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Shageletic posted:What had the worst final season? Including SoA, Weeds (what even happened there?), and Dexter. I just know what happened in all of them after quitting during their run mainly by how much spleen is thrown out online for them. Under the Dome. Anyone have the SoA ending gif for me? I dropped the show after the season 4 finale because it was just that goddamn awful.
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Squirrel Girl's getting a series, apparently. On Freeform. (They're the ones who are also doing Cloak and Dagger, which is confirmed to have an initial season order that's ten episodes long. Not clear on whether they can/will extend it like they usually do with their dramas.)
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Apr 6, 2017 08:20
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Shageletic posted:What had the worst final season? Including SoA, Weeds (what even happened there?), and Dexter. I just know what happened in all of them after quitting during their run mainly by how much spleen is thrown out online for them. True Blood had a really bad final season.
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Apr 6, 2017 08:56
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Open Source Idiom posted:Squirrel Girl's getting a series, apparently. On Freeform. It's a New Warriors series, Squirrel Girl is just the only confirmed member so far. It's also being ran by Kevin Biegel, of Cougar Town and Enlisted fame.
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Apr 6, 2017 09:17
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The shame is that a lot of the shows with lovely endings end up unfairly maligning the rest of the series. Anyone who skips Dexter due to it's crap ending will miss out on the great cat & mouse game between Dexter and the fantastic James Doakes in season 2 and John Lithgow's amazing performance in season 4. Anyone who skips True Blood due it's lovely ending will miss out on the glorious Russell Edgington The first 3 seasons of Weeds were actually quite good, and the season 3 finale would've been the perfect ending to the show.
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Apr 6, 2017 09:18
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Stop imposing the idea that S4 having one good performance actually redeems the show entering free-fall after season 2.
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Apr 6, 2017 09:25
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-Blackadder- posted:Anyone who skips True Blood due it's lovely ending will miss out on the glorious Russell Edgington Even the last season of True Blood had Eric and Pam's storyline which was pretty fun. Remember how Christopher Meloni quit SVU after about 12 years to be on True Blood and his character was killed off after about three episodes?
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Apr 6, 2017 09:48
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Dexter legitimately owned until season 5 episode 1 in which he tells his kids their mom got murdered while he wears Mickey Mouse ears and literally the moment after that scene is when it went into freefall.
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Apr 6, 2017 09:53
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My personal huge disappointment was the last season of The Newsroom. Seasons 1 and 2 were campy and often really fuckin funny. S3... sometimes has jokes, but they usually suck, and drama is pushed way too far up. Last episode of season 2 would've made a pretty decent ending too. "Everyone does great at the end" may not be particularly deep, but I didin't necessarily expect that from this show.
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Apr 6, 2017 10:31
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-Blackadder- posted:The first 3 seasons of Weeds were actually quite good, and the season 3 finale would've been the perfect ending to the show. I'd go further, and argue that the next three seasons are often quite brilliant, if consistently begging the question. Season 4 ends up being quite good despite the cruft, and the first arc in Season 5 is good stuff. Season Six is probably the show's second best season, after the second. At least in my opinion. The last two are basically horrible, though in retrospect they're clearly a recruiting ground for Orange Is The New Black, a show Jenji Kohan would have much rather have been writing from the moment Nancy went to prison.
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Apr 6, 2017 12:38
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Which season is the one where the kid jerks off to a picture of his mom
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Apr 6, 2017 12:42
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Mu Zeta posted:Which season is the one where the kid jerks off to a picture of his mom Four. But, like I said, there was a heavy build up. Of cruft.
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Apr 6, 2017 12:52
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Mu Zeta posted:Which season is the one where the kid jerks off to a picture of his mom  That's not how you're supposed to do shock humour.
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Apr 6, 2017 13:05
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I watched almost 3 seasons of weeds, because a roommate told me that it got good. It was just unfunny garbage the whole time. Not a single character was likeable and the protagonist was just the worst.
