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thathonkey posted:edit: Can somebody explain wtf happened at the end of the (very much one sided) diner convo between laurie and the gr leader lady? Who is Neil? Why does she start crying? What was in the bag? Why does this loving show keep creating mysteries!?!?!?!! I assumed she went to the ladies room to poo poo in the bag?
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Vishass posted:I assumed she went to the ladies room to poo poo in the bag? Occam's Restroom - the simplest explanation is always a bag full of poo poo
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El Pollo Blanco posted:I am assuming the cop who was so keen to pass on the information to the federal agency is somehow involved in the GR attacks, because he is aware that the feds aren't actually investigating GR/other cult related deaths, they're just burning the bodies and going in guns blazing to arrest or kill the cult leaders? How did I not pick up this? I figured it was just the stupid "roar, this is my jurisdiction" that every TV show does. That cop may not be involved, but it's probably common knowledge that ATFEC just comes in and cleans house when you call them.
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Kneecaps posted:That cop may not be involved, but it's probably common knowledge that ATFEC just comes in and cleans house when you call them. Then why did this concept surprise the police chief
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Peta posted:Then why did this concept surprise the police chief I mean, if it were just the typical "this is my jurisdication!" nonsense, I doubt that the mayor would have backed him up so strongly and declared that the subordinate had really hosed up. It's good to take care of things within the community when you can, but if the ATFEC were normal law enforcement people, and not total psychos, the chief and the mayor probably would have wanted their help in investigating a brutal murder with very few leads. Ersatz fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Jul 29, 2014 |
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This episode was pretty good, but that could have been mainly because I started skipping any scene with the GR that didn't have a "regular" character in it. The phone call from the ATF guy was my favorite part, since it's showing the effects of the Event and the creeping disorder even in the bureaucracy. Also:  I say "gently caress" too!  Matt continues to be the best character. I honestly thought he was going to get a few minutes alone with the body to "pray", then start doing twisted things to it. I like the organized, horric destruction of the now psychopathic ATF better, though!
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I really liked the opening to this episode, brutal but effective. The use of sound against the silent GR was a really fun way to do some neat scenes. Saying that everything else felt really contrived and boring. The worst trope was the bumbling technology idiot. They did so much to show him looking at the alarm and telling the daughter to set it and when it came time to disable it he was a complete idiot. I thought it would have been hilarious for the security company to call him to tell him someone was breaking into his house, he is the chief after all.
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Peta posted:Then why did this concept surprise the police chief His wife is in GR 
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zealott posted:The worst trope was the bumbling technology idiot. They did so much to show him looking at the alarm and telling the daughter to set it and when it came time to disable it he was a complete idiot. You could also say that his difficulty in dealing with his home security system indicates the insecurity that he's feeling. Ersatz fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Jul 29, 2014 |
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Jul 29, 2014 20:09
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Just so you guys aren't horrified when Chief Garvey has sex with his daughter's teenage friend, Emily Meade is in fact 25 Her in her pajamas, plus him looking at the cheerleaders in the hallway gave me a weird vibe this episode.   Does she have her own room in their house?
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Toshimo posted:They aren't hookers if they aren't getting paid. Oh please, they're paid in hugs.
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Anyone else notice that the last scene where the guys are stuffing the bodies into the crematorium didn't one of the guys look like Mr. I shoot Dogs wearing a hard hat and a mask?
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Professor Shark posted:Just so you guys aren't horrified when Chief Garvey has sex with his daughter's teenage friend, Emily Meade is in fact 25 I'm sure that will hold up in TV court.
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There is something about her face that is attractive but not at the same time. Also, it appears she just got done taking a grumpy, that is the bathroom behind her.
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She's hot, but I can't figure out what the hell she's wearing in that scene. A bikini top and shorts that go up to her tits?
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It's a pajama romper.
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It made her look like a SpongeBob SquarePants person.
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Ersatz posted:You could also say that his difficulty in dealing with his home security system indicates the insecurity that he's feeling. But we won't, because that would be terrible.
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Peta posted:Then why did this concept surprise the police chief I think it's one thing to hear about the evil ATFEC pulling some poo poo in other corners of the country and another thing entirely to have one of their agents directly offer to YOU to come exterminate some people in your own home town. And I think in the police chief's overwhelmed and flustered state of mind, he was a little horrified by his internal reaction where that offer sounded maybe remotely attractive.
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I just realized how dumb it is that the GR use pen and paper to communicate. Presumably they could use sign language, right? Or just text each other, good god.
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the posted:I just realized how dumb it is that the GR use pen and paper to communicate. Presumably they could use sign language, right? Or just text each other, good god. Not just that, but do they have to write SO. drat. BIG. on every single sheet? Does everything they write have to be in size 72 font? Can't they just write within 1 or 2 lines? It'd save a lot on paper costs. Also, a small dry-erase board would probably suffice. GR is just the worst.
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Gonz posted:Not just that, but do they have to write SO. drat. BIG. on every single sheet? Does everything they write have to be in size 72 font? Can't they just write within 1 or 2 lines? It'd save a lot on paper costs. Also, a small dry-erase board would probably suffice. I'm pretty sure the large lettering is for our benefit, even if the idea that they communicate this way is dumb to begin with. If it was written the way you suggest, we would never know what they were saying unless they took too much time doing closeup shots of the paper each time.
