The TV shows you've seen recently thread.

[Eric P]

AHS was another "eh" episode up until the end.

i dunno.  i like the continuation of the "santa" stuff but yeah it's a marked drop in quality.  I have faith.  they took the same dip last season too

[Verdigris Murder]

I really can't wait for the writing team that manages to thwart the scrutiny of thousands of trained internet nit-pickers by creating a perfectly realistic drama over the span of multiple seasons.  I'm sure it will happen any day now.   

Also Far Cry 3.

[brawndolicious]

I'm far from a nit picker. The show's writing is pretty bad this season, which leads to cutting corners to make the plot work. Every show does this to a degree but I haven't seen one recently that does it as much as this...

Were you complaining this much Omar fell out if a four story building or Barksdale was getting kfc delivered to his cell?

[ZephyrFate]

I agree it doesn't match the high bar of season 1 and has gotten downright goofy in certain instances but it's still far from bad.  I don't think it's possible to say otherwise when the primary point of reference is 24.  The lowest dips of this season are basically the bread and butter of that show.  And while the scenarios may have become less believable, the character work still remains really strong.

Yeah, Claire Danes + Damien Lewis basically elevate the show above most everything on TV.

as for that Buzzfeed article, I facepalmed and started to ignore it the moment she critiqued both "The Smile", one of the most amazing episodes of Homeland ever, and then proceeded to also shit on Q&A, its best episode yet.

[Boogie]

wtf wouldn't a congressman be allowed to hold onto their cell phone?

Cell phones are absolutely barred in a classified environment, it doesn't matter who it belongs to.  Period.


Of course, this is the same group of writers who had an F-117 firing air-to-air missiles in Season 4 of 24, so fuck any pretence of reality.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm far from a nit picker. The show's writing is pretty bad this season, which leads to cutting corners to make the plot work. Every show does this to a degree but I haven't seen one recently that does it as much as this...

Were you complaining this much Omar fell out if a four story building or Barksdale was getting kfc delivered to his cell?

S5 of The Wire? Yes I did complain about that shit

Barksdale getting kfc in jail? Nope because I know COs, and have family members who work in prisons.

[benjipwns]

This season of Always Sunny has been amazing.

They should stand and bow.

[archie4208]

DID ANYONE ELSE WATCH THE DEXTER FINALE?

JESUS PENIS

[Eel O'Brian]

AHS was another "eh" episode up until the end.

i dunno.  i like the continuation of the "santa" stuff but yeah it's a marked drop in quality.  I have faith.  they took the same dip last season too

yeah, it's probably just buildup for the final stretch of eps

[benjipwns]

Shame about The League, though it picked up these last couple weeks.

[brawndolicious]

I'm far from a nit picker. The show's writing is pretty bad this season, which leads to cutting corners to make the plot work. Every show does this to a degree but I haven't seen one recently that does it as much as this...

Were you complaining this much Omar fell out if a four story building or Barksdale was getting kfc delivered to his cell?

S5 of The Wire? Yes I did complain about that shit

Barksdale getting kfc in jail? Nope because I know COs, and have family members who work in prisons.

suck my suspension of disbelief.

[Beezy]

DID ANYONE ELSE WATCH THE DEXTER FINALE?

JESUS PENIS

couldn't believe it

[Stoney Mason]

Trying to struggle my way through season 2 of the walking dead. As much as I love zombies though, it's  difficult because this show is hokey as hell.

[ZephyrFate]

Fucking excellent finale of Homeland. Holy shit.

[Barry Egan]

I loved it.  Makes me excited for season 3 already.

[Eric P]

This season of Always Sunny has been amazing.

They should stand and bow.

agreed.  much better than last season, though Dee has really be a bit of a 5th wheel in many cases

[Diunx]

Don't know how I feel about Homeland's finale.

[brawndolicious]

Don't know how I feel about Homeland's finale.