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Apr 6, 2017 14:02
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STAC Goat posted:I can't speak for Dexter or SOA but in Weeds she marries a Mexican cartel leader/presidential candidate, leaves him when her serial killing son kills his campaign manager, goes to jail, starts running weapons with some Russian brother-sister she's loving, goes to jail again (I think), then somehow makes a fortune on legal weed, manages to settle down her family, and then just blows it all up and ruins their lives one more time because she's a really terrible person. Hahaha, what? Everything I read about Weeds makes me glad I quit watching it after the third season, where it should have ended. If it's anything like those early seasons, I bet they try to frame things as though the audience should view Nancy as a hero through all this poo poo too. Which one of her kids became a serial killer?!
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Apr 6, 2017 14:49
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Never watched Weeds but I remember one girl in the office who was a big fan insisting to me that it was at least as good as (if not better than) Breaking Bad on the acting, writing and general dramatics fronts which struck me as somewhat unlikely.
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Apr 6, 2017 15:07
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Snak posted:I watched almost 3 seasons of weeds, because a roommate told me that it got good. It was just unfunny garbage the whole time. Not a single character was likeable and the protagonist was just the worst. Got good? That's a very strange perspective. The general consensus for those who like it is that Season 1 and 2 were great, and in season 3 it kinda hit a wall by the end. Then it was all garbage after. I loved the first two seasons, but there's a very, very good chance that it's because I had a massive crush on Mary-Louise Parker. But even that couldn't keep me on board after 3. It was never some high-mark of television, but it was a bunch of fun. It was a perfect companion piece to Californication, which I felt had very similar strengths and flaws at the time.
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Apr 6, 2017 15:10
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The best thing about weeds was different bands covering Little Boxes. Regina Spektor was a particular favorite of mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEvEEcc9iC8
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Apr 6, 2017 15:32
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STAC Goat posted:I can't speak for Dexter or SOA but in Weeds she marries a Mexican cartel leader/presidential candidate, leaves him when her serial killing son kills his campaign manager, goes to jail, starts running weapons with some Russian brother-sister she's loving, goes to jail again (I think), then somehow makes a fortune on legal weed, manages to settle down her family, and then just blows it all up and ruins their lives one more time because she's a really terrible person. Haha. I like Kevin Nealon and the brother though. edit: pentyne posted:What ever happened to that show? The last thing I remember was them in LA and a guy who was killing or scarring up women and the 2 main guys were the main suspects but it was really the other assistant who didn't have a penis because his parents were brother and sister and the investigating cop was also his sister was in love with him and then they got away scot free. I have vague memories of the son turning into a mime.... THe first 2 seasons are legit great tho. That loving serial killer poo poo killed the show
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Apr 6, 2017 15:35
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I also found Californication to be unwatchable despite loving Duchovny from X-Files. Add Dexter to that list and I've sworn off Showtime shows made after 2000.
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Apr 6, 2017 15:37
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Thank god Lynch has enough control that Showtime can't possibly gently caress up Twin Peaks (oh god did I just jinx it) Homeland s1 is still one of the best seasons of a TV thriller of all time, but of course the biggest issue with the season was Showtime's bullshit decision re: the finale, which is also what hosed up the show more than anything else
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Apr 6, 2017 15:49
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Shageletic posted:I have vague memories of the son turning into a mime.... Jessalyn Gilsig got hosed out a window and into the loving arms of Death, and Sharon Gless murdered a rival talent agent and turned him into an enormous stuffed teddy bear man. Oh! And Katee Sackhoff was cast as a serial killer who was dating one of the leads, but was quickly recast with notable Katee Sackhoff lookalike, Rose McGowan. Before either of them could actually do any serial killing, McGowan ran into another serial killer in the woods and was murdered. There. You now have experienced every last noteworthy element belonging to that show.
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That is a Hannibal-like density of serial killers...
