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I still like season 5 a lot. And the really good episodes of 6 are as good as anything the show ever did. Just there are only 3 of those episodes and they're all right at the end of the season edit: welcome to page 100, scrubs! for this page, let's talk about....uh....scrubs? there are like 4 good seasons of scrubs at least. discuss.
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Is anyone else watching the new Sundance Channel show Hap and Leonard ? If not, you should, it's an awesome adaption of one of the installments in the series of noir crime novels by Joe Lansdale that the series derives it's name from. It has an awesome cast(James Purefoy and Michael K Williams are the titular leads), late 80s Texas setting, great character-driven plot, as well as a great balance of humor and drama. It has the same time slot as The Americans and it's gonna be tough to decide which to watch first, and that's coming from someone who's loved the Americans from the beginning and thought it's latest season was it's best.
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I don't know exactly where the line was, but the moment where I quit watching Scrubs was when the two dudes' pranks went from "okay, this is cute" to "people totally just died" when someone knocked over a power line... onto the hospital's backup generator. And then the title sequence ran and nobody ever commented on what just happened. I swear to god that was a thing that happened, I can't have been the only one who saw that episode.
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HorseRenoir posted:Adult Swim did a thing 
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Mar 15, 2016 16:19
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david fish of six feet under is a douche to his cop boyfriend though
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David was in the closet into his early 30s, he's going to be wound up. Keith is also a little too pushy and self-righteous.
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The trailer for The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 has me pining for a feelgood show. I hoped Kimmy Schmidt would be it, but they were more interested in portraying a zany 30 Rock comic reality where the promise of a super optimistic, cheery, innocent and genuine protagonist can be squished into more of a Rachel-from-Friends role. That's not a diss on the writers, they're just making a different show than what I wanted out of their premise. You guys were talking about Community and I think in its prime that was kind of a feelgood show. Most eps would end with saccharine character moments (Parks and Rec was good for that too), group bonding, sweet musical stings and Winger speeches to tie all it together. I think that added to a lot of the charm and 'heart' of the show in the first two seasons. But of course it followed a traditional sitcom path where they had to invent more and more personality flaws in their characters to drive the episodes and by the time Todd rolls around you just hate all of them. And when Barry Allen in The Flash was meant to be the bright and cheery and optimistic counterpart to the brooding antihero vigilantism of Arrow, but now Barry is barely a describable character and is basically just a pile of protagonistic angst.  Maybe it's just because I'm the guy that could never enjoy the outright hatefulness of the Always Sunny cast, or any of the many shows about rich, self-pitying douchebags - from Californication to loving Bojack Horseman. I just want a show that lies to me and tricks me into thinking the world is okay and people are basically good. Is that so much to ask? brb gonna go watch Dora The Explorer or something
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HorseRenoir posted:Adult Swim did a thing Was this another thing they aired randomly in the middle of the night?
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HorseRenoir posted:Adult Swim did a thing Kinda want those 12 minutes back.
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Mu Zeta posted:David was in the closet into his early 30s, he's going to be wound up. Keith is also a little too pushy and self-righteous. david cheated on him and then lied about it
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VagueRant posted:The trailer for The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 has me pining for a feelgood show. I hoped Kimmy Schmidt would be it, but they were more interested in portraying a zany 30 Rock comic reality where the promise of a super optimistic, cheery, innocent and genuine protagonist can be squished into more of a Rachel-from-Friends role. That's not a diss on the writers, they're just making a different show than what I wanted out of their premise. It's Supergirl.
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MrAristocrates posted:I'm having trouble accepting a reality where people like Season 3 of Community (which I love, for the record) but find 5 and 6 to be somehow beyond the pale. to be fair, I have not seen the seasons of Community that do not exist, because they do not exist and the show ended at the season 3 finale.
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savinhill posted:Is anyone else watching the new Sundance Channel show Hap and Leonard ? If not, you should, it's an awesome adaption of one of the installments in the series of noir crime novels by Joe Lansdale that the series derives it's name from. It has an awesome cast(James Purefoy and Michael K Williams are the titular leads), late 80s Texas setting, great character-driven plot, as well as a great balance of humor and drama. It has the same time slot as The Americans and it's gonna be tough to decide which to watch first, and that's coming from someone who's loved the Americans from the beginning and thought it's latest season was it's best. I've been enjoying it. It's definitely going to take second position to The Americans, though.
