General Television Thread

[Josh]

To branch off what GoGo just said RE: Boardwalk, Season 3:

Agreed, and as GoGo pointed out back when this was fresh, Gyp's death came at the hands of Nucky's political maneuvering, which helps solidify Nucky as a truly exceptional foe.

[Baddar]

Anyone know when Grimm restarts in the UK?

[Benji]

Boardwalk Season 3. RE: GoGo and Juice...

I didn't think about the beach thing, but that's not really much of a callback, certainly not a poetic enough end for a character who was so tremendously layered and had plenty of key flaws that would have been a more fitting end.

I really wanted it to be Gillian Darmaty that killed him, perhaps after he did something unforgiveable to one of the girls after feeling disrespected.

As I say, it was just an anticlimax. As far as re-watches go, it'll probably hold up okay, but in the moment it just doesn't feel like the right person killed him, nor in the right way.

[TKz]

When Ben and Kate gets cancelled, I'm going to need someone to be around to hug the tears away. Because man, this show is too damn lovely to disappear.

[Benji]

I watched the pilot the other day, I loved it within five minutes.

[TKz]

We can hold one another, Benji. ({)

[Ant]

Currently powering through Ancient Aliens. Some of the ideas are out there (mostly pseudo-science) but i enjoy it for what it is.

Anyone else watch or seen it?

[Josh]

Guys, I've now watched the first 3 seasons of Breaking Bad, in full. I'll be starting Season 4 soon.

Quick, someone find me a legal way to watch Part 1 of Season 5! Doesn't AMC do catch-up marathons for this sort of thing? Is there a way to know when that's happening?

[GoGo Yubari]

I again must give props to Elementary. I just watched the episode from a week ago and they've really hit a good groove when it comes to telling serialized mysteries.

[Josh]

Guys, I just finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

Guys, I just finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

[Jimmy]

Yeah, that finale's not bad, is it?

[LL!]

Guys, I just finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

Guys, I just finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

I wanna hear your spoilered thooooooooughts!

[Kane's Mullet Slacker]

Guys, I just finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

Guys, I just finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

That was some face-off, eh?

[MalaCloudy Black]

I again must give props to Elementary. I just watched the episode from a week ago and they've really hit a good groove when it comes to telling serialized mysteries.

I missed last week's because I forgot to DVR it, but this week's was pretty good too.

Guys, I just finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

Guys, I just finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

Fantastic stuff, right? Also, you can buy episodes of season 5 off Amazon or iTunes. They're $1.99 a pop on iTunes, so you'd be paying like $15 or something for all 8 episodes of the first half of season 5.

[Josh]

Also, you can buy episodes of season 5 off Amazon or iTunes. They're $1.99 a pop on iTunes, so you'd be paying like $15 or something for all 8 episodes of the first half of season 5.

Nah, free and legal or nothing. I'm currently banking on AMC re-airing Season 5 Part 1.

And I'm not gonna go too deep into my thoughts on what's happened so far (I just now woke up after a poorly conceived midday nap after a poorly conceived being awake since Friday), but I will say that the final 4 episodes of Season 4 are just astonishingly good.

2 things I wish people would point out more often about this show:

1) It goes for realism, but not naturalism. It is highly theatrical and that's by design. It should not be compared with shows like The Wire. That's not a comment on quality, nor do i hear a lot of people using the 2 shows in the same sentence, but I think such a distinction gives a much better idea of what the show is like.

2) It's a great drama, yes, but it's also extremely funny. I was not expecting that at all, and I wish that had been pointed out to me sooner.

[MalaCloudy Black]

OH WELL HEIL HITLER, BITCH

[Nick Adams]

Just watched the pilot of Malibu Country. Seems like a variation on Reba's self-titled series, but with Lily Tomlin, no teenage pregnancy, and the idiot teenager being Reba's actual son. Still amusing, although if they keep doing the, "Lily Tomlin is a stoner! Laugh!" bit, I may get turned off.

[Kane's Mullet Slacker]

Just watched the pilot of Malibu Country. Seems like a variation on Reba's self-titled series, but with Lily Tomlin, no teenage pregnancy, and the idiot teenager being Reba's actual son. Still amusing, although if they keep doing the, "Lily Tomlin is a stoner! Laugh!" bit, I may get turned off.

They do, also those are my same thoughts about the show.

[Summers]

Season 1 of American Horror Story was damn good.

[Benji]

Agreed. The second one's actual plot isn't quite as good, because it can't decide what it wants to be, but the characters and drama are still great.