It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.

Buffy ,'Get It Done'


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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - May 07, 2006 5:41:56 pm PDT #5950 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

AMC runs each ep 3 or 4 times, and they've done at least one marathon (of S1, right before they started airing S2).

I don't know if they've picked up the rights to S3 yet or not -- there's a legal issue with one of the eps which may cause problems, but I don't know the whole story so I can't say anything for sure.


bon bon - May 07, 2006 5:42:03 pm PDT #5951 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

They pulled off a nice trolley shot in this past episode, way better than Spike Lee ever managed.

Which shot was this?


Lee - May 07, 2006 5:45:06 pm PDT #5952 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Is there a strong arc to Hustle, or can you jump in at a random point?


§ ita § - May 07, 2006 5:48:41 pm PDT #5953 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Which shot was this?

The one where the Cockney guy is in the art gallery, and has just had the Mondrian pointed out to him. I think it starts by them changing the focal length of the lens, but then they cut away to the painting and then back on him, and it's a trolley shot up until they pan to show the mark who is now at his side.

It is awful when you find good new TV, isn't it? At least all the traditional season is over.

This week my ability to get stress headaches instantaneously is back. I'm backsliding on the concussion stuff, I swear. Ironically, I'm training less than ever, so I can't blame krav, not in the near term. But the place where I hit my head is intermittently throbbing, and just catching a trigger thing on TV (immigrant West Indian father rendered near insensible by (possibly racially motivated) murder of his son) and boom! Pain!

I should get my stuff out of the dryer.


Jessica - May 07, 2006 5:49:36 pm PDT #5954 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Nope -- there's some background continuity, but nothing crucial to any individual episode's plot. Watching the series premiere first is helpful because they set up all the characters, but you can mostly jump in anywhere.


§ ita § - May 07, 2006 5:49:59 pm PDT #5955 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is there a strong arc to Hustle, or can you jump in at a random point?

Not really. The second ep I caught went over everyone's backstories, but basically the things that develop so far have been the Cockney integrating with the team, and Mickey's love life (neither of which are tremendous spoilers).


Lee - May 07, 2006 5:51:34 pm PDT #5956 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Cool. I will have to TIVO it, and then maybe ask lots of annoying questions.


Jessica - May 07, 2006 5:51:44 pm PDT #5957 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

There's also a running gag in S2 involving the bartender, but it's cumulatively funnier no matter what order you watch it in.

Someone who's done a half-marathon, tell me -- will my legs feel less like lead that's been run over by a truck tomorrow? Lie if you have to...


msbelle - May 07, 2006 5:52:19 pm PDT #5958 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I really do love Meredith. really do.


bon bon - May 07, 2006 5:52:28 pm PDT #5959 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Oh, yeah. Perkins, there's not really an arc and there are few episodes-- I think fewer than twenty. But it's a show where you have to really suspend disbelief-- no one apparently has access to Google and every episode they manage to find a venal villian to con.