This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?

Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Mar 07, 2015 2:25:10 pm PST #21550 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh yeah! Even worse! It's when she's "graduated" to sitting in the front seat and the mom gets sentimental.


sj - Mar 07, 2015 2:33:12 pm PST #21551 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Sophia, A bit of Othello too.


Jessica - Mar 07, 2015 2:34:58 pm PST #21552 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

According to that one line in the pilot, it's King Lear.


Jessica - Mar 07, 2015 2:41:00 pm PST #21553 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Empire/Nashville night is one of my favorite nights on TV.

(Note, I have no idea if these shows actually air on the same night, because I am always Tivo-delayed. In our house, they are a double-header because soapy melodramas with music = awesomesauce, and Empire is an excellent antidote to all of Nashville's white-people-problems.)


sj - Mar 07, 2015 2:49:25 pm PST #21554 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Jessica, that is what I meant. Can I blame pregnancy brain?


Jessica - Mar 07, 2015 2:55:49 pm PST #21555 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Ha! I thought you were referring to Lucious being mad at the oldest son for marrying a white woman and becoming an accountant. But you can totally blame pregnancy brain. I still do and my youngest is four.


-t - Mar 07, 2015 2:55:54 pm PST #21556 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I thought the line referencing King Lear undercut any comparison to King Lear. It's only a superficial similarity as I remember Lear (which is not very well, I tend to conflate it with all the folktales featuring three daughters of king who asks them to prove their filial devotion but my point is in all of those it's the youngest daughter is all true and good and loving and in Empire I don't think we can say that about the sons).

Lion in Winter I don't so much know so I can't judge.

I have sorted a lot of laundry. Now I need to decide how much of it to actually wash because doing it all could take longer than I have available...


Jesse - Mar 07, 2015 3:04:05 pm PST #21557 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hmmmm.... [link]


msbelle - Mar 07, 2015 3:21:06 pm PST #21558 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

oh, she's pretty.


sj - Mar 07, 2015 3:21:51 pm PST #21559 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I thought the line referencing King Lear undercut any comparison to King Lear. It's only a superficial similarity as I remember Lear (which is not very well, I tend to conflate it with all the folktales featuring three daughters of king who asks them to prove their filial devotion but my point is in all of those it's the youngest daughter is all true and good and loving and in Empire I don't think we can say that about the sons).

I disagree. I think Jamal is very much the Cordelia of the show. Lucious dismisses him because he doesn't do and say exactly as his father says, but I think he is the most worthy of inheriting Empire.