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By MichelleOctober 20, 2003 - 10:53 PM
Hello World!
I have a confession to make. Despite my lifelong devotion to Star Trek, I'm cheating on Enterprise. On Wednesday nights at 8, when my entire family gathers around the television to watch Captain Archer; but the VCR in my bedroom is taping merrily away. And on Thursday nights, I watch That Other Wednesday Night Genre Show.
It's not because I love Superman. It's certainly not because I think Smallville has strong female characters. No, I tape Enterprise's rival on the WB because I'm in love with Lex Luthor...and his father. They're such wonderfully tortured souls, so twisted yet somehow so appealing. Given the fantasy nature of the show, they seem very real.
All genre shows need villains like that. Smart, sophisticated villains who seem admirable at times, rather than the thugs and psychos who populate too much science fiction and horror. If The Sopranos can sell the crime lords as the heroes, like dozens of mob movies over the years, why don't we see more sci-fi from the perspective of the invading aliens or more horror from the point of view of the misunderstood geeks?
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Today's Television Listings
Tonight at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS will show the new episode "The Best Defense" on CSI Miami. Here's the official synopsis of the episode:
The two young owners of a city bar are gunned down after hours and another man is wounded in the attack, which was allegedly committed by a masked gunman. Meanwhile, Calleigh's dad announces he is now a public defender and needs her help with a murder case in which a woman stabbed her boyfriend to death in his car with a screwdriver.
Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS is currently scheduled to show the CSI episode "Feeling the Heat". Here's TV Guide's synopsis of the episode:
Catherine investigates the death of a baby who was left inside a locked car on a steamy day; Nick and Sara examine a lakeside scene where a young woman's body was found washed ashore; Warrick tries to determine whether a man found dead in a sweltering house was the victim of an accident or foul play.
Friday night at 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Spike TV will rerun CSI's "I-15 Murders". Here is TV Guide's summary of the episode:
A woman is abducted from a supermarket. In the store, Grissom finds a bathroom stall door that claims five women have been killed. Warrick is caught in a casino on duty and is paired with a reluctant Sara. Their case is the apparent murder and robbery of a man who is found be his brother. Nick gets pulled in by his prostitute friend who gets in a scuffle with hotel security.
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