Wash: I'm not leaving her side, Mal. Don't ask me again. Mal: I wasn't asking. I was telling.

'Out Of Gas'


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

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


Liese S. - Sep 08, 2008 6:58:03 pm PDT #1340 of 11998
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

This is why this show is so interesting to me. All of the characters have depth, even the peripheral ones. Jimmy is more than just the cuckold. He has no illusions about his wife, his life, and career. But it doesn't stop him from being hurt and angry and vindictive. And he's willing to make the sacrifices he has in order to be able to live the life he wants to, presumably without repercussions.

Is this the first time Betty knows who the other woman is? When she admitted to the shrink that she knew Don had affairs, she was kind of fishing out the information, right? I can't remember if she knew the details before.

Oh, and poor Salvatore with his unrequited affection for Ken. And poor Kitty! She seems like a bright, appealing young wife, trying so hard. I bet Salvatore is a good husband otherwise.

So much of this show is people struggling to find their place in the world, which is why I think it resonates so much. Our struggles are the same struggles, just recast. I wonder what we'll look back on later about our own era and marvel at our simplicity and complacency.


Vortex - Sep 08, 2008 7:30:17 pm PDT #1341 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

She seems like a bright, appealing young wife, trying so hard. I bet Salvatore is a good husband otherwise.

until people start asking about children ;)


Barb - Sep 09, 2008 2:26:52 am PDT #1342 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”

Is this the first time Betty knows who the other woman is? When she admitted to the shrink that she knew Don had affairs, she was kind of fishing out the information, right?

Yeah-- she suspected before and when she called a phone number that she found in Don's desk, I think she fully expected that a woman would pick up, but then it turned out to be the shrink and that's when she realized that Don had been checking in on her supposed confidential sessions. And IIRC, it was after that that Betty made the comment to the doctor in a session that she was aware of Don's affairs, probably looking for some passive/aggressive way to let Don know that she knew of them.

However, now that the Other Woman's been given an actual face (and that Betty was humiliated in the process), she's going to be able to directly confront Don, which is what they alluded to in the previews for next week. Of course, she could be confronting him about something else altogether. That's the beauty of this show. You just don't know.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 09, 2008 3:08:07 am PDT #1343 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Betty's "you people are so crude" comment was telling. I liked Jimmy's response, too - "Who? Comedians!??!?" He had both her and Don's number.


Jesse - Sep 09, 2008 6:16:29 am PDT #1344 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, and poor Salvatore with his unrequited affection for Ken. And poor Kitty! She seems like a bright, appealing young wife, trying so hard. I bet Salvatore is a good husband otherwise.

Poor Salvatore. He perked up so much when Ken said, "You're not like the other men around here, are you?" No, no he's not.


Wolfram - Sep 09, 2008 9:26:01 am PDT #1345 of 11998
Visilurking

Betty's "you people are so crude" comment was telling. I liked Jimmy's response, too - "Who? Comedians!??!?" He had both her and Don's number.

I think she said, "you people are ugly and crude." I assume Jimmy is supposed to be Jewish? The writers sum up so much in just Betty's line and Jimmy's response.


Jesse - Sep 09, 2008 9:57:54 am PDT #1346 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, Bobbie had some line about if it wasn't for her, it would have been "Grin and [Jewish name]," not "Grin and Barrett."


JZ - Sep 10, 2008 9:11:26 am PDT #1347 of 11998
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

AfterElton just did a great interview with Brian Batt (Sal).


Wolfram - Sep 11, 2008 12:06:36 pm PDT #1348 of 11998
Visilurking

Anybody watching Sons of Anarchy? Is it just me, or are there a lot of Jericho alumni on this show?


sumi - Sep 11, 2008 12:28:17 pm PDT #1349 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!

Alot?

Oddly - I haven't noticed any.