I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.

Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'


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

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


le nubian - Aug 28, 2007 6:41:56 pm PDT #416 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I have been watching "Damages" regularly. I like it, but I told Beau, if this is a 2 hour "mystery" that they are stringing out for 13 weeks, I'm gonna be pissed.


sumi - Aug 30, 2007 7:34:09 am PDT #417 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!

Interview with Tate Donovan (speaking of Damages)


Java cat - Aug 30, 2007 6:38:17 pm PDT #418 of 11998
Not javachik

Seriously, why do these people not have their photos on IMDB? [link] Crazy. I'm guessing James is the cheatin' father on State of Mind. I've seen 1 episode 3 or 4 times to catch the bits I did/did not fall asleep on.


Vortex - Aug 30, 2007 7:31:09 pm PDT #419 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Loved the end of Mad Men tonight. Don found an inventive way to punish Sterling for making a pass at his wife, though I was a little disappointed that he seemed to blame her for the pass being made in the first place.

I knew that hair thing would come back to bite her, but I thought it would be in a different way. I loved the friend making up the excuse to come over. So very old school


sumi - Aug 30, 2007 8:17:14 pm PDT #420 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!

No, he was the guy who killed his partner in episode 2. (If you're talking about JM.)

Yeah, that was excellent revenge. And I was also disappointed that he blamed Betty for Roger coming onto her but then I figured that it made sense given his insecurities about who he is compared to Roger and Betty, you know? And I was pleased that the mother of the insano boy had the same reaction that we did about Betty giving him the lock of hair.


DavidS - Aug 30, 2007 9:24:43 pm PDT #421 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Mad Men: I wasn't surprised that Don blamed Betty for Roger's grope. One big aspect of the show is that everybody buys into the culture. That's how it works. That's how Betty's neighbor can talk about loving that look down the dress look.

Yeah, Don's smile as he leaves Roger on the landing definitely indicates that was a revenge. And planned back at at the last martini.

An interesting thing about Pete is that he's right about the future. He sees how things will play out, the little weasel. But he's the character that anticipates the changes in the sixties.

They're going to develop Peggy as a writer. That's clear. And fascinating. There were a few major female writers in the ad business in the sixties.

Has anybody else noticed that the last three episodes were either written or directed by women?

The whole show reminds me of Tim's "Are You Now..." because they use the past to illuminate the present. It's the inverse of science fiction; historical fiction as a metaphor for the present. The implication is that the sexism, racism, anti-semitism is still present but just buried in different ways.


amych - Aug 31, 2007 3:33:03 am PDT #422 of 11998
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Another vote for disappointed but not remotely surprised. This is Dick Freakin' Whitman we're talking about, after all.

And I loved Pete seeing the Kennedy youth appeal and completely not convincing any of the others. Also, various people not knowing what "dip" was.


sumi - Aug 31, 2007 5:01:12 am PDT #423 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!

I loved how people didn't know what chip and dip was either. I didn't realize that was a exciting new culinary adventure in 1960. Didn't Dick plan the revenge well before the lunch? Because he bribed the elevator operator much earlier.


sumi - Aug 31, 2007 6:07:08 am PDT #424 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!

Rescue Me: A TWOPPER posted this screencap to support the idea that the season, has so far, been a dream.

(I will be sad if Tommy doesn't have an actual IW pup and it's just some sort of dream spirit animal.)


erikaj - Aug 31, 2007 8:17:14 am PDT #425 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah, Hec, I noticed the thing in the credits. But then, I always do. Look for that, I mean. They really made Don's boss look sick in this one, didn't they? And I'm not talking about what he put Betty through. I'm talking about when he got sick in the meeting, he really looked green and stuff. Most shows don't do that to their actors. About the look, even though I spend half the time watching this show wishing I could tell the guys to keep their hands to themselves, growing up with a different set of expectations, I sort of understand what Mrs.Draper's neighbor means.

Sexist or not, I don't get that kind of attention. If you do, that probably sounds like what our mothers fought for, but actually? It kind of feels like being at the kids'table for life.

I'm surprised Helen didn't find that a strange request from her boy...has he been doing that a lot?