In that last two days, S and I have watched Deadwood S1 Eps 10&11 -- Mr. Wu, and Jewel's Boots Were Made for Walking. Both of which were very good. Ricky Jay wrote Jewel's Boots, which pleased me to no end.

Deadwood continues to have to most bizarre, amusing and uncomfortable conversations. The one between Al and the magistrate's bagman, about which dope head he should give to Mr. Wu to feed the pigs, and the broader situation in the camp, is a perfect example.

Also, the more I watch this show, the more I enjoy Ian McShane's performances.

wrod, Sean. Corwood, stop talking like Carcetti. Big Love: If the acting wasn't so good, I think I'd give it a total pass, because the writing is better than network, but not as good as The Daves and the subject matter often gives me a squick. But CS, JT, and, well, really the whole cast, just act their butts off. I'd give it three out of five, personally.

I'm liking Dexter a lot. I'm plenty weirded out by Michael C. Hall's talk about how liberating it is to play Dexter compared to the repressed David on 6FU, but that's just part of the fun, I guess.

The latest show I'm watching is Brotherhood. It seems a bit derivative in structure (hello, we get that politics and organized crime aren't that different), but what they are doing with it is very interesting so far, and hey, like I needed more Annabeth Gish issues, but oh yeah.

I'm plenty weirded out by Michael C. Hall's talk about how liberating it is to play Dexter compared to the repressed David on 6FU, but that's just part of the fun, I guess.

I kind of get it! I mean, look at all that emotional restraint in david, compared with no emotions and no restraint in dexter! I think it's kind of intriguingly, disturbingly liberating just watching.

In that last two days, S and I have watched Deadwood S1 Eps 10&11 -- Mr. Wu, and Jewel's Boots Were Made for Walking.

Huh. I watched Jewel's Boots Are Made for Walking last night. I think the most moving moment of the first season is the wide shot of Jewel picking herself up after falling and checking her hair to see if it's mussed.

I think the most moving moment of the first season is the wide shot of Jewel picking herself up after falling and checking her hair to see if it's mussed.

Oh yeah. I really liked that ep because it gave us a little more about Jewel. It's amazing that she puts up with so much crap from everyone, but of course back then, she had little choice. It seems somehow appropriate that Ricky Jay, something of an outsider-by-choice himself, wrote the episode that brings a little more depth and humanity to Jewel.

One of my favorite moments of the ep (aside from Jewel's aforementioned picking herself up out of the mud, as no one else would do it for her) was Doc telling Al that he generated his moods himself and then found excuses to have them.

Has it already been discussed that the actor who plays Jewel was Blair's cousin on The Facts of Life ? Hee!

Apparently she and Milch went to the pharmacist on the same day.Literally...that's not a drug metaphor or anything.

Any BL lovers? Haters?

not a lover, but i like it enough to *ahem* it(since i don't get HBO). i'm kind of hoping they'll spend a little bit more time on the teenagers storylines next season.

my favorite wife is margene.

but i like it enough to *ahem* it(since i don't get HBO).

There was an article in the Sun yesterday about how HBO is upset about the bootlegging of the whole current Wire season. Some of it was about illegal downloading and there was some indignation about spoilers getting out and about on the internets but the part I thought was interesting is that people are selling bootleg DVDs in nightclubs in B'more as well as other big cities around the country. They are big sellers evidently.

Also, I had a very Wire-esque moment on my drive home yesterday. Saw a guy running and getting taken down by one uniform and one (I think) undercover cop in the parking lot of a grocery store. very dramatic for the afternoon commute.