Oh that's so cool.
'War Stories'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
9-1-1 tonight was excellent!
I'm really enjoying 9-1-1 and Lone Star.
Such a comforting call back to my favorite show of yesteryear. And, pretty people!
9-1-1 and it's Lone Star counterpart are appointment television for me. I love them.
Knowing that Connie Britton is slated to return next season, I'm watching the reintroduction of Abbie at the tail end of this season with a side-eye. I love Abbie, and I loved Connie Britton so much -- I think it was my favorite role she's ever done. But the show has grown and changed since the first season that the first season almost feels like a separate, complete show in and of itself; and the subsequent seasons almost feel like a spin-off.
Well done, Kristen!
I am still catching up on this season of 9-1-1. I love the guest stars they get Greg Evigan and Shari Belafonte for tiny parts. So nice to see them on the screen.
That was a really good episode of 9-1-1 -- excellent pacing, the right 9-1-1 style balance between heartwrenching and feel good, and one hell of a cliffhanger. Long reaction post is long:
Spoilery for 3x17: I was so relieved that the incident between Athena and the serial rapist didn't include sexual violence. It would have been easy to go there, even just verbal threats; but I think the wordless audio of the incident was perfectly horrifying. I did like at the end how May insisted that Athena be in her prom photos, and that she was proud of her mom for doing her job; it felt just slightly bitter because of how thoroughly May went after Athena and Athena's job for a sensationalized college essay. And I mean -- that felt right, teenagers are absolutely that fickle and emotionally variable, but my grown-ass adult self was side-eyeing May's earnestness like "Oh *now^ you find value in what your mother does and the pride Athena has in her work." Like it took Athena being beat to shit and getting a brilliant nearly single-handed collar on a violent rapist that wasn't on anyone's radar for May to be circumspect about her mom's work. Too real, lol.
As for the cliffhanger, I didn't realize until I saw Connie Britton's name on the credit scrawl that Abbie was returning *this season*, for more than a cameo -- I thought Abbie was slated to return *next* season, so this was a delight. Abbie is, I believe, my favorite character that Connie Britton has ever played, which is saying something because I have watched things specifically because she was acting in them!
Spoiler that was in the promo for the finale: I was DELIGHTED by the line drop in the trailer: "I'm looking for my fiancé!"
I started writing...a really long thing about Buck's relationships tied my reaction to the above promo, but it started to get rambly, so I dumped it in notepad to noodle at later for a future post.
And now Jack McGee, Noah Bean, and Jessica Tuck in an ep.
I started writing...a really long thing about Buck's relationships tied my reaction to the above promo, but it started to get rambly, so I dumped it in notepad to noodle at later for a future post.
I look forward to reading it. I also have...thoughts. But largely inarticulate!
Ice Ice Baby! hahaha