July. I take that back: I don’t hate to admit it, because I really enjoyed the show. It bears a lot of similarity to Once a Thief<\/a>, a Canadian TV favourite from a couple of years ago. (I was about to write that that isn’t surprising given Jeff Reno and Ron Osborn’s involvement, but in looking up the link for Once a Thief I discovered I’d misremembered, and they had nothing to do with that series. They are associated with The West Wing<\/a> as writers, though, which would explain the snappy dialogue in She Spies. Weird.)<\/p>\n\n

Also caught the last 15 minutes of A&E’s Lathe of Heaven<\/a> tonight (note no The<\/q>). I was surprised not to see any Aldebaranians, which makes me curious what else was cut; Haber’s Alzheimer-like condition was toned down from his demise in the novel, and I’m concerned that things like the solution to racial harmony<\/q> (turning everyone grey, and thus causing Heather Lelache’s entire existence to disappear) will have been treated similarly. But I’ve got it on tape, and will check it out… after<\/em> tomorrow night’s premiere of Jeremiah<\/a> on TMN. (Hey! Ingrid Kavelaars<\/a>, who’s from Glencoe, is in Jeremiah. Why didn’t I know that until now‽)<\/p><\/div>

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