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.

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.

I am tiggy, both with the teen storylines and the margene-love. It doesn't hurt that there is Lilly, Mac, and Beaver from Veronica Mars in the teen cast.

It's official:

SURF'S UP FOR MILCH AS HBO TAKES SKEIN

Duo shore up link with 'John' show

HBO and David Milch are back in business. The network has greenlit 12 episodes of "John From Cincinnati," a surf noir family drama set in Southern California from the "Deadwood" creator-exec producer. Production begins in November for a premiere next summer.

a surf noir family drama set in Southern California

As long as there's no undercover agent named Johnny Utah, I'll be there.

Here's more information from elsewhere:

HBO has ordered 12 episodes of Milch's latest drama John From Cincinnati, which will revolve around the seriously screwed up Yost family of Imperial Beach. Dad is a former surfing star, Mom is definitely dispirited, and their son is addicted to drugs. Enter John (um, from Cincinnati) who shows up at the Yosts looking for surfing lessons (rather mysteriously no less) as well as a guy who is looking for revenge against the Yosts for a personal vendetta. Hmmmm, is it a coincidence that the two men show up at the same time?

John From Cincinnati, which begins production next month, stars Austin Nichols, Bruce Greenwood, Rebecca De Mornay, Brian Van Holt, Matt Winston, Greyson Fletcher, Luis Guzman, and Ed O'Neill. (Talk about a great cast.) Series is expected to launch next summer.