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Kneecaps posted:How did I not pick up this? I figured it was just the stupid "roar, this is my jurisdiction" that every TV show does. Peta posted:Then why did this concept surprise the police chief I was tired when I watched the ep, but I'm pretty sure the cop (Det. Louis Vitello?) who Garvey had the argument was laughing when the tape around the tree/body snapped, and was possibly involved in the crime scene being contaminated. That might just be misdirection (making Vitello seem like a dick so you'll think he's involved in cult murders), but it's not entirely implausible that a detective who really hates the GR might be aware of the way the feds are handling cults, even if it's not common knowledge/Garvey doesn't know.
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Stabitha posted:I'm pretty sure the large lettering is for our benefit, even if the idea that they communicate this way is dumb to begin with. If it was written the way you suggest, we would never know what they were saying unless they took too much time doing closeup shots of the paper each time. Yeah, understandable, but still, they could still write half the size and people could still read it. I'm surprised they're not writing 1 giant letter per sheet at this point.
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Gonz posted:Yeah, understandable, but still, they could still write half the size and people could still read it. I'm surprised they're not writing 1 giant letter per sheet at this point. "I feel the need to quibble about how large fictional characters write notes that they hold up on the screen despite the fact that a large number of people watch this show on tablets, phones, or other small screens. Everyone should bask in the glorious incandescence of my 60" HDTV." - 
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Toshimo posted:"I feel the need to quibble about how large fictional characters write notes that they hold up on the screen despite the fact that a large number of people watch this show on tablets, phones, or other small screens. Everyone should bask in the glorious incandescence of my 60" HDTV." - 75"  No, I get what you're saying though. I'm not gonna spend 3 pages ranting on it. It's just mildly annoying; nothing more than that.
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That stoning was loving brutal. It made me cringe and I don't usually give a poo poo about TV violence.
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Invalid Validation posted:That stoning was loving brutal. It made me cringe and I don't usually give a poo poo about TV violence. Between an infected dude's dick falling off on The Strain this week, and the stoning on this show, yeah, it's been a pretty brutal couple of days for cable TV shows. The noises during the stoning were visceral.
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This show would be so much better without the guilty remenants. Holy gently caress, every scene they are in ruins this show further and further. I hope the suits at HBO know something I don't because the more I see of this show with the GR, the more I wish I was watching The Newsroom instead. Oh why oh why did you push the Newsroom back over this loving garbage.
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Professor Shark posted:Just so you guys aren't horrified when Chief Garvey has sex with his daughter's teenage friend, Emily Meade is in fact 25 Chief Garvey's daughter is hotter, but I also just found out she is in fact a teenager.
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Gordong Dongbay posted:Kevin Garvey is not an angry bully. He is a man who has lost just as much as everyone else but he isn't sure how to feel because he didn't lose them to some mysterious force, at least not directly. His wife has up and left him to join a cult, leaving him alone to take care of a teenager who no longer cares about the future because hey I could up and randomly vanish one day so why even try? His son hardly talks to him and his dad has so much poo poo on his plate that he isn't sure how to go about correcting the wrongs in the relationship. Not to mention he has a constant thought hanging over his head about rather or not he is going to lose his mind like everyone believes his father did. He is filling the shoes of a man who the entire community believes to be a nut case. The entire situation is a powder keg but everyone is so caught up in mourning they don't realize that they are all holding a match to said keg. Garvey doesn't want answers he just wants his family back and the longer he goes on the more he realizes that it's probably not going to work out the way he wants it to. This is a good post.
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Zotix posted:This show would be so much better without the guilty remenants. Holy gently caress, every scene they are in ruins this show further and further. I hope the suits at HBO know something I don't because the more I see of this show with the GR, the more I wish I was watching The Newsroom instead. Oh why oh why did you push the Newsroom back over this loving garbage. I completely agree with you about the GR, but The Newsroom? I'd rather just read a book or turn on the actual news since it has better acting.
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Matt's quest to bring the GR "back to life" is a really cool theme that I hope is genuine, and not cover for his group killing them. It's a great juxtaposition of all these people being utterly indifferent or supportive of people that are still actually around being killed while pining for a bunch of people that are gone. I mean people are paying piles of $$ for corpse dolls instead of reaching out to actual real people are still there, just acting weird. Great stuff.
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the posted:I just realized how dumb it is that the GR use pen and paper to communicate. Presumably they could use sign language, right? Or just text each other, good god.
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MrBuddyLee posted:How did the 2nd GR woman at the gas station let the whole GR know her friend disappeared? Smoke signals? Psychic friends network? They just kind of showed up en masse. Text message.
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It doesn't seem to be that large of a town and all the other members were woken up in the middle of the night. She probably just walked there and back.
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Lol at whoever suggested another season of the Newsroom should have replaced this show.
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I don't get how people can hate the GR but not be bothered by all of the teenage story lines. the only good thing about the daughter being in the show is that we get scenes with the idiot twins  the GR v. Matt storyline is, in my view, going to shape up to be pretty interesting with lots of potential for more scenes with Eccleston and Brenneman, the two most expressive actors on the show.
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