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Open Source Idiom posted:Jessalyn Gilsig got hosed out a window and into the loving arms of Death, and Sharon Gless murdered a rival talent agent and turned him into an enormous stuffed teddy bear man. The window scene happened in like the third season? The show had a lot of smart, and relatively unique at the time, things to say about beauty, ambition, and society, and really killer dialogue, with Ryan Murphy being especially sharp at the time with not focusing on a billion shows. IDK, I think its worth checking out a few eps in S1 and seeing how you feel about it, then gettting the gently caress out with the ending of S2 and the surprise appearance by Alec Baldwin
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I heard the last season of Sherlock had two poo poo episodes and 1 good one. Which is the good one? I watched the first but it sucked so bad I don't want to toss a coin on the next one. Also, if it's the last one do I need to watch the middle one? Basically gently caress that show.
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Croatoan posted:I heard the last season of Sherlock had two poo poo episodes and 1 good one. Which is the good one? I watched the first but it sucked so bad I don't want to toss a coin on the next one. Also, if it's the last one do I need to watch the middle one? It's the second one. Also, irregardless of how you feel about the second one do absolutely not watch the third one. I repeat, do not pass go, do not collect 200$.
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Apr 6, 2017 16:24
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MiddleOne posted:It's the second one. I learned my lesson with Godfather III so thanks for the heads up.
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Apr 6, 2017 16:26
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I feel like an almost decent season of Sherlock could be made by taking the best episode from each season. If you did this with most shows, you'd end up with a disproportionately short season, but in this case, you'd actually get a longer season than any real season.
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Apr 6, 2017 16:27
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Which was the good episode in the first season of Sherlock?
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MiddleOne posted:It's the second one. Alternatively: Watch the third episode and let the hate flow through you. (I actually kind of enjoyed it but for the wrong reasons)
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Mu Zeta posted:Which was the good episode in the first season of Sherlock? I don't know, I've blocked most of Sherlock from my memory. Probably none of them. First episode can be summed up as *Camera briefly focuses on a cab in the background before shifting focus to our characters* "The killer must be someone who can travel throughout the city without raising any suspicion." *Camera focuses on a cab in the backgroun* "Someone that people wouldn't notice. But what kind of person could that be?" *cab drives by* I think the second episode was bunch of orientalism and the worst possibly conceived chain of clues in an mystery ever. The third episode was... I don't even remember. I think there was a bomb vest?
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Snak posted:I don't know, I've blocked most of Sherlock from my memory. Yeah, bomb vest, swimming pool, and Moriarty are all I remember about S01E03. I actually thought about going back and rewatching the first few seasons but I have a sinking feeling that the show isn't actually as good as I thought it was at the time.
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Apr 6, 2017 16:49
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Finally, my dream has come true. http://www.avclub.com/article/alison-brie-steps-ring-first-glow-images-253318
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Apr 6, 2017 16:54
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Open Source Idiom posted:Squirrel Girl's getting a series, apparently. On Freeform. I just want Freeform to bring back The Middleman.
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Apr 6, 2017 17:06
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GreenNight posted:Finally, my dream has come true. In for Marc Maron.
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Apr 6, 2017 17:11
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Is there another WGA strike possibly on the horizon, then? I noticed a BBC News site headline suggesting the possibility.
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GreenNight posted:Finally, my dream has come true. Ooh, excited for this. Also started watching Big Little Lies and dug the first episode a bunch. And I also recall hearing something about a potential WGA strike but that was a few days ago and no news since I believe
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hope and vaseline posted:The best thing about weeds was different bands covering Little Boxes. Regina Spektor was a particular favorite of mine Yeah that was a good one - no wonder she got the Orange is the New Black theme. 
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Rhyno posted:In for Marc Maron. Why was his show so mediocre? I liked it when Pete Holmes was on, if anyone could direct me to those eps it would be appreciated.
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RE the WGA strike, this is the tweet I saw a while back: https://twitter.com/daveanthony/status/845712200887087104 and this is the current news: http://deadline.com/2017/04/wga-sends-strike-warning-letter-to-ad-buyers-as-upfronts-loom-1202062086/ Further negotiations begin on Monday.
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