How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?

Jayne ,'The Message'


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-t - Aug 18, 2014 2:20:19 pm PDT #6118 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

To be fair, the Sookie Stackhouse books were not enormously consistent in terms of sensibility, IMO. Veering away from the source material was not always a mistake. Like keeping Lafayette alive: good choice.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 18, 2014 2:24:31 pm PDT #6119 of 7329
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Likewise the absence of Quinn and Bubba.


Amy - Aug 19, 2014 2:31:37 pm PDT #6120 of 7329
Because books.

Is anyone else watching Outlander?


Jessica - Aug 19, 2014 3:09:22 pm PDT #6121 of 7329
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Amy, I was just coming in here to ask if anyone knew where to find it for streaming/download! I thought it was available on iTunes but apparently not.


sj - Aug 19, 2014 3:13:39 pm PDT #6122 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Amy, I was planning on watching it, but we don't have Starz anymore.


Amy - Aug 19, 2014 3:16:13 pm PDT #6123 of 7329
Because books.

Um, not above-board, that I know of.


beekaytee - Aug 19, 2014 3:24:16 pm PDT #6124 of 7329
Compassionately intolerant

I do agree with -t's point about Lafayette. Absolutely.

I am watching Outlander, Amy...while simultaneously listening to the books. (It turns out that the series constitutes several hundred hours of entertainment!)

I liked the second episode much better than the first and am hopeful for the series being much more loyal to the source material...though there are already some changes.

What have you thought of it?


beekaytee - Aug 19, 2014 3:30:17 pm PDT #6125 of 7329
Compassionately intolerant

You can watch the first episode of Outlander on the Starz site.

It would be so good if they did the delayed release that hulu does...or made a deal with netflix!


Amy - Aug 19, 2014 3:35:19 pm PDT #6126 of 7329
Because books.

It's been a long time since I read the books, so a lot of the little details are probably going to escape me, but I'm loving it so far. I think they're doing a fantastic job creating the world and the characters so far. The casting for Claire and Jamie is really great.


Java cat - Aug 19, 2014 3:46:55 pm PDT #6127 of 7329
Not javachik

The "Guest" ep of The Leftovers was fabulous, I thought. Carrie Coon as Norah Durst was amazing. That ep brought to the table the ways things have changed in the world at large by setting it in a city at a convention. It was good to get out of town. Wayne seems to have a genuine gift, too, even if he is a scumbag in his personal life. It may just be empathy and/or intuition, but it's something. The sacrificial lamb aspect, dunno about that. Delusion probably.

"Cairo" whoa. I want to know how the shirts got there - I guess he did that? The guilty remnant thing is so weird, tho' I'm glad Masters of Sex can have an actor back now. The implication is that Laurie will make herself a sacrifice in the future. Jill, M Qualley, is Andie McDowell's daughter.

What on earth are the GM doing? Those are bodies, yeah? I think Im not going to like next week's ep.