TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[JackofDiamonds]

Archer has been absolutely horrible this season. I know I'll get burned for saying that - but it's the truth. I hate that Pam is hooked on coke for no real reason except to make her skinny. But even with that aside, the writing has hit a door and just can't get through it. I really thought the new direction would liven things up, but it hasn't. It's tanked.

Ok...I just watched the final two episodes from this season. It's still a lost season, but those last two episodes are worth a watch. And the final scene - WOW! Just, wow... You knew it would be coming, but then thought, "Nah, they wouldn't" and then they do.

[SHOW]

Archer is Lana's baby daddy!

Ha, watched it right after my post and thought it was a great episode. That was a great scene.

[SHOW]

baby....baby... Baby.... BABY

"Did I just now wake up from a coma and all of this has been a dream?"
"No."
"Okay, how about now?"

Krieger: I am a doctor.
Ray & Cyril: No you're not.
Krieger: Well, no, but a student of life.

[ghostrunner]

I've caught two Coen references so far on Fargo. First one was easy - White Russian was the drink special at a restaurant. The second one was from Raising Arizona. When Billy Bob tells the janitor he missed a spot mopping the floor, that's a line Nicolas Cage says to the prisoner mopping the floor. Filmed in a similar way too, at least in the blocking.

I saw an interview with the show runner before I watched it and he talks about how they also drew on No Country for Old Men. I definitely find myself thinking of both.

[JL21]

I saw an interview with the show runner before I watched it and he talks about how they also drew on No Country for Old Men. I definitely find myself thinking of both.

I saw something similar, and now I can't see Billy Bob as anything other than a hillbilly Anton Chigurh.

Some of the scenes with the (first) sheriff and his wife were flip-flopped versions of Margie and her husband in Fargo (the film), specifically one of them in bed. And Martin Freeman is definitely channeling his inner-Macy.

In episode two, the pharmacist yells to Lester/Freeman that he forgot his "unguent", which is what Stormare was trying to find in the bathroom cabinet in the film. (I only know this because I recently re-watched the film, and because I've never heard the word 'unguent' at any other point in my life)

[ghostrunner]

I'm totally going to start hearing unguent all the time now. I didn't even register that line.

[33anda3rd]

"Don Draper" has spent a lifetime/a whole TV show screwing up every woman he comes in touch with, especially Sally. For Sally to end S07E02 with "I love you" casually but with intent--after she's the one woman in his life he's been the most disonest with and probably screwed up the most yet has ultimately been the most honest with in his convo this week and his whole 'this is where I grew up' at the end of last year--and for him to not be able to deal with it is pretty awesome television.

Also, Pete Campbell getting banged by the hot blonde real estate agent telling him "you're such a big deal" was delicious, the squirmy little [expletive], its' just what he's been waiting to hear.

Pegguy's meltdown is so painful.

Mad Men remains kinda rad as [expletive].

[go birds]

I saw an interview with the show runner before I watched it and he talks about how they also drew on No Country for Old Men. I definitely find myself thinking of both.

I saw something similar, and now I can't see Billy Bob as anything other than a hillbilly Anton Chigurh.

Some of the scenes with the (first) sheriff and his wife were flip-flopped versions of Margie and her husband in Fargo (the film), specifically one of them in bed. And Martin Freeman is definitely channeling his inner-Macy.

In episode two, the pharmacist yells to Lester/Freeman that he forgot his "unguent", which is what Stormare was trying to find in the bathroom cabinet in the film. (I only know this because I recently re-watched the film, and because I've never heard the word 'unguent' at any other point in my life)

agreed on BBT and the Anton Chigurh comparison--basically wrecklessly killing anyone that gets in his path and the fact he just steals whatever car is available at the moment.

also, Jason silverman/the deaf/mute other dude and Steve Buschemi/the other guy who never talks

[ghostrunner]

That sign language is all BS right?

Huh - just read up. apparently it's real but they're not saying what the talking guy says they're saying.

[JL21]

My favorite Mad Men episode is that one where Don's paying for all of his obnoxious behavior, Peggy hits the glass ceiling, and Pete acts like a slimeball. Also, people cheat on their spouses.

[Jocephus]

my favorite mad men episode:

[SHOW]

[thrill]

My favorite Mad Men episode is the one where Matthew Wiener and the writing staff develop a world and characters so rich that you understand their motivations so completely and where they're coming from that with a line or scene that seems innocuous on paper, you can feel so much because it is earned and designed. It's not always fun, it's not always relaxing, but it's a great piece of art/culture.