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Fetus Tree
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Forgot this season was about the marathon. Think im going to check out of this show.

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Decided to watch this despite my better judgement. So far the best part of this is sorkin reusing equatorial kundu from west wing

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Maybe they expressed their pleasure that Maggy isn't having psychotic breakdowns and cutting off her hair due to PTSD by commending her performance in on a task she doesnt perform regularly and probably hasnt ever done in that capacity by saying she did a good job at it


but idk

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MrBuddyLee posted:

The whole thing is just so.. masturbatory.

Yep. Your post and the one you quoted nailed it as far as im concerned. Its hard for me to separate the writers smarmy voice from the character. Its distracting.

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Dr_Amazing posted:

I'm Canadian so the main thing I noticed in that episode was how weird it was that everyone was so happy Bin Laden died.

a fair accurate portrayal of peoples attitudes here im afraid

it was rather unsettling seeing people drink to and cheer about somebody dying tbh

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SpiderHyphenMan posted:

You said the same thing about Aatrek being permabanned.

Turns out my thoughts on people rejoicing on another persons misfortune are consistent then

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Thread learns Sorkin can make compelling tv in 2014, news at 10


:smug:

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My biggest gripe is that mary mccormack got old

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Martin Sheen owned that show tho, I'm so glad that happened

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Max posted:

I think the other issue is that when Mac was talking with the FBI agent hypothetically, there was a misunderstanding about HOW serious and confidential the documents were.

For sure. I forget, did any of the ACN guys have any idea what they had was so important?

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That felt like the longest episode of tv

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Tbf when don says that her writing sucks that was pretty funny

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Yeh but since its only a tv show and not real, :shrug:

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Waltzing Along posted:

I don't get why new HR guy is supposed to be the enemy. What's that all about?

probably ~*drama*~

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ugh, gross

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Hahahah the HR guy was trolling them. Thats hilarious

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Also to the goon that first mentioned two-fer, thanks for that. It was bugging me why that dude was so familiar.

I feel like that dude got cast because they couldn't get the kid from west wing

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People do a lot worse poo poo for money than write tabloids, still think Jim is an rear end in a top hat

if he hates it so much he should break up with her instead of being an insufferable oval office about it

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The best part was sam waterson but he also kinda sucks now

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who cares about how important it is, its a job that she was happy to get and she isnt hurting anybody in the process

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sportsgenius86 posted:

Except the whole exploiting Jim for hits thing, but sure.

yeah jim is truly a victim here in that relationship

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Tbh, I thought we had been doing a pretty good job picking out things that he's ripped from other shows.

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I will not miss this show. I didnt hate it but i won't miss it

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Sir Kodiak posted:

What was up with Jim watching a beginner guitar video online, but instead of practicing what they showed, playing something unrelated that showed more than beginner skill? I feel like I must have missed something because I didn't get what was going on there at all.

Because it shows hes not a beginner

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Sir Kodiak posted:

Sure, but why was he watching the video?

Literally to show the audience he isnt a beginner. Literally for that only. Contrast.

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Those On My Left posted:

But no one who is proficient at any instrument ever dials up a rudimentary scale exercise for beginners and then shreds it. Why would they? It's stupid. Really stupid.

Yeah I guess you forgot how stupid a lot of this show is then, idk.

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West Wing owns. Even if i do usually skip to s2 on rewatches.

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JohnSherman posted:


Why the hell do you all feel the need to min-max your TV habit?

I enjoy s1 the least so i don't watch it sorru you like it more and as a result somehow cant understand why i dont.

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He doesn't tell him to skip it. He says if he was rewatching it again he would skip it because he also doesnt enjoy it as much.

Sorry you don't like that people dont think its worth watching s1 on a rewatch, but i dont see people saying to skip it to any first timers.

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Lot of people going on about skipping season one when it was never suggested that a first timer do so.

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I really dont care if a show has hosed up poo poo with gender. That mirrors the real world. Just ask all the past female presidents or VPs, theyll back me up.

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Its reciting really fast factoids at the hooker thats blowing you.

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Was that lyman to the cop?

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I am not because who gives a poo poo.

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Toshimo posted:

How much do you miss Terry Crewes right now?

Considering he should be in literally everything im not sure thats a fair question

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