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erikaj - Dec 30, 2009 6:39:58 am PST #2585 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

I probably won't get to see Entourage Season Six for a while, Java. I thought I wrote that in my post, but I guess I just thought I wrote that in my post. I mean, I got spoiled a few times, but then I quit looking, cause, hey, it's Entourage, and doesn't really stand up to *all that* much scrutiny. Kind of like the pretty bubble you can't look at too closely before it pops. ION, Tim Goodman and I used to have an e-mail correspondence while "The Wire" was still on.I doubt he thinks about my end of it, though, unless he is stuck for a column and needs to pretend to be working feverishly over lunch. I remember he was surprised I mentioned that Jimmy McNulty is hot, but, duh, Jimmy McNulty is hot and doesn't wear that many clothes around his shithole apartment.No, that isn't *why* I watched it, although that is why it was hard to be as hard on Stringer Bell as my brain occasionally demanded. Wanting to sniff someone does dim your moral outrage at them. I don't think I wrote that to Goodman, but if I did, that's probably why the e-mails stopped.


Java cat - Dec 30, 2009 3:01:04 pm PST #2586 of 7329
Not javachik

probably won't get to see Entourage Season Six for a while

Aha. Maybe I can help. I'm watching it now, and it's quite enjoyable. I do like these boys. (I had one of those awful normal diagnostic tests that involves anesthesia this morning so I am forced! to stay home and hang out. Ditto yesterday.)

Are you watching Dexter, erika?

I will try to focus more on going over the season that aired but right now, I keep wanting to know where they are going. Have to whitefont: As a practical matter, what will happen to the kids? I'm guessing custody will automatically roll over to Dexter as the spouse. But, did R have a will? Do Fla. statutes provide for spousal custody in the case of intestate death of the sole natural parent? How will the parents who just took them to Disney World fit in? R made a point of saying that even though her ex was an ass, they were terrific grandparents. Are they going to send Cody and Astor off to live with the grandparents, but follow the "born in blood" theme with Dex (and perhaps Deb as sister) parenting the baby. What's his name? Anderson? Harrison? Maybe their out for the rehab option is that Dex is forced into therapy for Harrison and kind of goes through it himself, something like that. Deb knows about the bloody container, she'll draw the parallel also, there won't be any way for Dex to avoid therapy. end whitefont There was an excellent yuletide last year? year before? on the theme of the therapist/Dexter, in that Dex goes through with it, safely. It was terrific. In that, he rehabs, then Deb is shot and he's very alone.


erikaj - Dec 30, 2009 3:29:19 pm PST #2587 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

I've seen parts of Dexter season 2, I think, but I haven't watched for a while. It's...intense.


§ ita § - Dec 30, 2009 3:48:58 pm PST #2588 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You don't need to whitefont, Java. Erika knows the score of the thread.


Juliebird - Dec 31, 2009 4:43:43 pm PST #2589 of 7329
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Man, I've been skimming back and forth through Carnivale, and after Jonesey's final scene in season 2, I almost couldn't bring myself to even skim the rest (I'm having a Tim DeKay fit). It took me until White Collar to realize that Clayton Jones was the only reason I hung on to the show, and my goodness he was such a wonderful woobie. I still call BS on the final fate of Jonesy, no matter how happy it makes me.


Mala - Jan 01, 2010 11:54:26 am PST #2590 of 7329

I still have a lot of lingering disappointment over Carnivale S2, but I love me some Jonesey. Nothing will ever be quite as hot as he and Rita Sue.


Java cat - Jan 02, 2010 10:57:18 am PST #2591 of 7329
Not javachik

Back a few days later. I finished Entourage Season 6 last night and it's gooooood. I don't know yet what their plans are for next year, if it's been picked up or not, but if it isn't, they can go out with their heads high. It's the best season yet. The boys quit being boys and all of them start being men. The cameoes in the last ep are great. I'm going to wait for erika to see this season before talking about it more, so, just, good work, Entourage. You did good.


erikaj - Jan 02, 2010 11:19:32 am PST #2592 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

I think they got picked up for two more seasons. (And that rumor about the feature film is circulating again. But those are always out there, so...)

ETA: Java, you could talk about it if you would like...early in the season, I was on spoilers like Dana Gordon in Cancun in '92. But I think I stopped trolling about the fourth or fifth one, that I might have a few surprises left. At the rate my spec script is becoming too long, I think I'm writing Entourage: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, right now, AIFG, baby.


Java cat - Jan 04, 2010 12:20:59 pm PST #2593 of 7329
Not javachik

Because I'll lose them if I don't post them.... URLs in re Dexter finale:

Michael C. Hall addresses the finale -- [link]

Ausiello interviews Exec Producer Clyde Phillips. Part 1: [link] Part 2 Ausiello Interview: [link]

Ken Tucker on finale: [link] and [link]

Ausiello [link]

TV Guide: [link]

Popcrunch: [link]

Short interview [link]


Java cat - Jan 04, 2010 4:13:52 pm PST #2594 of 7329
Not javachik

On October 23, 2009, HBO announced that it had picked up In Treatment for a third season. Production will begin in early 2010 for a premiere later in the same year.
[link]

FANtastic!!