Love Raising Hope.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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-t - May 07, 2012 2:07:49 pm PDT #5507 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gris - May 07, 2012 2:07:53 pm PDT #5508 of 8624
Hey. New board.
Just realized it's over for the season. I guess the storyline where the serial killer mom comes back did have some "finale" feeling to it, but I somehow missed that. I will admit that as far as finale hoopla goes it was pretty underwhelming and not especially well done. But there was plenty of garden variety funny mixed in.
sj - May 07, 2012 2:14:48 pm PDT #5509 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I still love Raising Hope.
quester - May 07, 2012 2:16:22 pm PDT #5510 of 8624
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Except for the enormous Jillifonts in one episode, I still like Raising Hope.
It took me awhile to get over the sense of betrayal that particular episode left me with, but in general it's a fun show.
And there is no point. Ever.
EpicTangent - May 07, 2012 2:18:52 pm PDT #5511 of 8624
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
The last 2 eps were when Hope's mom miraculously wasn't dead after all and decides to fight Jimmy et al for custody, right? I didn't think it was their strongest work, but still pretty enjoyable.
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askye - May 07, 2012 2:19:41 pm PDT #5512 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
It's the whole Inside Probe/Mom comes back stories. It just didn't like it and instead of thinking it was funny I just felt annoyed. I wasn't sure if they were going for a possible show finale or what. Usually I'm fine with all the implausible stuff this just bugged me.
EpicTangent - May 07, 2012 2:21:32 pm PDT #5513 of 8624
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I wasn't loving it because of the implausibility, as you said. But when they took the ridiculous all the way to 11 for the ending, it was somehow redeemed for me.
-t - May 07, 2012 2:27:36 pm PDT #5514 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I think that's how it went for me, too, Epic.
Also, I am a huge sap and it consistently plays into that quite effectively.
quester - May 07, 2012 2:29:26 pm PDT #5515 of 8624
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I couldn't figure out where they were going with the whole thing and I was not happy to have Nancy Grace on my TV, but the ending paid off for me.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 07, 2012 2:54:29 pm PDT #5516 of 8624
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It's the whole Inside Probe/Mom comes back stories. It just didn't like it and instead of thinking it was funny I just felt annoyed.
It was just too much for me. The wacky hijinks are usually the sorts of things that somewhat eccentric people might get up to, but that storyline just strained my suspension of disbelief too far. And I happily watch Glee and Being Human so it's not as if I demand a naturalistic tone in my entertainment.