Sumi,

I saw the ep too (with Beau) and up until the last third of the ep, I was planning to watch the 2nd episode. Now, The Americans is dead to me. I might pick it up again marathon style in the summer, but I have no interest in following it week to week.

The acting was pretty compelling in general, but overall I wasn't that interested in premise (these KGB agents who are 20-year veterans trying to exist undetected in the U.S.). Beau made a point, which I agree with, that this show probably should have started when the 2 agents had just landed in the U.S. Then we could be more caught up in the story as they transition to the U.S.

This could have been forgiveable, but when you get to the director/writing choices toward the end of the episode, I was just done. There is a point when the choose "In the Air Tonight" and I just groaned out loud. The use of "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac during scenes was a little odd (I love the song, but I'm not sure the rhythm of the song matched the tone of the scenes), but this perceived mismatch was amplified with the use of Collins' song.

Perhaps it is because I am way north of 30 that I associate "In the air tonight" with particularly dramatic scenes from "Miami Vice" and while I don't think that show has a lifetime claim to the song, I think another 80s song could have worked better. The song choices brought me right the fuck out of the show.

And on top of that, what occurred in the last part of the pilot episode in terms of plot was just ridiculous. It's almost like the first half of the show was written in such a way so that it wasn't really predictable, but the rest of the show made up for it double-time.

"Justified" is so superior to this program it isn't even funny. Not all dramas can compare to it in quality, but there is nothing now that will compel me to come back.

"Justified" is superior to many things actually. Although I'm getting tired of libertarians using my appreciation of the show to claim I want an AR-15 in every pot. Hello? Fiction? McFly?

There is a point when the choose "In the Air Tonight" and I just groaned out loud.

That was the point where DH and I lost it too.

To be fair, though, the second ep has a VERY different tone, so I'm going to give the show 4-5 eps to work out the kinks before I give up entirely.

Please report back after 4-5 eps.

I’ve been earwormed with “Tusk” for the last 72 hours.

Tom - Don't tell me.

Haven't been here in weeks if not months. Homeland slowly became disappointing this season; too much Yay 24!-esque dumbness. But I'll watch to see if Season 3 is any good. Dexter got better after not being very good the year Colin Hanks was on, for one example of the virtue of not giving up.

Yay for Justified! Art, Raylan, Boyd, what a fabulous trio of actors. Everyone's good, really.

I'm all caught up with The Walking Dead and looking forward to the next run of eps starting next weekend. I'm still startled as how much I love this show, given how successfully and determinedly I avoided all zombie-subject media until it.

Just in case convo was going to go further--Homeland and Dexter belong in Premium.

I'm only watching Ripper Street with half an eye--but what I consider an interested half an eye--I'm at least tracking the A plot.

Imagine my surprise as I'm wondering if the Jackson guy is from the future, what with his Science and his Weaponry, and the whole time I had completely missed the minor issue of the accent difference. I am pathetically bad at spotting the most obvious shit in that category.

Justified: Well, my goodness.