Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: nerdy
  • Music: Christian Kane, "Thinking of You."

Entering the home stretch on TOWER PREP.

Tonight is a double-bill of Tower Prep episodes, with "Phone Home" at eight and "Trust" at nine. I'm trying very, very hard to convince myself that the doubling up is because Cartoon Network wants to finish the season before the end of the year, not because the ratings have been bad and they're burning back episodes to complete their commitment. (And if it's the latter, at least they're letting us see how it ends.)

Tower Prep has been one of the most consistently gratifying, well-constructed shows of 2010; I rank it just after Fringe in my current personal rankings. The plots and themes are less mature than they are on Fringe, but the show is also aimed at kids, and bearing that in mind, I just wish we'd had stuff like this when I was thirteen. As it stands, I'm enjoying it plenty right now.

The final two episodes will air next Tuesday, again from eight to ten, and I'd say the odds are good that Cartoon Network will have a marathon somewhere in the middle there. You should catch up, if you get the chance.

It's awesome.
Tags: geekiness, too much tv
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  • 31 comments

keristor

December 21 2010, 16:02:23 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, just looked it up and I find that it's live, not animated. I guess I (like, it seems, a lot of the commentors on IMDb) assumed that "Cartoon Network" implied, well, cartoons.

I'll have a look for it on KickAss Torrents this evening (since you say it's nearly as good as Fringe then it's worth investigating)...

seanan_mcguire

December 22 2010, 16:41:02 UTC 6 years ago

It's their second live-action drama, after Unnatural History (which I will very much miss).

alessandriana

December 21 2010, 16:09:08 UTC 6 years ago

Wait wait, these are the last episodes EVER? It's ending?! Please say it isn't so!

seanan_mcguire

December 22 2010, 16:41:19 UTC 6 years ago

The season is. Maybe the show. We don't know yet. :(

wee_warrior

December 21 2010, 16:42:45 UTC 6 years ago

Seanan - I thought you might be interested to know that I mentioned you and the Toby Daye series among my favourite books in a Year In Fandom Meme. *g*

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:31:30 UTC 6 years ago

Aw, yay! Thank you!

markbernstein

December 21 2010, 17:56:27 UTC 6 years ago

I didn't immediately fall in love with Tower Prep, but I've been more and more drawn in as it progressed. There's a real arc here, and the promise of some major reveals before the season ends. (Though they had better keep those promises.)

Like you, I still like Fringe better, and hope the move to Fridays in January won't hurt it.

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:31:37 UTC 6 years ago

Me, too.

cleothyla

December 21 2010, 19:00:12 UTC 6 years ago

I am beginning to really like this show. Hopefully it will come back.

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:31:47 UTC 6 years ago

Oh please oh please oh please.

jane_dark

December 21 2010, 19:55:45 UTC 6 years ago

I've been getting a little bored with some of the main characters' laziness/egotism/willingness to reject people because of "weird" geekiness -- so that the alternate team that seemed to be forming at the end of the recent Field Trip episode was striking me as more interesting than the nominal heroes.

But last week's episode, Dreams, was pretty great, so I'm hoping that the next four will be, too, and that the show will come back, with more for Gabe to do than flaunt his recent SPOILER, and more for CJ and Suki to do than agonize over boys.

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:32:30 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, they seem to have trouble balancing "we're a show for teens" and "we're an awesome mystery show" sometimes. Also, I don't like Ian/CJ. I really wanted Ian/Suki.

jane_dark

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triskelmoon

December 21 2010, 20:45:03 UTC 6 years ago

I've really been enjoying watching these with my son and will cry all the tears if they cancel it.

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:32:39 UTC 6 years ago

You and me both.

yellowblackhaze

December 21 2010, 21:53:29 UTC 6 years ago

I'll have to keep an eye out for this series. They haven't screened it down here, yet. Why are we always the last to see these things? It does sound like something my wife and I would enjoy.

kengr

December 22 2010, 01:24:42 UTC 6 years ago

There are torrents available. I found them using http://torrentz.eu/

keristor

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seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:32:58 UTC 6 years ago

You got H2O: Just Add Water and Ocean Girl first...

ladymurmur

December 22 2010, 04:08:57 UTC 6 years ago

Well, my schdule-fu is failing me. I can't find any indication on cartoon network's website that anything other than the finale airing. :-( Everything I've heard about the show is promising, so I was actually hoping for a marathon to watch during my holiday down-time.

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:33:11 UTC 6 years ago

Lame!

cleothyla

December 22 2010, 06:14:47 UTC 6 years ago

Actually the next two episodes will be at 7pm. This is getting down right nerveracking!

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:33:21 UTC 6 years ago

Eep!

igneous_smurf

December 22 2010, 07:34:26 UTC 6 years ago

Here's hoping it continues - I can't find anything definitive online about it being renewed or cancelled, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Thanks for putting me on to it!

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:33:27 UTC 6 years ago

Very welcome.

ravens_shadow

December 22 2010, 20:53:13 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks for telling us about it, Seanan. I couldn't find it at first (in Hawaii, no daylight savings, so shows are on at slightly different times), but I've really been enjoying it. At first, I thought it was good, but then I couldn't stop watching. I've been waiting for a marathon, though. I hope the show sticks around.

seanan_mcguire

December 27 2010, 16:33:59 UTC 6 years ago

Me, too.