It's too early to say how this series will pan out, but that was one of the best finale twists ever.

[Groogrux]

Has anyone else watched Amish Mafia?  It is by-far the stupidest fucking show ever.

[Phoenix Dark]

Don't know how I feel about Homeland's finale.

It's too early to say how this series will pan out, but that was one of the best finale twists ever.

uh, no.

After that shit I don't know if I'll watch S3

[Diunx]

I really hope they don't ignore the fact that Carrie just helped  a guy suspected to commit a terrorist act on American soil to get out of the country, and where the fuck will he run really? his face will be on the mind of every citizen of this planet a ginger war hero congressman turned terrorist? good luck going incognito.

[Flannel Boy]

DID ANYONE ELSE WATCH THE DEXTER FINALE?

JESUS PENIS

couldn't believe it

You glide like a . . .  fuckin' lizard on ice.

You are one creep motherfucka.

I thought it was one of the best season's of Dexter, despite the convenient plot twists and Dexter's sloppiness and stupidity.

Jennifer Carpenter 
Deb 

[Beezy]

Yeah, it was easily the best since the early seasons. The Doakes flashbacks were great.

[Flannel Boy]

Yeah, it was easily the best since the early seasons. The Doakes flashbacks were great.

They managed to capture the early seasons pretty well in those flashbacks, with Dexter struggling to act like a human.

No-no-no-no I can't let you through with this!

[Phoenix Dark]

not to question your IQ but I'm pretty sure leather wouldn't stop a zombie's teeth from penetrating skin

[G The Resurrected]

There's this awesome show on TBS called The Wedding Band. I can't believe that its a hour long comedy show that actually works.

[Groogrux]

There's this awesome show on TBS called The Wedding Band. I can't believe that its a hour long comedy show that actually works.

That looked like shit in the previews...

[Eel O'Brian]

Thick leather? You'd need strong jaws to pierce it. Take a catcher's mitt and try to bite through part of that. It would protect against incidental bites at least. Some kind of mesh under that would really go a long way.

yeah, when i saw that guy wearing the padding and duct tape i thought "that's the smartest motherfucker in the entire series"

i guess they explain some of it away by it being hot as hell in georgia and the dehydration factor and all - but still, wear a tyvek jacket, you can't bite through that shit, either

[Groogrux]

To be fair, it's not as if they can go and shop at fucking Macy's for this shit.

[Eel O'Brian]

true, but they probably passed a lot of clothing stores on their way to...wherever the hell it is they're going

[Phoenix Dark]

I was under the impression that the zombie jaws were stronger than human ones

[brawndolicious]

Yeah the zombies are physically stronger than a comparable human, they rip arms and legs off easily so their jaws are also probably stronger than a humans. Plus usually if the zombies kill anybody, it's by swarming them in a closed area so leather wouldn't protect you much.

[brawndolicious]

I think I'd rather carry more bullets and have a freer range of movement. I can't see Michone slicing and dicing while wearing a bunch of padding.

[Phoenix Dark]

Leather would be irrelevant to me. My goal would be to avoid groups of white survivors considering they'd likely give me the worst weapons to defend myself with

T-Dawg

[etiolate]

BECAUSE I'M CRIPPLED AND I WANT TO LISTEN TO NIRVANA

Yes, I started watching Friday Night Lights.

[ZephyrFate]

Happy Endings was absolutely top-tier comedy last night.

Just open the fucking gift, Penny.

[Steve Contra]

Leather would be irrelevant to me. My goal would be to avoid groups of white survivors considering they'd likely give me the worst weapons to defend myself with

T-Dawg (Image removed from quote.)

You wouldn't want to run into a group of white survivors, because the next black person they run into means you're dead.

[Eel O'Brian]

I was under the impression that the zombie jaws were stronger than human ones

maybe all the bone from their skulls migrates down into their jaws, reinforcing them

this would also explain how people can apparently penetrate their heads with nothing more than a sharp fingernail

[Phoenix Dark]

Leather would be irrelevant to me. My goal would be to avoid groups of white survivors considering they'd likely give me the worst weapons to defend myself with

T-Dawg (Image removed from quote.)