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VagueRant posted:The trailer for The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 has me pining for a feelgood show. I hoped Kimmy Schmidt would be it, but they were more interested in portraying a zany 30 Rock comic reality where the promise of a super optimistic, cheery, innocent and genuine protagonist can be squished into more of a Rachel-from-Friends role. That's not a diss on the writers, they're just making a different show than what I wanted out of their premise. Check out Raising Hope and My Name is Earl, if you have somehow missed those. And while not a comedy, and definitely does not claim the world is okay, Leverage always puts me in a good mood.
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HorseRenoir posted:Adult Swim did a thing I'm not sure this quite worked but kudos on the willingness to get loving weird.
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END ME SCOOB posted:I don't know exactly where the line was, but the moment where I quit watching Scrubs was when the two dudes' pranks went from "okay, this is cute" to "people totally just died" when someone knocked over a power line... onto the hospital's backup generator. And then the title sequence ran and nobody ever commented on what just happened. I think you were watching one of JD's imaginative asides. Also, page 100 snype.
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Escobarbarian posted:I still like season 5 a lot. And the really good episodes of 6 are as good as anything the show ever did. Just there are only 3 of those episodes and they're all right at the end of the season I only liked the episodes that weren't 18 minutes of wacky followed by a montage describing what we learned today. corn in the bible posted:david fish of six feet under is a douche to his cop boyfriend though Absolutely everyone in Six Feet Under is flawed as a person; if there's a character that doesn't seem to fit that you just haven't recognized their flaws yet.
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HorseRenoir posted:Adult Swim did a thing There's also a website with more videos and an arg-esque thing
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END ME SCOOB posted:I don't know exactly where the line was, but the moment where I quit watching Scrubs was when the two dudes' pranks went from "okay, this is cute" to "people totally just died" when someone knocked over a power line... onto the hospital's backup generator. And then the title sequence ran and nobody ever commented on what just happened. That did indeed happen, however it's just a daydream that JD has for the reason NOT to do the prank. So...
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So I ripped through HoC season 3 and what was that Doug Stamper plot, jesus christ.
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zoux posted:So I ripped through HoC season 3 and what was that Doug Stamper plot, jesus christ. It's buried in an unmarked spot in the desert and we've all agreed to never speak of it again.
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Escobarbarian posted:Doug is such a creepy weirdo At the end I was like, well this was a long way to go for a Stamper redemption story and then he turns the van around? Are we supposed to like this guy?
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zoux posted:So I ripped through HoC season 3 and what was that Doug Stamper plot, jesus christ. They really should have left him dead.
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:They really should have left him dead. I'm exactly one episode into season 4 and he's been pretty great in that, at least.
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zoux posted:At the end I was like, well this was a long way to go for a Stamper redemption story and then he turns the van around? Are we supposed to like this guy? Absolutely not he's the worst
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Regy Rusty posted:Absolutely not he's the worst Normally I roll my eyes at people bitching about unlikable characters because I feel like morally judging characters based on irl moral standards is stupid but in this case, it's just, I have no idea what they were going for beyond "well, we want to make sure everyone knows he's a weird psycho". And we want to spend a full two hours of screen time doing it.
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VagueRant posted:The trailer for The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 has me pining for a feelgood show. Is Modern Family too saccharine for your taste? That's about the most feel-good show I can think of.
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Fresh off the Boat is a feel good comedy if you came up in that era. I would be just a bit older than the oldest son on that show and they just nail the mid 90s.
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zoux posted:Fresh off the Boat is a feel good comedy if you came up in that era. I would be just a bit older than the oldest son on that show and they just nail the mid 90s. sambady ssssssstap mayyyyyyyyyy
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For feel good shows, Fresh off the Boat, Supergirl, and Jane the Virgin are all great. Some feel like hugs across the screen, they're so inviting.
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Fresh off the Boat is probably my favourite network sitcom right now. It's starting to get somewhat comfortable already, but that doesn't matter as much when it's this drat funny.
