Faith & Fire, by James Swallow. Woo! Action-packed. Man, I've been reading too much beer+pretzel scifi lately. But hey, it's fun. Isn't it funny that the word "man" can be used as a very minor epithet like that? But that's a tangent. Anyway, kudos to Swallow for pulling off characters which would generally be shallow zealots have some amount of depth to them. Not quite an Abnett novel (though similar in style at times), but way better than most 40k stories, I'll give it that much. I think the main phrase for the best parts of it is 'over the top' - for example,

"Any bones broken?" ventured Verity. Her face was dim in the gloom. "Are you in pain?"

"Constantly," frowned the Battle Sister. "My trigger finger aches from lack of use."

The L Word, Season 1. Much thanks to Ms. Nicole for the lending! Having seen only most of the third season prior to watching the first, it's interesting to note how well put together the writers' character development is, in details that are subtle and yet sustained across that gulf of time. And though there are the usual first-season foibles and slight awkwardness at times (re: Farscape as an example), I enjoyed watching how the patterns of approacing LGBT, gender, and other issues was established, and for another example of an interesting aspect of the show, how confluences are built up to (re: Dana's cancer versus Moira/Max's transitioning in the third season, versus Jenny's Most Awkward Moment Ever in the first season's finale). But at the moment I kind of loathe Jenny anyway, so there.