You wouldn't want to run into a group of white survivors, because the next black person they run into means you're dead.

It's probably a more dangerous job than being the #2 guy in al-Qaeda

[chronovore]

Watched the first episode of TRON: UPRISING, the Disney animated series. It was better than last year's movie. Fantastic production design, and an art style which borrows from Peter Chung without slaving itself to it.

[Diunx]

Did the ladyd playing Tony's mum died before season 3? her head is fucking cgid into anothser botdy.

[Phoenix Dark]

[ZephyrFate]

i jizzed

[Beezy]

CAN'T WAIT

[Eel O'Brian]

So, I finally started watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It's not always laugh out loud funny, but at least once per show my jaw drops at the balls the creators have. Every single time I've thought "they won't go there," they almost immediately go there

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

So, I finally started watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It's not always laugh out loud funny, but at least once per show my jaw drops at the balls the creators have. Every single time I've thought "they won't go there," they almost immediately go there

It's great.  Seems to get better as time goes on.

[BlueTsunami]

So, I finally started watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It's not always laugh out loud funny, but at least once per show my jaw drops at the balls the creators have. Every single time I've thought "they won't go there," they almost immediately go there

The most recent season was absolutely hilarious, so keep with it. It dips in season 5 and 6 though.

[Phoenix Dark]

Downton Abbey S3 Christmas special


......FUCK THIS GAY EARTH

[brawndolicious]

Downton Abbey S3 Christmas special


......FUCK THIS GAY EARTH

yeah fuck it. 

[Phoenix Dark]

spoiler discussion of Downton Abbey S3 Christmas special. WARNING

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm so pissed about this shit, and feel like the show may never recover. Granted I knew it was coming: the actor was unhappy with the role and had plans to come to America for bigger roles; so Matthew's fate was sealed for some time. It's a shame because the show has so heavily invested in the character, he's the best character, etc. Consider a driving force of that ep, which was the Scottish house not modernizing, and thus going bankrupt - thus validating what Matthew did with Downton. I was looking forward to seeing how he continued to move the house into the 20th century, and the changes that came for that way of life in Britain. Clearly Robert's role was going to be diminished in the future, with Matthew further exerting power with Branston at his side.

Instead we'll get another baby losing a parent, a large time jump...sigh. I guess Branston will sort of take Matthew's role now, and be a driving force in helping to raise the heir. I'm guessing Branston will fall in love with Rose (the girl coming to live at Downton).

S3 was such a return to glory imo, now I just don't see S4 matching it. The writers must be pissed; Flowers had a lot of big stuff planned and I hope he discusses where he wanted the show to go before this happened.

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[ZephyrFate]

if you haven't watched danger 5, because you don't like amazing things

it's now on hulu

http://www.hulu.com/danger-5

so watch it, goddammit

[Mr. Gundam]

OK I was watching one of the shitty new Simpsons episodes on TV with my little brother cause he still enjoys it, it has Cheech & Chong as guest stars. It was the typical unfunny mediocre and boring episode you get from this show now, but this exchange pissed me off:

Homer: You don't know Cheech and Chong? They are like the Beavis and Butt-head of our era.
Bart: Who's Beavis and Butt-head?

This legitimately fucking bothered me to no end. Really? The other show that took off in the same era The Simpsons did? The guys who were just as much MTV darlings and animated representative of 90's kids? Not to mention the fact that The Simpsons were around way before Beavis and Butt-head. Or the fact that I'm sure with the billions of fucking pop culture references you get from The Simpsons that they would have been mentioned before differently.

