Angel S5 had a couple of great standalone episodes, Numero Cinco and Smile Time, but the overall arc was meh.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Apr 05, 2011 7:45:40 am PDT #1782 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 05, 2011 7:49:10 am PDT #1783 of 30001
"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
I liked Angel Season 5 better than the previous two seasons (SO much better than Season 3!), but it doesn't hold up to what I consider to be the gold standards: Seasons 1 & 2 and Buffy Seasons 1-3.
DavidS - Apr 05, 2011 7:49:57 am PDT #1784 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It must be said that Buffy sustained a greater peak for a longer time. BtVS Seasons 2-4 are solid gold.
ION, I found this newspaper item from 1911 criticizing intercollegiate baseball:
Dr. Jordan witnessed one of the games of baseball between Stanford and the University of California recently, and became highly indignant at what he termed “systematic muckerism” as manifested by the cancous joshing of pitchers and other players
"Systematic muckerism"? I don't even know about "cancous joshing." "Canerous" maybe? "Rancorous"?
Jessica - Apr 05, 2011 7:52:14 am PDT #1785 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
BtVS Seasons 2-4 are solid gold
I don't know about that - S4 has some standouts in it, but as an arc it was pretty uneven.
Tom Scola - Apr 05, 2011 7:54:43 am PDT #1786 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Oh, yeah? Well, Dr. Jordan throws like my grandma.
Daisy Jane - Apr 05, 2011 7:56:41 am PDT #1787 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Mucker is to fuck up, so I assume systematic muckerism is fucking around as a matter of course.
Don't know about cous cous or whatever that word is.
DavidS - Apr 05, 2011 7:57:56 am PDT #1788 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't know about that - S4 has some standouts in it, but as an arc it was pretty uneven.
The arc made no sense. However, I think of it as a season with paired episodes like two episodes covering Oz leaving, and the Fuffy/Baith two-parter. Plus some of the funniest episodes were that season and you also had the Gentleman. Way better than solid.
erikaj - Apr 05, 2011 8:11:47 am PDT #1789 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I am probably the reason tech support has to feel people's pain, now. Sorry. Although I still get huffy, "everyone knows that," dudes. WTF?
Kathy A - Apr 05, 2011 8:14:44 am PDT #1790 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm finding out that it's hard taking care of a post-op parent. She's great about trying to do as much as she can by herself (can get herself to the bathroom, do what she needs to, and back in bed, which is great), but making sure she tells me she needs something is the tricky thing. That, and not freaking out when she calls for me while she's in the bathroom, and finding her on the floor because she fell down. That got me scared.
She almost wishes that they did this procedure with at least a one-night checkin at the hospital, but there are drawbacks to that, as well. We're just hoping that after the first 48 hours, things will get better for her. She's still taking an occasional Percoset for the pain.
Millie, her dog, is curled up next to her bed, obviously worried about her, which is sweet!
SuziQ - Apr 05, 2011 8:28:07 am PDT #1791 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
finding her on the floor because she fell down
That is the scariest thing ever. I ended up having to call paramedics to help me get her back in bed.
Millie is the bestest. Animals are great at providing comfort like that.