the good, the bad, and the oh-so-fucking ugly

[kellinator]

The good: One of my Homicide fan lists informs me that tonight TNT will be broadcasting both parts of one of the Law and Order/Homicide crossovers. Yaay, Homicide back on TV, even if only for one night!

The bad: The crossover is the sixth-season "Baby It's You", IMNSHO one of the worst episodes of Homicide ever, in large part because of the overpresence and overacting of Det. Paul "You Dunno Janine" Falsone, as played by Jon Seda (who was frankly more sympathetic playing a dirtbag Mob killer on Oz). Last time I saw this episode, I sat down anticipating enjoying a nice glass of wine with my all-time favorite TV show and ended up swilling the entire bottle just to dull the pain.

The ugly: Falsone's greasy hair. Ugggggggghhh.

BTW, I am not alone in my distaste for Falsone. There's also the We Hate Paul Falsone webpage, an entire subgenre of Homicide fanfic dedicated to rewriting the infamous "peach" scene with various lovely painful results, and this gem.

Comments

[chicating.livejournal.com]

You know, I get that often enough from women that I'm beginning to think Timmy might be on to something. As Woody Allen said "it's a fifty-fifty shot at a date on Saturday night." During that one scene, I sort of hoped for McCoy to look over his glasses at Falsone, in that way he has and say "Sucks to be you," or whatever lawyers of a certain age say at moments like that. I think it wasn't even Falsone himself that was the problem, though he does not fit in and that is *so* obvious, but it was the way that one episode was written...he is a Felton Sue. All of the detectives talk with and include him(even though both Briscoe and Munch have both trained a few punks that wash out, or whatever. And are both skeptical as hell by nature. Munch, in particular, takes a long time to form attachments...they are quite deep when he does, but it is not easy. Gee hears from Falsone before Frankentim? Yeah, sure.
And he's got the tragic past that's not his responsibility but Jeannine's. Check.(Jeannine is a brilliant genius...it's important to keep your kid away from the knowledge their dad is a plot device and a ratings stunt.)
The supposedly pretty face? check
If he could sing, or had azure eyes...Mary Sue Falsone. As it is, if I wrote him, people in fandom would still tell me to quit it, and I don't make money from this. Professional writing standards should be at least as high as fandom standards.I had to admit...I underestimated my capacity for dislike cause when Willow's gf died on Buffy, there were these super-radical lesbians who freaked out and said Joss Whedon is antigay...I thought Falsone hate might be coming from a similar, well, fringe. And him getting that much attention from McCoy is the coup de grace. McCoy doesn't give that much time to people he's known for years!
And they should left both the squad and the credits dark and creepy.