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Glad they jumped right in and that the triplets aren't a big thing. I can work with this, bravo good writers and such. Also, good god, Megan Mullally is a hot dish 
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swickles posted:Am I the only one who hopes we never find out what Morning Star actually is despite numerous references to it? It'll probably turn out to be something really mundane and trivial, and everyone else has totally forgotten about it.
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Jan 14, 2015 11:55
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Those were two really good episodes to start out with. I'm really glad about where everyone was in life except Leslie and Ron not having been friends for two years got me right in the heart, but they're using it for great comedy effect. Even Jamm, who was maybe my least favorite Parks character ever, was great. I'm so glad we got one more Tammy Two episode before the end. And we even got some Trevor Nelsson, which made me particularly happy since I'm such a huge fan of Marc's. 
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My favourite thing about the second episode was Harris Wittels (the animal control dude) being in Joan's rehab group.
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Ron being Leslie's last big opponent before the series ends makes a lot of sense to me. Of course those two were gonna clash at some point. Though at this rate I don't see it lasting all season.
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Wow, strong start to the season.Segway Rave posted:My favourite thing about the second episode was Harris Wittels (the animal control dude) being in Joan's rehab group. Hahahaha. Everyone who doesn't know the backstory should listen to this: http://www.nerdist.com/pepisode/you-made-it-weird-236-harris-wittels-returns/
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Is there anywhere to get a print of the wildflower mural?
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AsInHowe posted:More sabermetric terms! Sabr terms and GRITT! http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/the-best-fake-law-firm-name-weve-ever-seen-added-some-n-1679388738/+bubbaprog
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Jan 14, 2015 16:59
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I have a folder that says BIRD CENSUS 1984. It is empty.
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Jan 14, 2015 17:33
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"My son sells them on Etsy. He's a huge disappointment." I love how nerdy the show is.
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PotatoJudge posted:This season is all fan service 
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I'm honestly not feeling the new season too much yet. The jokes were funny, but the show didn't feel like the show, and some things - like Leslie slapping Jamm over and over - felt really out of character. I've never been a person who really liked sitcoms to have big wrap-up finales though. A few more regular episodes would have been fine with me.
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PotatoJudge posted:This season is all fan service If they want to truly serve the fans, there should be a healthy dose of Perd Hapley in every episode. I was really excited to see that Jamm was in the episode, then really disappointed that he wasn't the Jamm that I grew to know and love. Edit - I guess I agree with the poster above. No need to mix it up.
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I predict that we never see Leslie and Ben's children this season. Or at worst they are just in some shots when celebrating the park or whatever but they aren't involved directly with the story.
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Jan 14, 2015 19:00
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Timett posted:I predict that we never see Leslie and Ben's children this season. Or at worst they are just in some shots when celebrating the park or whatever but they aren't involved directly with the story. Babies are really expensive to cast, so you may be right. I'd rather they spent the money on Jon Hamm instead.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Babies are really expensive to cast, so you may be right. I'd rather they spent the money on Jon Hamm instead. Then they'll have to make a product placement deal with Subway.
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Jan 14, 2015 19:11
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There was another really blatant piece of product placement in one of the episodes, but I can't remember what it is now. It was weird, they didn't show the thing, but they mentioned it really explicitly a couple of times, so I wasn't sure if it was paid-for.
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Jan 14, 2015 19:15
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:There was another really blatant piece of product placement in one of the episodes, but I can't remember what it is now. It was weird, they didn't show the thing, but they mentioned it really explicitly a couple of times, so I wasn't sure if it was paid-for. Grizzle?
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:There was another really blatant piece of product placement in one of the episodes, but I can't remember what it is now. It was weird, they didn't show the thing, but they mentioned it really explicitly a couple of times, so I wasn't sure if it was paid-for. Sweetums?
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:There was another really blatant piece of product placement in one of the episodes, but I can't remember what it is now. It was weird, they didn't show the thing, but they mentioned it really explicitly a couple of times, so I wasn't sure if it was paid-for. There was the time they all blatantly used Windows phone, despite it being totally out of character for Tom and Donna.
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Also, Pawnee is clearly an Alta Vista town, gently caress google.
