Deadliest Catch

In case those of you on my flist don't know, tonight is the first of the series of episodes that focus on the stroke and subsequent passing of Capt. Phil Harris. Entertainment Weekly had a small piece last week that talked about it, and how Phil wanted them to keep going to tell the rest of his story. The producers said they knew it might be hard for a lot of people, and that it wasn't like any story they ever expected to have on the show -- it sounds like they're planning to handle it with care. The episode for this week is just finishing recording and I'm going to watch it now, fully expecting to bawl like a baby.

I had the chance to meet him, very briefly, when he was at the store near my house when he launched his coffee company. He was a hoot and a half, and it feels so sad to see it happening in front of us on TV. Augh. Anyways, just a warning that tonight isn't the only episode that deals with this.

Last day

So, last day of the 30 days of TV meme! Today is

Day 30 - Saddest character death

Hm. I had to think about this one for a while and I still haven't decided. I expect a lot of people would peg Joyce's death on Buffy as the one that would get me the most, because it came so close on the heels of my own mom's death. But I really didn't like The Body; I found it stagey and preachy and full of annoying and precious, twee actorly moments. I was a lot harder hit by the episode after The Body, which felt much more real and accurate and heartbreaking to me.

And I don't watch a lot of the shows that have big, Emmy-nom-targeted death scenes, so that affects choices, too. I would probably pick Wesley's death on Angel except that it just pisses me off too much. I have no objections to a good character death -- I actually like it when it's done well -- but once again, I felt like we were set up so baldly that it left a bad taste in my mouth (not that I didn't cry like a baby when it happened). And the... characters on The Wire who died were all sad, but in the scheme of things, you kind of had to expect them, so I don't know if they can qualify as saddest (well, okay, ( except for )

. And then there is ( Deadwood's )

So that leaves...( I'm sure this would surprise people )