Lost || CSI:CSI || Grey's Anatomy || Supernatural: 3x13: Ghostfacers

[certainthings]

Lost:
You'd think by now I'd know more people's names, but no.
I was kind of shocked when they killed Ben's daughter. I got a little bit weepy because he was upset about it.
Uhm, that's all I remember.

CSI:
I still enjoy the show, but it seems to be missing something. Or maybe it's just winding down because man, they've been around for a long time.

Grey's Anatomy:
Ehhh. I love Clea DuVall with the longer hair and it was nice seeing Cheech Martin. But none of the character's stories was all that interesting. McDreamy and Rose need to break up, I don't care if he gets back with Meredith or I don't think I care but McDreamy and Rose ... Just no.

McSteamy: I thought it was supposed to be me and you!
McDreamy: Having sex?!

Ahahahaha.

Supernatural: Ghostfacers

I laughed.

"Those assholes from Texas."
"Inside the duffle bag?"

I uh, I didn't cry ... I wasn't affected by Corbitt (bett's?) death.

And I liked the ep, I did. But just ... I think I would've liked it more if it had been more during the middle of the season. Dean's got two months left and they're playing Monster House or House on Haunted Hill if you prefer? No. And I don't care if Jared and Jensen are spoiled princesses who are tired - there should've been more of them.

deansam67 pointed out that she felt like she was seeing Jared and not Sam and I have to agree with her.

So yeah, I expected a lot more after such a long wait.

Comments

[gigglingkat]

Yeah, but we knew going in it was gonna be weird. Both Sera and Kripke were both "this is not what we would choose to come back from hiatus with" but it is what it is.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that.

And if they were like that then why did they do that? Was it a network thing?

[hellopoe.livejournal.com]

*butts in*

I think this was the script they had written before the strike happened, so when they came back, it just happened to be the next one ready to go. It was supposed to be a middle-of-the-season episode, but when the season order got chopped because of the strike, it became the 4th-from-the-end episode. I don't think they would have chosen to put it there, had they had the choice....if that makes sense? I could be wrong but I think it was all a result of the strike messing everything up.

[gigglingkat]

Nope - you got it. When the strike was over the networks were OMG START SHOOTING ALREADY!!!! As it was, they only had - I think - less than a week of gear up and then they were expected to have a script ready to shoot the following Monday.

Ghostfacers was in the process of the final draft when the strike hit. So they took one last pass at it (obviously the bit about the writer's strike was added) and off they went.

Smidgy - I forgot - you're one of those weird spoiler phobes... Here's the Q&A from Sera:
FFN: What's it like getting back to work? Are people charged up? Is it a smooth process picking up where you left off?
SG: By three o'clock on the first afternoon, we were all half-joking that it felt like we never left. I was afraid it would be complete chaos, because we only had three weeks to get up and running before production resumed. But everyone came in focused and ready to make it work. It's actually gone much more smoothly than I anticipated. One funny thing that happened: the first script in the hopper was almost complete before we left work, and it's kind of hilarious in its new context.

It's a light, high-concept episode – shot entirely in documentary style by these bumbling would-be ghost hunters we introduced in Season One. The whole hour is the “pilot” of a cable show called “Ghostfacers!” So it's quite a departure from our usual structure. And it’s completely self-enclosed and breezes right past all the mythology we set up in “Jus In Bello”, which was great when we had lots of time before we had to close in on the end of that arc.

In fact, it was necessary breathing room for our audience before we pounded them with Dean's deal coming due. But being part of the final run of this shortened season, being the first episode when we come back, gives it a sort of importance that it's definitely not engineered for.* We all laugh about it -- it's just one of those out-of-our-control things that happened because of the strike, and we rolled with it. I think our audience will too -- they're savvy, and they'll get it. And it's a wildly entertaining episode, so for my part, I'm glad we get to do it. I would have been so sad if the strike went longer and it didn't get shot.

*emphasis mine.

[hellopoe.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks! I knew I'd read that somewhere!

[sadcypress.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This makes me feel SO much better, as I hadn't know any of this and couldn't understand why they chose to come back with this episode.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ahh, thank you for that.