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[Saint Cornelius]

Like how Hank was staring at something on the wall at the San Ysidro DEA office?

[etiolate]

I forget that part. =|

What I do love is Hank's nods to his own sophistication.

[Saint Cornelius]

I forget that part. =|

What I do love is Hank's nods to his own sophistication.

me too. "it's an ecclesial delight!"

[CajoleJuice]

PD should be watching Terriers right now. And you're right, etiolate. Procedural is just a lazy way of describing it.

[brawndolicious]

The Terriers is probably like the best parts of Monk and Sons of Anarchy mashed together.  Or at least it seems like anybody I know who likes those shows likes Terriers.  All I know is it's horrible when you catch up on a show like that and then have to wait until every goddamn wednesday to see a new episode.

BTW, what does the name mean?  Is it a region or a job or does it just mean the type of dog?

I must say one thing about Terriers that really pissed me off. And it pissed me off because I love these characters SOOOO much.

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Katie and the Professor

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I liked that part, it was handled really well in that episode and the next one (last week).  It's definitely setting up something in the future but I agree with etiolate that I totally didn't see it coming.

[Dickie Dee]

It's not "procedural", but them being PIs allows for cases of the week which can or can't be at the forefront of the episode - and aren't a self-contained "mystery" to be solved in 44 minutes. It just doesn't work like that.

[Dickie Dee]

BTW, what does the name mean?  Is it a region or a job or does it just mean the type of dog?

I know nothing official, but I think it's about how they're kinda the scrappy underdogs like the as named terriers

[Phoenix Dark]

PD should be watching Terriers right now. And you're right, etiolate. Procedural is just a lazy way of describing it.

I still gotta watch the last ep of Boardwalk Empire, and I want to see Walking Dead. Hmmm I'll watch Terriers this weekend

[Diunx]

I watched three episodes of Terriers like a month ago and really liked but wasn't blown away by it like some of you guys, gonna download the rest of the episodes tomorrow and watch some of then before the new Fringe

[brawndolicious]

It's a really character driven show, I loved it from the first episode though and I don't know if you have, but definitely watch it in order.  You will be very lost otherwise.

[Saint Cornelius]

Hank really puts Jason through his paces, doesn't he? I feel bad for the both of them.

[brawndolicious]

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I don't trust Jason whatsoever.  Even if he supposedly did admit everything to Gretchen, a person doesn't recover from being involved in abuse like that, even if he wasn't physically involved in it.  I think he's going to come back and try to hurt Hank somehow.

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[etiolate]

“The life of a cheeseburger ho isn’t all private jets and gallery openings.”

I hope Michaela comes back.

[ManaByte]

Just watched Walking Dead. Fucking awesome. In for the HD season pass on iTunes.

[CajoleJuice]

Still catching up on Fringe. Watched disc 3 of S2. What an incredible bunch of episodes.

"White Tulip" is probably one of the best hours of television ever, holy shit.

[Mupepe]

So Cajole, in all your infinite wisdom and good taste, do you think I'll like Fringe?  I watched the pilot when it first aired and I didn't care for it.

[CajoleJuice]

If you didn't like the pilot, I wouldn't say to make it a priority. It gets better, but there are a lot of mediocre monster of the week episodes packed in there. Do you have any love for sci-fi in general?

[bud]

the internet tells me it's a poor man's x-files

[Mupepe]

If you didn't like the pilot, I wouldn't say to make it a priority. It gets better, but there are a lot of mediocre monster of the week episodes packed in there. Do you have any love for sci-fi in general?

I want to say yes, but I always find most of the sci fi shit spewed like at GAF to be fucking terrible so I've been questioning it for awhile.  I don't know if I'm just picky or if GAF has really bad taste.

[Diunx]

Last Fringe was great.

[OptimoPeach]

After the end of last season and five solid episodes this season, it feels like it's a totally different show. I thought the pilot was pretty lame, and the show didn't really grab me until the S1 finale. It's consistently good to great lately

If you didn't like the pilot, I wouldn't say to make it a priority. It gets better, but there are a lot of mediocre monster of the week episodes packed in there. Do you have any love for sci-fi in general?

I want to say yes, but I always find most of the sci fi shit spewed like at GAF to be fucking terrible so I've been questioning it for awhile.  I don't know if I'm just picky or if GAF has really bad taste.

See the addendum for new viewers bit toward the bottom of this recap. Seems like a pretty solid list. Maybe try another couple and then bail if you're not feeling it at all

[CajoleJuice]

After the end of last season and five solid episodes this season, it feels like it's a totally different show. I thought the pilot was pretty lame, and the show didn't really grab me until the S1 finale. It's consistently good to great lately

If you didn't like the pilot, I wouldn't say to make it a priority. It gets better, but there are a lot of mediocre monster of the week episodes packed in there. Do you have any love for sci-fi in general?

I want to say yes, but I always find most of the sci fi shit spewed like at GAF to be fucking terrible so I've been questioning it for awhile.  I don't know if I'm just picky or if GAF has really bad taste.

See the addendum for new viewers bit toward the bottom of this recap. Seems like a pretty solid list. Maybe try another couple and then bail if you're not feeling it at all

Yeah, this is great advice.