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Timett posted:I predict that we never see Leslie and Ben's children this season. Or at worst they are just in some shots when celebrating the park or whatever but they aren't involved directly with the story. Also kinda bummed out that Tom's former love interest they decided to bring back isn't Tatiana Maslany.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:I'm honestly not feeling the new season too much yet. The jokes were funny, but the show didn't feel like the show, and some things - like Leslie slapping Jamm over and over - felt really out of character. I've never been a person who really liked sitcoms to have big wrap-up finales though. A few more regular episodes would have been fine with me. I think this is why I liked the episodes so much. When the people behind a show know their time is up and they can say "we're going to get weird" they tend to churn out their best stuff. It ends up being pretty polarizing though Poehlerizing. Something.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:I'm honestly not feeling the new season too much yet. The jokes were funny, but the show didn't feel like the show, and some things - like Leslie slapping Jamm over and over - felt really out of character. I've never been a person who really liked sitcoms to have big wrap-up finales though. A few more regular episodes would have been fine with me. I'm right there with you. There were definitely some good moments (Johnny Karate TV show, April and Andy still young at heart, etc) but those two episodes were missing something. I don't like that they changed the formula for what works. Also its only two years in the future, this holographic phone tablet and other Back to the Future-esque stuff is dumb and annoying and dumb. The entire scene with Werner Herzog and Leslie's Tammy impression was loving incredible though. GaiaShell fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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Jan 14, 2015 21:41
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:There was another really blatant piece of product placement in one of the episodes, but I can't remember what it is now. It was weird, they didn't show the thing, but they mentioned it really explicitly a couple of times, so I wasn't sure if it was paid-for. There was the ep where Ben gave Leslie a stuffed Little Sebastian toy, and NBC put a pop up telling viewers it was for sale at NBC.com.
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Perfect season start! I only know the phrase Fanservice from Animes, so I don't know exactly what you guys are talking about in the context of a sitcom (very few panty-shots in the 2 episodes).  Jammy was amazing, Tom's romantic interest was set up very well. We got to see PaR in Chicago!!! Leslie vs. Ron is a fantastic springboard for a number of stories. April & Andy becoming a boring couple and buying a house from Werner loving Herzog? If Fanservice means fulfilling all the wishes of the viewers while keeping the Show intact... bring on the Fanservice!!!
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I mean I'm fully aware that the show's gone into fan pandering mode, and if this was a regular season I'd rightly be criticizing them for it, but considering it's the last season and the show ends in a little over a month I'm willing to give them a pass and just get a whole bunch of fanservice and happy endings as long as the show finds a way to deliver them in an entertaining way (Like Poehler's Tammy impression, holy poo poo).
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keevo posted:Wait why are they airing this over a month? My guess is they're making room for new shows and just want to get the final season out of the way ASAP, but I haven't really seen any official reasoning.
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It would make sense if something like the Olympics was coming on and was going to pre-empt it, but that's not what's happening so I have no idea.
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I think my favorite part of the two episodes may have been the futuristic see-through Iron Man tablets that everyone has because it's the future. edit: also, the McDonalds sign that just says "HUG THOSE DADS" Coffee And Pie fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Jan 15, 2015 |
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I think complaining about Jamm being out of character for (most of) the second episode is missing the entire point of both Tammys and how they turn their lovers into completely different people. They set up Jamm/Tammy 2 in the last episode of last season (especially the extended version) and it had too much potential not to revisit. And it was all worth it 
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Jan 15, 2015 01:25
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I love how even Jamm's beard returned complete the day after. Was a really fun storyline for both characters, and didn't feel forced as a way to give them both something to do in the final run.
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Timett posted:I predict that we never see Leslie and Ben's children this season. Or at worst they are just in some shots when celebrating the park or whatever but they aren't involved directly with the story. For me, I love the fact that they've expertly dodged any obligation to waste a second of these remaining 13 episodes on cliched ~*First Time Parents!*~ humour. I fully expect callbacks and references to childrearing, obviously, but this show has always been about the characters' jobs and their dedication to and ambitions for them. It's like a more extreme version of how they dodged a Very Special Baby Episode with Ron and Diane's pregnancy by just having Ron show up one day with a baby.
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drainpipe posted:Wow, strong start to the season. This was amazing to listen to. Definitely worth it.
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Jan 15, 2015 01:40
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Harris is truly the Terry of doing drugs.
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keevo posted:Wait why are they airing this over a month? Because NBC is bad at decisions.
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PittTheElder posted:Because NBC is bad at decisions. Should be the name of the thread.
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