Raise your hand if 'ew.'

Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...

To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])


Jessica - Mar 02, 2013 4:48:54 pm PST #10543 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

In the most recent ep, their secret in-car meetup was shot less than a block from my apartment.

Here it is on Google Streetview. There's a very good chance my car was in the background of that scene.

I think my best course of action is just to pretend this show takes place in an alternate universe where the Capitol is in Brooklyn, and the East River has been renamed the Potomac. I don't think I've laughed this much at bad location doubling since that movie that was shot on the Northwestern campus and featured my dorm. (Don't ask me the name, it was an awful movie, but we all watched it in the common room because the main character was a Chapino and how often is that a plot point ever?)

That said, I'm glad I decided to give it 5 eps initially because now (ep 5!) they finally seem to have decided on an arc for the relationship plot and the spy stuff is really picking up steam.


Java cat - Mar 03, 2013 5:52:05 pm PST #10544 of 11998
Not javachik

Coincidence: it's been exactly one month since I was last here. Not a coincidence: still loving Justified, tho' I shouldn't have read the white font. I must've missed the last episode, although I thought I was current. On Demand must have a one-week delay.

My neighbors are really liking The Americans so I'll have get around to watching more than the pilot. I've been getting them to watch shows for years, so turn about is good. Looks like Tim Goodman only wrote one article about it. [link]


Juliebird - Mar 03, 2013 6:21:12 pm PST #10545 of 11998
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Several things I'm trying to figure out from this past Justified: why Hunter wanted to kill Arlo after being offered a deal on Drew's current identity (is he trying to protect Shelby, if that's who it is?), and how Arlo came out of his double dose stupor? Did the double dose not actually work and he happened to become lucid enough to realize he was in danger? I can't see that the guard lied about overdosing him, and if so . . . I guess I don't know about drugs to know what the effect should be.

And oh, RAYLAN.


Cass - Mar 03, 2013 9:50:07 pm PST #10546 of 11998
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

and how Arlo came out of his double dose stupor? Did the double dose not actually work and he happened to become lucid enough to realize he was in danger? I can't see that the guard lied about overdosing him, and if so . . . I guess I don't know about drugs to know what the effect should be.

I felt we were supposed to think that Arlo was faking his reaction because he knew what was coming and was using it to his advantage. I think he got double meds but it didn't put him in a stupor so much as he faked it and then took his chance at fighting to break free when he could. Could be wrong.


erikaj - Mar 04, 2013 5:03:55 am PST #10547 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!

I think you're right, Cass. But every Justified is so full of stuff...but he's been tonguing pills sine he lived with Helen so...


Nora Deirdre - Mar 04, 2013 5:55:15 am PST #10548 of 11998
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

t sigh I miss Helen.


erikaj - Mar 04, 2013 7:19:23 am PST #10549 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah, she was awesome. Watching her and Mags talk about the old days was sort of a highlight of that seasons


Jesse - Mar 04, 2013 4:40:13 pm PST #10550 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So, I know why they are doing it, but the clothes on The Americans bug me. I remember the 80s! (for example)

Also, Margo Martindale!


Scrappy - Mar 04, 2013 5:48:40 pm PST #10551 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I think they're pretty good since it's 1980 and the very beginnng of the era--I counter your example with this: [link]


DavidS - Mar 04, 2013 6:21:51 pm PST #10552 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yeah, the eighties don't really become "The Eighties" until about '84. Before that you had the Preppy Handbook.