TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[Schlich]

bojack horseman is honestly brilliant

[Jocephus]

i've wondered about that show...its looked tempting to start

[heyzeus]

Mad Men last night was odd. The Waitress seems to be taking up so much of the story, and I get what they're trying to do (show that Don's use of money and status is losing its power slash is a false pursuit) but it seems like ground they've tread before, and it just feels like another standard failed Don affair.

Megan's mom, however, is awesome. I want a Better Call Saul-style spinoff show just about her once Mad Men winds down.

[thrill]

Got some good teevee going right now. "Mad Men" back, "Game of Thrones" and "Veep" premiering this weekend.

+silicon valley

good weekend indeed

Erlich Bachman is quickly climbing the list of best tv characters.

[Vidor]

Sometimes I think that for a guy who's rich and successful Don sure does spend a lot of time feeling sorry for himself.

[thrill]

Sometimes I think that for a guy who's rich and successful Don sure does spend a lot of time feeling sorry for himself.

Do you think it's possible that the idea that career, money, sex, alcohol and power won't make you happy is a major theme of the show?

[Vidor]

Sometimes I think that for a guy who's rich and successful Don sure does spend a lot of time feeling sorry for himself.

Do you think it's possible that the idea that career, money, sex, alcohol and power won't make you happy is a major theme of the show?

Oh, I think that's possible...I just don't know if I agree with it.

[Vidor]

And in other "Mad Men" news, Megan sure can cop an attitude for a woman who parlayed her marriage into a free ticket to LA and a start on a filmmaking career. I guess we're supposed to take home a "Don is awful" message, but man, she used him a lot more than he used her.

And for a show that's going to end pretty soon, we sure are spending a lot of time on tertiary characters like the Calvet family and Mimi Rogers and Don's waitress.

[ghostrunner]

I was a little puzzled by Megan's disgust with him. Wasn't sure if maybe she was taking what her mom said to heart.

I had no problem with the episode though. I always like when Don gets comeuppance and put in his place. Which he got from Megan's mom and the waitress, respectively. I think it's different from the "let's follow Don in the middle of another downward spiral" which I've definitely seen enough of in the past.

Also, I get the feeling reading online that people are expecting the show to wrap up somehow. I'm not sure if there's a term for it at the end of a show or movie, but "in media res" is the term used for starting in the middle of the action. So there's not a true beginning and as a viewer you just catch up to what's going on. I guess it would be the same term for the end. I see this season being and ending like all the other seasons.

[go birds]

Gave LMOE one more shot and this weeks episode actually wasnt that bad and think it was because of Phil's change of heart. Maybe he will start being less annoying.

Im willing to move forward.