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Well, I either have a ghost or am merely absent-minded, since I keep coming home from work and discovering a light left on that I swore I turned off. I'm guessing the latter. Since it hasn't happened before. Busy brain.

Sci-Fantasy Genre Fan Co-worker and I have a wierd discussion about fantasy/sci-fi tv again, this is always odd. And I realized afterwards, that I really am an obnoxious tv geek. I sound like the guys on Big Bang Theory. Why-ever do you put up with me? Seriously? You know you watched too much tv, when you can explain the trope, how the pattern works, know who the writers and producers and actors are, what they've been in before, and the plot without looking anything up. Co-worker was holding his own, even if he watches a lot less tv than I do (probably doesn't write about it - when you write about tv, it does tend to stick with you longer) but he was wrong about one thing - the producers of Star-Gate are not the producers of Once, even though half the actors on Once used to appear on Star-Gate in small roles (which explains why so many of them look familiar - I did watch bits and pieces of Star-Gate over the years, trying to figure out the appeal. I still don't get it, but Co-Worker is an unabashed Star-Gate fanatic. I'm really not.) I tried to explain to Co-worker, who enjoyed Grimm, why it didn't work for me - it's mainly because I've watched too many episodes of similar tv shows. I've burned out on the trope. Co-worker thinks I should give it another chance, after all, he pointed out - Star Trek was a bit on the clunky side when it began. (He's not wrong, except I'm not sure Star Trek ever got better...but shh...don't tell the Trekkies I said that. This is however true of 80% of the tv shows I've seen in my life-time. Few start out of the gate brilliant, well unless they are on HBO or Showtime, which do not count. I'm also wondering if Grimm doesn't appeal to a specific demographic? Co-worker is 58. And male. Eh. Stupid to generalize. He loved Once Upon a Time too. ) But, alas, I'm currently watching far too many shows as it is - to make room for shows that don't hold my interest. I have 30 I'm taping, at least I think it's 30, I haven't really counted. I just know I am taping more than I can watch. DVR's are dangerous things for tv addicts. It's like giving a kid an unlimited pass to an amusement park.

My Favorite Scarey (actually not that scarey - I tend to be a nervous person, so really don't need the adrenaline rush, have enough troubles sleeping on my own thanks - don't need help) TV Shows and Scarey TV Episodes

1. Hush - Buffy S4
2. Twin Peaks - the series (season 1) - season 2 creeped me out.
3. American Gothic - the series
4. American Horror Story - the pilot, so far that's the scariest episode, with the creepy scene with rubber man. Yes, I know I said it wasn't scary at the time - changed my mind.
5. The episode where Angelus plays mind games with everyone and sings about the day Teddy Bears have a picnic directed by a former hobbit which I can't remember the name of. (Angel S4) (Scariest and creepiest episode, which I still find difficult to watch - "I Fall to Pieces.")
6. Early Twilight Zone episodes by Rod Serling
7. Walking Dead - the first episode or pilot
8. Stephan King's The Stand mini-series, runner-up Stephen King's IT miniseries
9. The Kingdom by Lars Von Striers (mini-series) - haven't seen? Rent. Brilliant. Best of Von Stries. I like it better than his movies.
10. The X-Files episode with Lily Tomlin and Ed Asner as crochety ghosts. I love that episode.