We haven't yet caught up on either Orphan Black or Continuum, but both are recommended. They have different strengths, though.
Orphan Black is a tour de force of acting, and the direction and writing are solid, but the plots can be head-scratching sometimes. Continuum is more conventional, but a really good exploration of the time-travel concept, with good characters who regularly fail to be simplistic, and a really intricate plot that so far holds together.
Intriguingly, both play into your heroine-as-mother point from the other day: while I don't think that either explores it as far as they might, it isn't giving anything away to say that this is pretty central to both stories. Indeed, both are quite comfortable with the idea in a way that I don't think existed on TV ten years ago.
Other good stuff:
-- While it doesn't have quite the depth of Elementary, we're enjoying Perception for many of the same reasons, including the steadfast refusal to fall into the trap of romantic attachment between the leads.
-- The Good Wife is too far gone for me to catch up at this point, but it is certainly one of Kate's very favorite shows.
-- She is slowly taking me through West Wing when we have time. Really a landmark series in terms of writing and acting, and it has held up surprisingly well.
And of course it has nothing to do with writing, but I'm waiting for So You Think You Can Dance to get to the meat of the season. It's just a contest show, but it's refreshing to see one of those that is actually about talented people doing remarkable art...
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Orphan Black is a tour de force of acting, and the direction and writing are solid, but the plots can be head-scratching sometimes. Continuum is more conventional, but a really good exploration of the time-travel concept, with good characters who regularly fail to be simplistic, and a really intricate plot that so far holds together.
Intriguingly, both play into your heroine-as-mother point from the other day: while I don't think that either explores it as far as they might, it isn't giving anything away to say that this is pretty central to both stories. Indeed, both are quite comfortable with the idea in a way that I don't think existed on TV ten years ago.
Other good stuff:
-- While it doesn't have quite the depth of Elementary, we're enjoying Perception for many of the same reasons, including the steadfast refusal to fall into the trap of romantic attachment between the leads.
-- The Good Wife is too far gone for me to catch up at this point, but it is certainly one of Kate's very favorite shows.
-- She is slowly taking me through West Wing when we have time. Really a landmark series in terms of writing and acting, and it has held up surprisingly well.
And of course it has nothing to do with writing, but I'm waiting for So You Think You Can Dance to get to the meat of the season. It's just a contest show, but it's refreshing to see one of those that is actually about talented people doing remarkable art...