AV Club

[chronovore]

the internet tells me it's a poor man's x-files

The pilot and much of Season 1 is typical monster-of-the-week X-Files feeling. Not bad, just nothing different.

Not so much by of the end of Season 2. It's barely recognizable as X-Files at that point.

[Mr. Gundam]

Anyone else watching In Treatment? Just as good as ever.

I also did two years of counseling practicum (both individual and group counseling) during graduate school, so it's interesting to see everything I learned in action with both Gabriel Byrne and Amy Ryan's characters.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Going through Bored to Death, that show is fucking awesome. I reccomend it to everyone.

[Diunx]

Boardwalk was sooooo good! can't wait till next Sunday

Just watched episode 5 of Terriers that shit was awesome!

[BlueTsunami]

Quite possibly the best episode of Always Sunny just aired. Lethal Weapon 5. Oh my God.

[Diunx]

Just watched episode 10 of Terriers this show rocks! didn't hook me in until episode 4, I didn't even like Donal Logue until I saw this show he is awesome in it.

I hope it gets at least one more season

[Himu]

holy fuck. community, 30 rock AND sunny were on all cylinders tonight

[brawndolicious]

Community, Burn Notice, Office, Outsourced, Bones, Fringe, and It's Always Sunny are now on every Thursday.  goddamit.

more chocolate?

[Diunx]

Was I the only one that googled numbers stations after last night Fringe?

[cool breeze]

Quite possibly the best episode of Always Sunny just aired. Lethal Weapon 5. Oh my Go.

that episode was great

I liked how concerned they were about playing a black character, but didn't care that Frank was playing a native american stereotype

and that sex scene was straight out of The Room

[CajoleJuice]

I heard about that leak, I'll just wait until I can watch it on HD on my big TV.

MKV->MP4 is a snap with Handbrake. Just set it to "high spec" and let her rip. Then drop it on a USB drive and play it from your PS3.

So I tried this once and it didn't work for whatever reason, so I got pissed and told myself just to stick to AVI.

But then I finished Fringe S2 and really couldn't imagine catching up with S3 not in HD, so I tried again.

It worked beautifully.

[Mr. Gundam]

Quite possibly the best episode of Always Sunny just aired. Lethal Weapon 5. Oh my Go.

that episode was great

I liked how concerned they were about playing a black character, but didn't care that Frank was playing a native american stereotype

and that sex scene was straight out of The Room

Last night's Sunny was brilliant. The League was also on fire.

[Mupepe]

I'm watching Carnivale currently.  I just finished episode 4 of season 1 last night.  Man, I really like this show.  Pacing is a bit slow, but the show is interesting enough to keep me going.  It only has two seasons right?  I bought the first for 15 bucks from wal mart and they had the 2nd.  I'm thinking about going ahead and grabbing it tonight, but I wanna know, is there a real resolution to the story or did they just cancel it and the fans get the shaft?

[Dickie Dee]

I'd always thought the later based on the small but vocal anger at it's cancellation - it's hard to investigate without getting spoilers though.

I actually own S2 - I saw it on sale for like 15 too. But the print for "Season 2" was so small I didn't even realize I was getting that and not the first season (I think I also thought it only got one season for some reason)

Edit: The wiki entry makes it sound like it was cut with things hanging, with 2 of 6 planned seasons made - and with just a few trickles about what would've been explored in the next seaons, but those stories sound forever untold.  :'(

[Mupepe]

shit.  i'm going to be pissed if I get invested and there's no resolution.  at least give me a shitty one. 

could you do me a favor and watch the last episode of season 2 though?  then let me know if it seems to tie shit up.  thanks

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joking just to be clear 

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[Mupepe]

The cancellation resulted in several story plot lines being unfinished, and outraged loyal viewers organized petitions and mailing drives to get the show renewed.

I braved the spoilers and googled it.

Shit.  Apparently the main storyline of the first two seasons is resolved but there's tons of secondary stories that weren't.  A new main arc was going to be introduced in the third season and apparently would have required a season three and four.  But it was costing HBO 2 million dollars an episode and was too expensive.

He and the producers did, however, answer a few basic details about the immediate fate of major characters who were left in near-fatal situations in the final episode of Season 2. Knauf additionally provided in-depth information regarding the underlying fictional laws of nature that the writers had not been able to fully explore in the first two seasons. June 2007 however marked the first time that a comprehensive work of detailed character backgrounds was made public. Following a fundraising auction, Knauf offered fans a so-called "Pitch Document," a summary of Carnivāle's first season. This document was originally written in 2002 and 2003 to give the writers and the studio an idea about the series' intended plot, and answered many of the show's mysteries.[39]

SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT

okay i'm gonna be pissed.

[Dickie Dee]

Uhh, it's set during the dust bowl, that's like my favorite time period ever. How have I never watched this? Gonna torrent S1 ASAP, then unseal S2 after all this time. SO IT SHALL COME TO PASS

[Mupepe]

dooooooo it.  it's really slow moving but there are some brilliant moments and it's beautifully shot.

