OK. Wow. Been awhile.
a) yay, the site is still up. Last I was here there was some doubt what course it would take to make that happen. Thanks, kudos, and congrats.
b) yay, my account is still active. Or I guess it is now. Mebbe I'm one who just bumped up the site's "Active Users" number by logging in after who knows how long. (By the same token, it's kinda wow to see how those numbers have winnowed).
c) yay, NY got a Season 9.
I say 'yay' to all these things because of general, if inactive, allegiance; I'm also egregiously lacking coffee and not fully articulate yet. Such as what passes for me anyways. That's why I'm also asking if I've missed a few threads that might be glaringly obvious to those functioning more effectively.
Growing ambivalence had me miss most of S8 NY. Got caught up in other shows, and it just never seemed to be one to DVR. While I popped in here mostly out of curiosity to see if my account still existed in the realm, I have been perusing what there is that might help fill me in on the Most Significant Events of the last year.
Part of what I was poking about for on the NY Boards, to get a better sense of Season 8, and the reception various cases & stories stories received, were End-Of-Season polls that used to be fairly typical; those of Favorite and Least Favorite episodes, that sort of thing. ...was anything like that done for S8? Did I miss the obvious? (...again?
)
I have no idea if I'll be tuning in this season or not. I happened by an ep back in mid-season range, and was immediately faced with a Montana reference & DL exchange that was not about seeming case related details but definitely about DL. I think I managed an odd blink/laugh/twitch combo and clicked to something else. I guess I need more counselling to help me continue saturation-detox and knee-jerk reaction
. All told I thought I did quite well.
Not in the least ironic, of course, that among the first things I'd come across here are the images of Lucy ver.9.0. Nope. Not ironic at all. Not in the least. Ferchrissakes :lol:. Whaddayado.
(All just IMO folks. Enjoy what you will
).
In the event I do tune in, it would be good to know what's happened. If I'm honest, I suppose hearing about what S8 featured is also probably a guage that might influence potential interest in S9, in addition to the spoiler tidbits that are now out in the ether.
From what I gather of S9 so far: Glad Flack's family is being created in more depth, glad Adam's getting some focus, I won't say I'm glad to see characters injured cos that's kinda crass, but glad it sounds like residual effects for Mac may be an issue; it's a dramatic route they ignored completely with Messer's 10%.
Family stuff and character stuff is great, because I think it's really what's helped NY retain a long-game audience, but I also hope to see some crackingly crafted cases (I told you I need coffee). Rather, hear of such and be re-enticed to tune in.
Beyond Rob Morrow, I haven't heard specific Names being cast. Anything new there? (I suppose I missed those obvious details too).
I kinda hope NY get their ep-order buffed so they can reach 200. I don't expect CBS to be 'charitable' though, and they won't do it unless it works for them. Sentiment is not their byline.
Laterally related, I'm glad of Ted Danson on the mothership, I think that has helped the show find new legs. Incredible how they keep adapting and reinventing themselves. Not always smooth, but they seem to have achieved a solid new balance.
Not terribly sorry to see the era of YyyyYyYyeeeeEEEAAAAAAAaaAAaAaHHhhhHh come to a close. A decade's pretty remarkable for them too.
Anyhoo. It's been entertaining as usual to sift thru the various spoiler threads, as the seemingly most exepedient method of coding together events (and heartening to see names I still recognize
).
I think I should just go get (more) coffee, and then I'll be better equipped to answer my own damn questions. Beyond that, Cordial Greetings to anyone who might against odds recall this slacking member