My television shows, let me show you them

Just popping up to share my thoughts on some television shows I've been watching lately. Exciting, eh?

Stuff I've been watching:

Monty Python's Flying Circus. I came unexpectedly into the possession of the complete show and am currently approaching the end of season 3. My latent crush on young Eric Idle is in full swing. Why Eric? It's not as though young Michael Palin was entirely unfanciable. I can't stand John Cleese, though. He's always been my least-favourite Python, and the more I watch him, the more I want to bash him round the head with something blunt and heavy. Plus, he's a really poor actor, isn't he? *is going to be stoned to death due to blasphemy*

And where is all the Monty Python slash?

Carnivàle". Finally got round to it. Brilliantly dark and atmospheric and creepy. This is the sort of fantasy I like to watch - no silly plastic or CGI monsters, but heaps and heaps of spookiness instead. And I can't think of another ensemble show where I genuinely liked so many individual characters. Anyone here watched it? Because I'd like to talk about ( major Spoilers )

Misfits. Anyone apart from shocolate watching it? I haven't seen the finale yet, but I loved, loved, loved the penultimate episode. My favourite one of the lot so far. I wasn't too crazy about episode 4, because the Groundhog Day stuff rarely works for me - not when it has to carry an entire episode, at least. It's absolutely fine when they use it like they did within the Curtis and Sam plotline in episode 5. That was rather genius.

But anyway. Simon. Oh, Simon! How I adore him! I was a bit worried that they would pull that thing when they show us that the weird kid is not actually weird, that the others are wrong and that what he is is Shy and Noble and Misunderstood and Tortured and Too Intelligent For His Own Good, the poor w00bie. *cough* fandom!Snape *cough*. But they... didn't. Simon is rather disturbingly creepy. He stalks! He burns people's houses down! Nathan was spot-on with his assessment - which doesn't stop Nathan from being an obnoxious dick and Simon disturbingly lovable. ( More to episode 5 and a fabulous female character )

Spooks. I kinda follow it on the off-chance that Mr. Armitage takes his kit off (again). But it's really quite bad. I only mention it, because I feel the need to point out that, in episode 4, the "Russians" talk German with each other - albeit with a Russian accent. That's just sad. Plus, they've killed Mr. Bell!

There. I got more wordy than expected.