Aaah! I like how this show does big surprises without a lot of fanfare. There's no build-up to a musical sting, there's just, what the fuck, how does this lawyer know his name, oh crap, they have pictures of everyone, oh FUCK, the tests were fake! (That last one made me go "Fuuuuuuck" out loud, which I always consider a good sign in a television show.) I didn't think it could be over so quickly, and although I didn't watch the preview, of course the frickin' case isn't closed!

And similar to the surprise thing, there's clearly some sort of freaky conspiracy going on, but it's not played like The Event or something. It's just...there, again, without a lot of fanfare. And Donal Logue was killing me in the serious moments in this episode, especially when he was telling Gretchen that he might get killed, and he might not be the only one. Understated but effective, just like the rest of the show.

I am definitely looking forward to this show each week now. Wait, crap, how are the ratings?

So this week's episodes of both Terriers and Rubicon are about how to dispose of a body.

one more effective (successful?) than the other.

Because this is the de facto craft thread, I thought I'd post this here:

IT'S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON, MOTHERFUCKERS.

BY COLIN NISSAN

I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. That shit is going to look so seasonal. I'm about to head up to the attic right now to find that wicker fucker, dust it off, and jam it with an insanely ornate assortment of shellacked vegetables. When my guests come over it's gonna be like, BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes. Guess what season it is fucking fall. There's a nip in the air and my house is full of mutant fucking squash.

I may even throw some multi-colored leaves into the mix, all haphazard like a crisp October breeze just blew through and fucked that shit up. Then I'm going to get to work on making a beautiful fucking gourd necklace for myself. People are going to be like, "Aren't those gourds straining your neck?" And I'm just going to thread another gourd onto my necklace without breaking their gaze and quietly reply, "It's fall, fuckfaces. You're either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you're not."

Ha. That`s awesome.
 
And yeah, I was totally wishing Hank would just call Kale. And wouldn`t a half-decent coroner be able to tell what they did was inconsistent with what they staged? Of course, they wouldn`t have been able to go back and plant the papers with Kale`s version of body disposal.

A creepy thing, for me, is that the police (really just Gustafson) are just letting them get away with what really could have been murder in a show set so thoroughly in San Diego. Given the old Craig Peyer case, it's weird.

Also while there are a lot of huge class differences in San Diego, they are making it more of a "thing" in places it's not. Ocean Beach isn't that far from La Jolla. Plus Hank's house isn't exactly in a cheap neighborhood or location, even if he does have jets inevitably taking off over his head.

But I am really loving Terriers. I can't wait to see where it goes and how these characters develop. It's the characters that have me hooked with all of their messiness. Life is messy.

I didn't watch the preview, of course the frickin' case isn't closed!

There was nothing in the preview about the larger arc (that I could tell).

Wait, crap, how are the ratings?

I was talking to Donal's old college roommate this past weekend (how's *that* for name-dropping?) who told me that Donal was worried because no one was watching.

Yeah, I've been on TWoP. The ratings are dismal. Even Veronica Mars got more viewers.

Damn, another show I like that will likely go away. I've really liked each episode more than the last.

Oh, no, really? I just assumed people were watching because it's good and I see references to it on twitter.

There may be a flaw in my logic, but the larger point is: rats!