Just finished the first season of Fringe.

Definitely got a lot better in the second half.  Love the alternate universe thing, and frickin' Leonard Nimoy?!?!  Hell yeah!

Very excited to start season two.  Though I'm disappointed that Fox apparently stopped doing the limited-commercials thing for the second season, which means every season-2 episode is be about ten minutes shorter than season-1 episodes.  I really thought the extra length helped season 1 a lot, too.

Sorry, DS - I had to put you on "Ignore" because I'm about 6 or 7 episodes behind on Dexter, and I don't want to spoil it for myself.

It's only temporary, I promise.

Alright, DS, I finished Dexter, so you're off my ignore list.

And about season 5, spoilers below:

I pretty much agree with you.  The last episode was great until they copped out on Lumen.  I was looking forward to Dexter having a true partner next season.

Ah, well.  At least it wasn't as bland and tasteless as season 3.

And it turns out there weren't even any spoilers in your post - I just saw "Dexter" and didn't want to risk it.

Well, that was fast - I already finished season 2 of Fringe.  Absolutely fantastic show - I really hope Fox doesn't kill it in its new Friday night slot.

I love Deep Space Nine--it may actually be my favourite Star Trek series.  It's really the one that dared to be different, with great results.

Just wait till about halfway through season 5; the show really goes epic in an awesome way . . .

Saw the Christmas special of Doctor Who.

What an incredible episode!  So much better than the majority of series five, because it had heart and depth and real character focus on top of the time travelling cleverness.  If that is an indication of what is to come next year, I'll be looking forward to it much more than I had been.  Michael Gambon's performance was amazing . . . really it was the first good Christmas special they've done, and a definite highpoint of the show as a whole.

Having Neil Gaimon do an episode for series six was an inspired choice: I'm definitely eager to see that one.

Been watching season 3 of Mission: Impossible.  Such an awesome show; very sixties, but in the best sense.  I've been familiar with it for a long time because it was my mother's favourite when she was a kid, and she had us watch them whenever they were re-run.  The Tom Cruise films are an abomination, utterly ruining everything that made the tv show great, so I shun those and refuse to watch them, but the show is one of the best things that's ever been broadcast.  It's pretty much a heist show with a lot of clever mind games--the focus is nearly always on fooling the enemy and outsmarting them through elaborate deceptions and subterfuge, and the intricate plans are completely dependent on teamwork to carry out properly.  (Sort of like the recent Ocean's Eleven on a weekly basis, but the characters as secret agents and not so much with the wisecracking.)  If you have a short attention span and little patience it won't be your favourite thing ever, but if you want something that will engage and thrill your higher functions it's really worth getting into.

I also just watched the Doctor Who Christmas special.  Far superior to any prior Christmas special for the series.  When I heard "CGI flying shark" a few months ago, I cringed hard, but I have to say it was incredibly well done.

Very excited for series 6 - more Ood, and apparently X Files-style "gray" aliens!

Saw the Mission: Impossible episode called "The Mind of Stefan Miklos".  Very subtle and complex, all about making an enemy agent think they're trying to fool him, so he sees through the 'deception' and believes he has won, but really the whole thing was an even more massive smoke screen to get him to believe disinformation.  I was very impressed with it.

Randomly, my top five television theme songs:

1.  Mission: Impossible

2.  Angel

3.  Firefly

4.  The X-Files

5.  Doctor Who