TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[Jocephus]

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[heyzeus]

Is "nipple in a box" the new jumping the shark?

[JL21]

The "So Did the Fat Lady" episode of Louie was tremendous.

[thrill]

It was. He is absolutely not afraid to portray himself as a total dick.

[ghostrunner]

Is "nipple in a box" the new jumping the shark?

That was one of the lesser episodes of Mad Men. After what I thought was one of the best stretches in a while. A lot of stuff that didn't feel genuine or seem to grow organically out of what came before. Only exception being Sally and Bobby, and Stan is always great.

[Freed Roger]

Is "nipple in a box" the new jumping the shark?

Yes.
The show is spread too thin with storylines. Development is not strong enough to give us a nipple in a box. The threesome was kind of foisted in there too, in a The WB program sort of way.

[JL21]

All I know is, the more they do stuff in the office on that show, the more I like it. I can get behind the office politics and the client pitches and meetings, especially Don's ballsy gamble there at the end. I've really enjoyed the last few weeks.

[heyzeus]

Is "nipple in a box" the new jumping the shark?

Yes.
The show is spread too thin with storylines. .

Agreed. There's just too much going on to feel invested in just about anything. I miss the Bob Benson/Pete showdown. I though we'd get more on Joan's promotion. Or on the promotion of an African American woman into Joan's old position. Or poor Ted Chaough out in LA. It's nice seeing Betty again, but she's like a ghost on this show now.

There are just too many storylines to dedicate much time to any of them, which makes them all suffer.

Also, I have Don Draper Reinvention Fatigue. How many times in the last two seasons has Don spiraled out of control, only to buckle down to reinvent himself, only to spiral out of control again, and repeat ad nauseum?

[haltz]

The "So Did the Fat Lady" episode of Louie was tremendous.

My favorite thing so far this year was the poker table scene. "Just knowing that I have a dildo in the drawer, that makes me feel bad, and that makes me [expletive]."

[go birds]

The "So Did the Fat Lady" episode of Louie was tremendous.

that scene was painfully long and not in a good "that scene was painfully long" way.