# Summer Reruns Imminent: Recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371 "2006-05-19T04:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/21 "2006-05-20T18:21:59Z")
The shows we wound up watching regularly this year: **House** - sure, it’s another medical mystery show. But the main character makes watching it worthwhile. He’s fantastic. Hilarious. The lines he utters can be ‘spit out your drink’ funny. **Boston Legal** - Worth watching for James Spader and William Shatner, both who have so much screen presence it’s astonishing. Crisp writing, beautiful photography and set design, and a strong cast of supporting characters and guest stars makes it even better. **Lost** - I have a love/hate relationship with this show. The basic mystery is very compelling, but sometimes the characters act in such stupid ways that you want to throw something at the TV. Still, it’s the show we never miss. **24** - Watch this show, OR THOUSANDS COULD DIE. Because everyone likes a good torture scene once in a while. It’s turned into a comic book, but a fun one. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/22 "2006-05-20T18:38:12Z")
My bad. I misread the upside-down sequence of episodes at the site. House S2 reruns begin on USA June 11, and are rumored to be shown in entirety this summer on Fox on Tuesdays. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/23 "2006-05-20T22:42:49Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Cold Case is a show I quite enjoy when I watch and then I don’t spend much time thinking about once it’s over. It can be manipulative, but boy oh boy can it make me sad. I think it’s the saddest show, week after week, that I’ve ever watched. Agree with both points. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/24 "2006-05-20T22:49:28Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Cold Case is a show I quite enjoy when I watch and then I don’t spend much time thinking about once it’s over. It can be manipulative, but boy oh boy can it make me sad. I think it’s the saddest show, week after week, that I’ve ever watched. Of all the formulaic cop shows out there, \*CSI \*and _Cold Case_ are the ones I enjoy. \*CSI \*is definitely better, but _Cold Case_ is a sold “B” in my book-- especially when the show has flashbacks to the late 60s/early 70s. That was high school days for me, and I always like the music and the look people had back then. As for _Lost_, it’s great, but if you didn’t watch season 1, forget it. Plus, it’s better to watch it all at once, so wait until the DVDs come out. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/25 "2006-05-20T23:23:18Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Don’t limit yourself to reruns. “The 4400” and “Rescue Me” both start their third season soon. Is _Rescue Me_ as sexy as they make it sound on the site? If so, I may have to check it out. I’m hard to sell on **Boston Legal** , because Shatner has been such a buffoon in the past. The doughy buffoonery is a hard image to overcome. “Lucy in the Sky…With…_Diamonds_.” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/26 "2006-05-21T03:42:29Z")
The thing about Shatner is that you have to understand that he’s not entirely serious about himself. Or rather, sometimes he is, but other times he isn’t, and it’s hard to tell which is which. It’s almost like performance art. I think when he was young he was deadly serious about his schlock, and that made stuff like **The Transformed Man** laughably bad. But now he does this stuff with a complete awareness of what it is, and that makes it okay. Just go with it. He’s a lot like Leslie Nielsen this way. He knows how to have fun with his own image. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/27 "2006-05-21T03:58:19Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > Is _Rescue Me_ as sexy as they make it sound on the site? If so, I may have to check it out. It does have a couple of [buff](http://www.iballer.com/wallpaper/celebs/r_s/sunjata/images/sunjata1_1024x768_jpg.jpg) [guys](http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_images/tvone/programmes/rescue_me/cast/sean_d.jpg), yes. I’m partial to [this one](http://www.sdkg.net/gallery/albums/otheractors/normal_dianeew93005.jpg) but looks like she’s not coming back this season. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/28 "2006-05-21T09:50:34Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Yes, season 3 starts June 11. It airs Sundays, and USA Network is a cable network. You should be able to find it. Thank you for the heads up on the return of The 4400! I think new epsiodes of Deadwood also begin on June 11th as well. Monk should be starting up again soon too. Other re-runs? I agree with Boston Legal…great cast, highly entertaining, well-written, clever plot twists. Also add: Lost Desperate Housewives Surface Two And A Half Men Prison Break 24 And I have a guilty pleasure…I am far from the target age group, but I really like…ohgod, should I admit it here on the boards…oh, why not… “Hi. My name is DMark. I like The O.C.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371/29 "2006-05-21T11:34:37Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > “Hi. My name is DMark. I like The O.C.” :eek: Gotta tell you, this is going to color all your posts for me from here on out. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-reruns-imminent-recommendations/357371.md?page=1)