Now I know that they are trying to illustrate that kids now don't know who Beavis and Butt-head are, and its mostly another joke about how Homer is old and no longer knows what kids like and shit. But this also just illustrates how The Simpsons way overstayed their welcome, its too much. Just fucking kill it already, who even watches it anymore?

I'm going to go take a walk or get laid or something.

If this bothers you, then you should never EVER watch the episode where Homer was in a grunge band.

[benjipwns]

On that anthology episode earlier this season Marge and Homer were in high school in 1974 again.

I thought there were actually a couple decent episodes last season but I had to go back and read the descriptions to even remember what they were. It and Cleveland Show and Family Guy are such distinct contrasts to Bob's Burgers and American Dad on the same night.

Just found this out from Wikipedia:

During the twenty-fourth season it was estimated that the cost of a 30-second advertising spot would be $286,131 in an original broadcast, up from $254,260 in season 23. It is Fox's fourth-most expensive show to advertise during, up from fifth last year, and the sixth-most expensive show to advertise on (behind only Sunday Night Football, American Idol Wednesday, Modern Family, New Girl and American Idol Thursday).

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

If there is one thing I get nostalgic for, it's The Simpsons.  Watched it since the first season.  Mentally, I just pretend the show never existed past the seventh season and move on.  I still have all of the DVD sets up to season 7.  After that, the show does not exist to me.

Just fucking kill it already, who even watches it anymore?

It brings in some ungodly amounts of money, like a billion dollars a year or something.  It won't be going away anytime soon.

[Dickie Dee]

By now wouldn't Homer have been in high school himself when Beavis and Butthead came on?

[pilonv1]

Like The EXP I just assume the Simpsons ended after the 10th season or so, I don't even watch them in re-runs anymore. I know Al Jean and a bunch of old staff are back and they're supposedly better but the teenage seasons ruined everything I loved about that show.

At least new Futurama is still pretty decent. It doesn't have the highs the first four seasons has but there aren't any lows either.

Daria

I finally decided to watch this show from beginning to end, only catching a few episodes here and there in the past I always enjoyed it. With my soft spot for MTV cartoons it was about time.

Wow, Daria is a thousand times more mature than I thought it would be. Perfectly capturing high school, better than most series that advertise as a good representation of high school. Fantastic writing, I'm a sucker for sarcastic humor and when any serious storyline comes up its handled with care and reminds me a lot of what I had to go through when I was their age(College applications, being a slacker, parents trying to get me more inclined to do something, etc.). Some of the most relatable characters I've ever seen in a TV show. I thought the ending with the TV movie Is It College Yet? was perfect, it fit how somehow mundane the show can be while effectively ending it without trying to be epic. Making it even more real. One of my personal favorite things about this show is how a lot of the voice actors didn't do any other cartoons, which gives the show its own individuality.

Jakey

I wasn't a big fan of Tom but he grew on me. I want to get it on DVD but the lack of music will ruin it for me I think. That and Ed are the only two shows I still want on DVD.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Like The EXP I just assume the Simpsons ended after the 10th season or so, I don't even watch them in re-runs anymore. I know Al Jean and a bunch of old staff are back and they're supposedly better but the teenage seasons ruined everything I loved about that show.

Yeah a lot of the people who made it great (except George Meyer and John Swartzwelder, arguably the best writers who were on the show) are back but you can tell that they just don't give much of a fuck.  They're just in it for the fat paycheck.  Good for them I guess but I won't be watching.

[Mupepe]

The new episodes have some legitimately good moments but the style of the show has just changed too drastically to really bring back what made the first ten seasons great.

[pilonv1]

Jakey

I wasn't a big fan of Tom but he grew on me. I want to get it on DVD but the lack of music will ruin it for me I think. That and Ed are the only two shows I still want on DVD.

I've never seen it with the music to be honest. The theme song showing up over and over again is probably my only complaint.

Pretty much every establishing shot in the show had 5-10 seconds of some popular alternative song on MTV at the time.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Halfway through the third season of Blackadder.  Pretty good show.