Ah well. In the spirit of tradition, I’ll drop a few comments.

In many ways, Mark Beesley is the man. While this episode had its problems, they lived more in the writing than the direction. And when this episode was good, it was REALLY good — due in large part to his direction.

From a technical standpoint, the cinematography in “Perdition” was simply awesome. Some of the fights were cut a bit too quickly, but the visuals came together in a way not seen in most episodes.

The expert cinematography and the soundtrack alone warrant a second viewing. The use of familiar music and the new themes created for this episode (the final showdown comes to mind) gave me chills at times and really enhanced what we saw onscreen.

Richard’s plot was by far the most compelling, which is why I was sometimes disappointed in how much the other storylines seemed to undermine the drama and urgency of what he was going through. For example, the Cara subplot was completely misplaced in this story. Not only does slowing down to talk about Cara’s budding romance (when they think Richard may be in danger) kill the urgency, but why did it have to be Leo anyway? What I mean is: the development of Cara’s emotions would have been much more poignant if it had been based on her relationships with these people she’s traveled with for months rather than some dude we met last week. Romantic feelings aren’t the only way to show that she’s capable of caring for people.

Also, the episode started off with a few bits of extremely expositional dialogue (the “perdition” history lesson seemed unnecessarily in-depth).

And I concede — I’m looking at you, Dennis — that Blalock’s acting sunk into the realm of ridiculous in this episode. As “good” Nicci she was okay, but as EvilConstantlyArousedByEverythingNicci… just no.

I’ll admit I’m going to kind of miss Sister Verna. I liked having a mature female presence around that ultimately didn’t screw Richard over. Hopefully she returns.

Overall, this episode provided a great payoff to a series of three episodes that slowly but surely increased in quality. We’re at a high point now, so hopefully they can maintain this level of quality and continue to make the story feel like a cohesive whole.

Looks like an A- to me.

-Bill

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More discussions!!!!

Brilliant series! Love the story, love the babes (Brigette, Tarbret, Jessica, Jolene, Charisma) Love all the tight leather (hell yea!) Love the romance. Love the wizardry and sword play, and damn New Zealand must be the most beautiful place on Earth.

What I don’t like so much:

The story keeps touting that Zed is a “Wizard of the first order” but when it’s time to throw-down all he whips out is either wizards fire or a concussion spell (boring, predictable). He has done other stuff but a wizard of his supposed station should be able to wow us.

I like Richard as the Seeker, but I think he needs to toughen up. A scraggly beard alone just doesn’t cut it. It frustrates me that he’s not more bad ass. I don’t refer to him being mean… he should be the good guy, but the character is too boyish. I would imagine that having been on a mission to save the world where you get in a sword fight nearly every day – and survive to fight again – would make a seeker that should be able wow me with his utter proficiency at cutting down bad guys.

I would like to see more realism: cuts, scars, blood, guts.

P.S. I would be a major bummer if Richard lost his Han. (point in case – too boyish. “Please take my incredible power so that I can be with my sweetheart.” Come on! Cowboy-up and fight wimp!)

The above is NOT a complete list. I live in Connecticut and watch LOTS via Hartford WTXX at 5pm on Saturday.

Check THIS link http://dadt.com/lots/ (Legend of the Seeker.com) and put in your zip code for your local station.

Cheers!!

1. New York: WPIX-11, Saturdays at 8 p.m.
2. Los Angeles: KTLA-5, Saturdays at 6 p.m.
3. Chicago: WGN-9, Saturdays at 4 p.m.
4. Philadelphia: WPHL-17, Sundays at 8 p.m.
5. Boston : WCVB-5, Sundays at 12:05 a.m.
6. San Francisco-Oakland: KICU-36, Saturdays at 7 p.m.
7. Dallas-Ft. Worth: KDAF-33, Saturdays at 8 p.m.
8. Washington, DC : WDCW-50, Saturdays at 9 p.m.
9. Atlanta: WATL-36, Sundays at 6 p.m.
10. Houston: KIAH-39, Saturdays at 8 p.m.
11. Detroit: WKBD-50, Saturdays at 8 p.m.
12. Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota): —
13. Seattle-Tacoma: KMYQ-22, Sundays at 8 p.m.
14. Phoenix: KASW-61, Sundays at 9 p.m.
15. Minneapolis-St. Paul: , Saturdays at 6 p.m.
16. Cleveland-Akron (Canton): , Saturdays at 6 p.m.
17. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale: WSFL-39, Saturdays at 9 p.m.
18. Denver: KWGN-2, Saturdays at 7 p.m.
19. Sacramento: —
20. Orlando-Daytona Beach: WKMG-6, Saturdays at 11:35 p.m.
21. St. Louis: KPLR-11, Saturdays at 6 p.m.
22. Pittsburgh: WPCW-19, Saturdays at 5 p.m.
23. Portland, OR: KRCW-32, Saturdays at 8 p.m.
24. Baltimore: WNUV-54, Sundays at 10 p.m.
25. Indianapolis: WTTV-4, Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Legend of the Seeker is syndicated, and appears at different times in different cities. Following is a list of the stations carrying the program in the top 25 U.S. markets, based on information available the week prior to the premiere from the show’s website.

Most of the stations carrying Legend are affiliates of either The CW or the Fox-owned mini-network My Network TV.

I have sent out mine too. We need to spread this to other sites ASAP… Timing is important as decisions are happening now.