Numb3rs

[butterfly]

So, the first time that I tried to watch Numb3rs, jic and I just watched the episodes that happened to be airing the two weeks we were trying it out (they were the building/jumping episode and the clown episode).

It didn't catch with me at that time. Still, I did want to give the show another try, hopefully from the beginning (I'm very fond of starting at the beginning and getting character/relationship introductions). So, I did that, this last week, gave the first episode a try to see how I liked the show that way.

I liked it so much more than before that I've now started in on watching the second season. I really like the whole 'family' vibe that the Eppes have. I like the mix of work and personal that they have going on. I like the secondaries -- Terry and David, and Larry and Amita. The show is still a little more... openly emotional than I'm used to, but having the context of watching from the beginning, it doesn't bother me this time around.

Also, Charlie and Don are really, really hot. As a set, I actually do find them a smidge hotter than the Winchester brothers (Charlie's pretty hair! Don's gorgeous smile lines!). It's interesting how, on the one hand, they are more extreme than the Winchesters (in terms of brotherly dynamics, Charlie's genius sets him further apart from the world and makes him far more sheltered than Sam could ever have dreamed of being) and yet they are also less extreme (in terms of absolute lifestyle).

I really need to stop watching new things. I like too many of them.

Comments

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Hee yes yes! I've been a huge fan of Numb3rs since the pilot and for all the reasons you mentioned here :-)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Seeing the pilot and (especially) Uncertainly Principle really helped me get a grip on the characters. I didn't really fully get their relationship in the two eps that I'd seen earlier. But now I think that they are just lovely, with the brothers reconnecting after some years of separation.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have so much love for "Uncertainty Principle" that I don't have the words for it :-) To this day it remains my Favourite Numb3rs episode. When people feel a little bit ambiguous towards the pilot, I tell them to just give the show one more chance and to watch "Uncertainty Principle", I always have the feeling it'll do the trick *g*