[Groogrux]

Say what you want, but I finally started watching Doctor Who today.  I'm just in to the second season.  Already, I think I like David Tennant more as the Doctor.

[BlueTsunami]

God, I just watched 3 episodes of The League and I'm convinced this is the best comedy on television at the moment. More people need to check it out.

[Diunx]

When does the new season of Curb starts?

[Raban]

When does the new season of Curb starts?

I think next year? They only just started filming it, iirc.

[chronovore]

I'm watching Carnivale currently.  I just finished episode 4 of season 1 last night.  Man, I really like this show.  Pacing is a bit slow, but the show is interesting enough to keep me going.  It only has two seasons right?  I bought the first for 15 bucks from wal mart and they had the 2nd.  I'm thinking about going ahead and grabbing it tonight, but I wanna know, is there a real resolution to the story or did they just cancel it and the fans get the shaft?

Carnivāle Season 2 ends just fine. It's not a wrap-up, but it's a good ending. You'll wish there was more, but it's not like the ending of the Blade TV series where it's some miserable cliffhanger with no hope of resolution, ever.

[Stoney Mason]

Say what you want, but I finally started watching Doctor Who today.  I'm just in to the second season.  Already, I think I like David Tennant more as the Doctor.

David Tennant is very good. I won't say a bad word against him. But Christopher Eccleston was something special to me. He brought a maturity and darkness to that role I really enjoyed. I'm not that much a fan of the current doctor.

[Diunx]

I love Eccleston's voice, is so manly

[Groogrux]

Eccleston wasn't bad at all.  Don't get me wrong.  I just like Tennant more for some reason.  I don't even know who the new doctor is now. 

Update, finished season 2 on Netflix while finishing out a shift tonight!

[BobFromPikeCreek]

This season of It's Always Sunny is SO bad.

[Groogrux]

This season of It's Always Sunny is SO bad.

It's been going down hill for a while now.  I think they ran out of the ideas that made the show so originally funny.  They're just looking to get that shock factor, and they're trying way too hard for it.

[Mupepe]

I'm watching Carnivale currently.  I just finished episode 4 of season 1 last night.  Man, I really like this show.  Pacing is a bit slow, but the show is interesting enough to keep me going.  It only has two seasons right?  I bought the first for 15 bucks from wal mart and they had the 2nd.  I'm thinking about going ahead and grabbing it tonight, but I wanna know, is there a real resolution to the story or did they just cancel it and the fans get the shaft?

Carnivāle Season 2 ends just fine. It's not a wrap-up, but it's a good ending. You'll wish there was more, but it's not like the ending of the Blade TV series where it's some miserable cliffhanger with no hope of resolution, ever.

I can live with that.  Thanks.   

[Diunx]

Damn Carol is one ugly ass bitch! she was suppose to be a milf :'( The Walking Dead just keeps being disappointing, at least this episode was much better than 2, and why the fuck did that redneck cut off his hand instead of the rusty pipes that the cuffs where attached to?

Boardwalk on the other hand was fucking awesome! especially the ending

[brawndolicious]

Damn Carol is one ugly ass bitch! she was suppose to be a milf :'( The Walking Dead just keeps being disappointing, at least this episode was much better than 2, and why the fuck did that redneck cut off his hand instead of the rusty pipes that the cuffs where attached to?

It was a steel pipe and he had a steel saw.  The saw was probably a more rigid steel but still.

[chronovore]

Damn Carol is one ugly ass bitch! she was suppose to be a milf :'( The Walking Dead just keeps being disappointing, at least this episode was much better than 2, and why the fuck did that redneck cut off his hand instead of the rusty pipes that the cuffs where attached to?

Boardwalk on the other hand was fucking awesome! especially the ending

Because he was a dumb-ass redneck?

[BobFromPikeCreek]

This season of It's Always Sunny is SO bad.

It's been going down hill for a while now.  I think they ran out of the ideas that made the show so originally funny.  They're just looking to get that shock factor, and they're trying way too hard for it.

Agreed.

Last episode did have one awesome quote though.
‎"In the Lord of the Rings movie, Ian McKellen plays a wizard. You think he goes home at night and shoots laser beams into his boyfriend's asshole?"

[BlueTsunami]

Everyone who is tired of Sunny should watch The League instead. It isn't as zany as Sunny is now.

[Robo]

watching Twin Peaks again after Alan Wake put me in the mood for it.  I will never get tired of swooning over Sherilyn Fenn.

[chronovore]

No-one should ever grow tired of swooning over Sherilyn Fenn. She was such a good, good bad girl.

I've been meaning to rewatch Twin Peaks for a long time. I used to own the Japanese laserdisc set. Dragged them back to the USA in 1994. When I moved /back/ to Japan again, I figured it would be a foolishness to drag them back again, so I sold them to Amoeba. Now there are DVDs at the rental place just waiting for me, but I've not yet taken the plunge.

[bud]

i never got past episode 2 or 3 of the second season. i did quite like, though. i might get back into it next month or so.

and yeah, sherilyn fenn. she looked pretty good in s2 of californication.

[Diunx]

FUCK YEAH MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!

Man Crixus looks BADASS!!!! this is gonna be awesome