Well, if it had gone to a second season, he was probably going to blow Joanne up in a phone booth. That's darker, no?
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kristen - Nov 13, 2005 6:35:46 pm PST #6132 of 10001
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Daisy Jane - Nov 13, 2005 6:35:53 pm PST #6134 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
He might have, given more episodes. The final one was pretty dark.
Daisy Jane - Nov 13, 2005 6:36:45 pm PST #6135 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm not sure Gail would have lasted too long into a second season.
Kristen - Nov 13, 2005 6:37:22 pm PST #6136 of 10001
You think the last episode was dark?
ETA: Oh wait. That was the episode where whatsherface kills her uncle. I see your point.
Since I usually watch them all together, it's hard to remember specifically what happened in which.
Daisy Jane - Nov 13, 2005 6:40:44 pm PST #6137 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Yep. When he sent a Girl Scout to the office as a reminder.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2005 6:41:17 pm PST #6138 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm surprised that Joanne and Sykes lasted all that long. But I suppose the narrative framework required it. More squashing! Trample lives and hearts and minds!
Tamara - Nov 13, 2005 6:45:20 pm PST #6139 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Adds Profit to Netflix queue because not reading the whitefont is driving me crazy!
Allyson - Nov 13, 2005 6:52:45 pm PST #6140 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I was just so disappointed that he didn't buy Gail a new zoomy car in the finale. She really deserved one after dealing with mad scientist harasser and then having him boxed and shipped to China. Seemed a fair reward.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2005 6:55:14 pm PST #6141 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Boxing him up and sending him to China was a reward! I'm listening to the commentary for Healing, and that was certainly an ep I thought could have gone way darker.
Which looks odd, now that I've typed it, and Profit's onscreen talking to the psychiatrist about having raped his patients.
But I still think I mean it.
Man, the friend I'm lending these to is going to be a bit offended.