Oh, my God. That ending killed me. I mean, OK, dramatically interesting, yada yada, but I don't know if I can take so much heartache when I'm supposed to be watching the show for entertainment.
I think that the reason why this killed me is that I can totally see myself in that situation -- falling for a long time friend, having a great relationship, managing to fuck it up in some way (my mother may or may not be involved), pushing too hard when he needs some time (oh boy, can I see myself doing that), asking for help, then regretting it. Yeah, that's me. Except I've never seen The Way We Were.
Johnny's death could be addressed.
It does happen, though, Nutty. I did a show once with a guy who
tried to kill his mother during an epileptic fit. He and I worked closely together on a show that lasted almost six months all told, and some relatives of mine were close to his family and knew a lot of the family history and it's safe to say that this is NEVER, EVER something he would have done outside of a seizure. Non-seizure-y, he's a gentle affectionate puppydog of a man who is very loving toward and protective of his family (and not in a show-offy SNAGgy "Behold my marvelous sensitivity!" way, either; just because it's who he is). Seizure-y, he is someone else.
Admittedly it's rare and extreme, but Jon's theory, sadly, isn't that implausible.
Vortex, can you vague/spoilerfont that up a bit more?
I'm pretty sure we crossed the line last night, but I still need to go back and clean up.
Jon, I didn't see all of it. Still, I feel it my duty to be skeptical.
I find GG mysterious and baffling in its ongoing story lines. From the outsider standpoint, it feels like the same people have been minutiae-ing their relationships to death for years.
Thanks for that info, JZ, scary and sad though it is. It's good to know that the science on VM isn't coming out of the writers' collective asses.
GG:
Lorelai would be a lot better off if she'd thought of Oz's "I'm sorry you're having a hard time with this" line rather than The Way We Were (which I haven't seen, so that whole long explanation did very little for me). Woman needs to stop talking occasionally and listen.
Catching up from yestersay. (eta) Day. What y'all said yesterDay. Could be yestersay.
Having watched all 4 eps, I agree with DX and disagree with Beverly -- the body language in #2 was part of the episode itself, and not indicative of consistent hugely awkward socialisation on the geek's part.
I missed the premiere, caught the second, where he was hunch-y, and third, where he was not, and from those two samples made my assumption. But having watched the fourth and seen that his "normal" body language isn't withdrawn and defensive, I disagree with me and agree with ita and DX. I can do that, right?
Great eyes,
Um, yes. Now that, uh, you mention it.
and I think he's a good actor--actually I think the show has a terrific all round cast.
I do too. And I love the fact that Hirsch, Morrow and Crumholz all have a superficial facial resemblance that's believeable as "family".
About Medium--I'm not sure whether I like the show, so much as I love her husband and his reactions to her. And I've had to flat admit I love Patricia Arquette. I've seen more bad movies and tv-movies simply because I love to watch emotions play across her face. Not a crush, so much as I'd just want to have her face on a screen somewhere to watch. Similar to the way I'd like to put Marc Dacascos in his Mani quise of paint, tat, and loincloth, on a pedestal in a corner of my room and light him. And the way I wanted Sulu's head in teak.
