Castle

Here I go writing about another series: Castle

 
It is a police investigation series which started in 2009. But just as for The Mentalist, the action revolves around one non-police character, armed with a sky-high ego. In this case, it is a successful mystery author who goes by the name of Richard Castle. After deciding to kill he's star hero, he strikes a slightly writer's block. That's when he meets his new muse Detective Kate Beckett, and pulls up some strings to follow her around  for her cases.
The essence of the investigations is not extremely developed: some interrogations, few forensic scenes (but I don't miss that), a chase or two; and the solution of the cases usually comes on the spur of the moment.
But what holds everything together is the chemistry between Castle and Beckett, their small confrontations being delightful.
So if you enjoy slightly immature, egocentric, narcissistic, stubborn and big-mouthed characters, this is your thing.

Burn Notice

Today I'll write about another series that I started watching after reading about it in some newspaper: Burn Notice.

The DVD-cover makes things a little more interesting, ain't it? :p well, the idea is that a super-spy, Michel Westen, gets fired (technically speaking burnt) in the middle of a mission, and afterwards, he is city-arrested in Miami (it could not have been Kearney, Nebraska, could it?). There, helped by his slightly gun-obsessed ex and by another more or less special ops buddy he tries to get out of the pickle he's in and to make some money by doing different jobs. Thus, each episode revolves around a job and also adds pieces to his burn notice puzzle.
The action is very dynamic, there are surprising situations and cleverly funny moments; all in all, 40 min of cool entertainment. Moreover, the main caracter always provides out-of-the-ordinary sollutions, in a classy more sophisticated MacGuyver way.
I'm not sure that this "magic" around a spy capacities isn't as thin as the one in all the forensics series; but, here, I'm out of my field of expertise so I'm just enjoying the show. If you have a reliable confirmation that all he does is BS, enlighten me; I would still be watching it, but more as a fictional series.
One tiny personal disappointment would be that his ex "adapted" to the new environment and quit her "leprechaun" accent, but I heard that it will come back to her from time to time. :)

The Legend of The Seeker

Growing up with series like Xena, Warrior Princess and Hercules, I didn't fail to notice that the fantasy genre was a bit impoverished for quite a time, even though LOTR could have rebooted the trend. Still, a month ago I was told to try watching a more or less new series The Legend of the Seeker and I quite enjoy it.
The plot is based on a series of novels entitled The Sword of the Truth by Terry Goodkind, and tells the story of a hero (The Seeker) who must fulfill a prophecy by killing a dark wizard and thus saving the world.
The first season (which is as far as I got for the moment) follows the evolution of this Seeker for a mere young wood-something... to the hero meant to free mankind. Actually at the beginning the scenes are played quite clumsy at times and the dialogues are pretty cliche-based but the entire show evolves with the main character; so mid-way it offers a fair amount of entertainment.
To accomplish his destiny The Seeker is accompanied by a Confessor, member of a sisterhood possessing special powers whose mission is to protect him, and a powerful wizard (with a strange sense of humor) who's meant to guide him.
As expected the combination good-looking six-packed hero + hot companionship could not be avoided, and I'll be honest and tell you that NOT surprisingly Cupid is in the air, but stuff don't get that cheesy 'cas life's complicated (exaggeratedly complicated I would say).

Since there are at least 10 books in the series, there is enough inspiration material, but by the end of the end of the 2nd season (one season/book) (summer 2010) it seems that the show has been canceled.
Anyway, I found the first season enjoyable for a fan of magic-based adventures, so if you interested by The Legend of the Seeker here's where you can find the two aired seasons. Njoy!