Nice acronym, Mom!

Buffy ,'Showtime'


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

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


§ ita § - Sep 30, 2013 8:37:59 am PDT #11202 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It just means a protagonist who is not a good person

I'm assuming you didn't click on the link.

And they took great pains to show how monstrous he became by acting on his will.

And to not have him go out monstrously.


Polter-Cow - Sep 30, 2013 8:56:03 am PDT #11203 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm assuming you didn't click on the link.

...Sam and Dean Winchester what.


le nubian - Sep 30, 2013 9:30:16 am PDT #11204 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I would be a lot more entertained by Emily's column if I hadn't periodically read her tweets about BB and her guesses for these last few episodes. The tweets were wish fulfillment and fantastical.

Much like her column about the finale. Sure we didn't see WW drive off, but the show doesn't show a lot of stuff. How did Walt get from the cabin to the town bar in his physical state previous ep? Every ep has jumps in time.

If not for te periodic scenes to the finale, we could make the argument I guess he died on the floor of the cabin, but I don't think it's the writers' intent.


Jessica - Sep 30, 2013 9:40:15 am PDT #11205 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Maybe you don't think Walt deserved to get what he wants, but the entire series follows his character consistently and logically to this end.

Back in college, one of my screenwriting profs liked to say that every scene you write should be either surprising or inevitable. I don't agree with that as an unbreakable absolute, but the reason this ep failed for me was that it was neither - where it should have felt inevitable, it was just predictable. (I suppose Gretchen and Elliot were a little surprising, but then the fakeout with the laser pointers brought it right back into predictability.)


-t - Oct 03, 2013 5:10:57 pm PDT #11206 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh dear lord the end of Monday's Colbert Report (with Vince Gilligan) is fantastic.

I'll be honest, I am not really understanding y'all's criticisms. I'm not saying it was perfect, but the specific flaws you're pointing out, I don't see.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 03, 2013 7:27:07 pm PDT #11207 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Oh dear lord the end of Monday's Colbert Report (with Vince Gilligan) is fantastic.

Oh good. I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw that here.


Theodosia - Oct 05, 2013 7:16:12 am PDT #11208 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I loved the list of possible continuations that Colbert came up with. You could tell he and his staff were a little... obsessed.


-t - Oct 17, 2013 6:57:21 pm PDT #11209 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hi, White Collar! Hi.

Mozzie struggling not to go all conspiracy theory was very fun. And I am in for at least several more iterations of Neal Investigates His Own Crime, that's always good times.

Also, "Sterling!" may have beat out "Badger!" as the thing I want to yell at the screen when Mark Sheppard semi-unexpectedly appears.


Theodosia - Oct 18, 2013 2:01:55 am PDT #11210 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

"Mozzie" looks unexpectedly handsome with a goatee. I vote the actor should adopt one in real life.


§ ita § - Oct 18, 2013 7:11:57 am PDT #11211 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Also, "Sterling!" may have beat out "Badger!" as the thing I want to yell at the screen when Mark Sheppard semi-unexpectedly appears.

Whereas I was thinking "Read the fine print on a deal with the King of Hell!!"

Never diversify, Mark, never diversify...