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"In Plain Sight" still continues to be awesome, and Mary and Marshall's partnership fills me with glee. Even better? Apparently each West Wing cast member is slowly coming to the show... first Will Bailey (Joshua Malina) and now Toby (Richard Schiff)! Please send along Bradley Whitford, Janel Maloney, and Allison Janney anytime soon, mm'kay?

Doctor Who...

I just watched "The Girl in the Fireplace"... and it was weird.

Really. I didn't dislike it, or like it. It was just weird and felt... off. Reinette was cool, and Rose was compassionate as always (what's up with the Rose being portrayed as jealous in fic? She and Reinette were the good parts of this ep! I love that she was concerned about how Reinette was taking the whole thing), but the Doctor again did not do it for me. I didn't get the whole him being in love with her thing -- it just didn't seem to fit, and his always running off without telling his companions irritated me, only to be eclipsed by his asking a figure from history to join him on his travels... if an ordinary person like Pete can make that much of a difference, what about someone who's notable?

And Poor Mickey! What an awkward first trip out, being abandoned by the designated driver. Please don't compare a horse to Mickey, Doctor, especially when YOU were the one to let him come along. Nine didn't leave Rose behind when she was trapped with the shields breaking, so don't leave Mickey (and Rose) either.

And again, I'd like to know why the droids a) chose Reinette (and why a ship named after a French mistress in the 51st century?) and b) thought Rose was compatible.

I want to like Ten as much as I love Nine. But it's not happening yet!

But funniest part? "She always did work too hard." She was a courtesan. A mistress. So that line, coming from her lover? Makes me giggle terribly. Hee.