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I'm sure there's a thinkpiece about how the two best network sitcoms, Blackish being the other, are minority focused and tackle actual minority issues but the reason they're so good is because they're so funny. Also, whoever is casting the kids on those shows, FotB in particular, is murdering it, they have some seriously talented child actors, even in bit parts
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HorseRenoir posted:Adult Swim did a thing Great build, but then it just ended like even they didn't know where they were going, exactly. I particularly enjoyed the "I want to remind everyone, I can say 'poo poo' three times. Wait, twice." bit, which I would guess was a wink and a nod to their S&P notes. I liked it overall, but not as much as Unedited Footage of a Bear (Which was from the same production team and is one of my favorite things ever aired on Adult Swim.) hcreight posted:Was this another thing they aired randomly in the middle of the night? Yep, looks like another "season" of their Infomercials are starting up. Next Monday at 4 AM is the premiere of "Joe Pera Talks You To Sleep," which will be running all week.
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JethroMcB posted:Great build, but then it just ended like even they didn't know where they were going, exactly. I particularly enjoyed the "I want to remind everyone, I can say 'poo poo' three times. Wait, twice." bit, which I would guess was a wink and a nod to their S&P notes. I liked it overall, but not as much as Unedited Footage of a Bear (Which was from the same production team and is one of my favorite things ever aired on Adult Swim.) There's a whole ARG being set up, with a lot of really similar unsettling videos: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJe-slKOUvSIAExOgqn-5CFfPxViIw7n2zC-cBeFFJY/edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=453wgsWT5Ao I'm not sure where it's all going but it has me intrigued.
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zoux posted:I'm sure there's a thinkpiece about how the two best network sitcoms, Blackish being the other, are minority focused and tackle actual minority issues but the reason they're so good is because they're so funny. Also, whoever is casting the kids on those shows, FotB in particular, is murdering it, they have some seriously talented child actors, even in bit parts In the second episode ‘Present Tense’, Mike (Patrick Warburton) and Martina (Carrie Preston) are trying to spice up their sex life, but the never-ending presence of their grown daughters is cramping their style. After four years of an empty nest, they are re-adjusting to life with others in the house. Along the way, daughter Stella (Mia Serafino), the aspiring actress, says goodbye to her overnight guest after introducing her to the family. She kisses her, lesbian-style. Martina walks in as this is happening and the only thing she mentions is that her daughter has cut her hair, not the fact that apparently her daughter is now a lesbian. When Mike asks Stella if she’s a lesbian, she says no, not necessarily. Sexuality is fluid now and “just because I slept with a girl doesn’t mean I’m a lesbian.” Then Stella narcs on her mom about a dip into the lady pond that Martina told her about from her own college days. You know, because they are friends, not parent and child. Mike is surprised, as this story is news to him. Hilarious, right? An interesting note among all this free-spirited liberal feel good pap – Grandpa Bob (Stacy Keach) is a conservative guy! When Bob asks Mike if he understands why his daughter believes in fluid sexuality, Mike answers, “Democrats?” Bob says, no, it is the “everything you do is great” parenting style in the house. Also, when Mike goes to Bob for advice on how to get feisty with Martina with a full house, Bob asks if the hippie commune is a problem at his house. Mike asks, “You miss Nixon, don’t you?” to which Bob replies, “Every day.” LOL! The story goes on. Martina later confesses to her daughters that she and Mike are “out of synch” and trying to spice it all up. The girls suggest mom get a piercing so she’ll look young. Yes, Martina actually buys that theory and goes to get her nose pierced. Bonus: Martina and the girls walk in on Mike looking at porn on the computer when they arrive home. So, if a show that centers on raunchy sex talk between parents and grown daughters is your idea of a swell show, this is your spot. If, like me, you only really like Patrick Warburton because of his dry humor neatly placed among the lameness, then this show is watchable. It’s just not funny.
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Sleeveless posted:Season six is worth it just for Keith David. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kha63bVVlUM Keith David is a national treasure
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I haven't seen the first season, but the current season of Fresh Off the Boat has been delightful with only one or two kind of "ehh" episodes. Definitely worth a watch if you're looking for a feel good show.
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