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Green Room - Week 18 - Day 7
Hello lovelies!
Let's talk turke-er-TV! New series are upon us and I'm totally stoked (this is my shameful secret, I probably watch way more TV than one person is ever supposed to!). Let's see, Good Girls Season 2 debut this week. I'm usually one of those people who sees the pieces on the board, and the movements they're going to make like a move or three in advance. For some reason, though, when I expect this show to zig, it TOTALLY zags! I have no idea where they're going, but I'm excited to find out (also, I'd love to murder Wesley in his sleep =P).
Is anyone trying NBC's Enemy Within? I gotta admit, that first episode HOOKED ME. Now, less shameful, and probably not a secret, I admit I have much love for Jennifer Carpenter! She kills me! The way she can simultaneously smile, but make it so pained, or let her voice waver between the octaves of humor and despair. It's just something I don't know that I've ever really seen before. I could understand if she's bugs people, I could see that, but for me... sold!
Oh, I'm also really enjoying Zack's Pre-Apocalyptic Showdown. Otherwise known as The Passage. The little girl (Saniyya Sidne), is just amazing! And I really love the connection between both she and "The Agent" (aka Zack from Saved By The Bell). =D Man, the casting on this one! You got Desmond from "The Hatch" and Lucky from the Boardwalk and that kid from the Exorcist. So far, a pretty decent show!
The Good Fight starts on the 13th, I think, and if there's ever a show I've spent the last 3 years anticipating, it's that one. Those who know me, know I'm a liberal, and I get why, as a conservative, that one might be a little hard to enjoy. I'd just encourage those who might think the rhetoric is too thick to give it a chance. I think, and obvs this is just my opinion, but I think it's trying really hard to say, "Hey, even if we don't share common ideas for this Country, at least we can try to come to a place of logic and reason, while respecting one another." IDK. Maybe that's just what I want it to be saying.
Handmaid's Tale is coming up, and there's that Whiskey Tango dealy! I watched The Neverland one, too, on HBO the last few days. It was a hard one. Whether you believe the two of them or not, it's time to start admitting (and _understanding_) that sexual abuse (or abuse in general) does some pretty crazy things with the mind. You make concessions with yourself, all in an effort to make an abnormal situation liveable. I know I did (I wasn't sexually abused, but that was the only way i wasn't). The Nation seems a little too divided right now for logical and cool-headed conversations about such volatile things, I think, but we need to have them soon!
So what's on your TV dance card this season? What are you looking forward to and what are you glad to let go of? Has one of the big three cancelled one of your darlings? Gah, they always seem to nix the best stuff, don't they? Talk amongst yourselves!
Let's talk turke-er-TV! New series are upon us and I'm totally stoked (this is my shameful secret, I probably watch way more TV than one person is ever supposed to!). Let's see, Good Girls Season 2 debut this week. I'm usually one of those people who sees the pieces on the board, and the movements they're going to make like a move or three in advance. For some reason, though, when I expect this show to zig, it TOTALLY zags! I have no idea where they're going, but I'm excited to find out (also, I'd love to murder Wesley in his sleep =P).
Is anyone trying NBC's Enemy Within? I gotta admit, that first episode HOOKED ME. Now, less shameful, and probably not a secret, I admit I have much love for Jennifer Carpenter! She kills me! The way she can simultaneously smile, but make it so pained, or let her voice waver between the octaves of humor and despair. It's just something I don't know that I've ever really seen before. I could understand if she's bugs people, I could see that, but for me... sold!
Oh, I'm also really enjoying Zack's Pre-Apocalyptic Showdown. Otherwise known as The Passage. The little girl (Saniyya Sidne), is just amazing! And I really love the connection between both she and "The Agent" (aka Zack from Saved By The Bell). =D Man, the casting on this one! You got Desmond from "The Hatch" and Lucky from the Boardwalk and that kid from the Exorcist. So far, a pretty decent show!
The Good Fight starts on the 13th, I think, and if there's ever a show I've spent the last 3 years anticipating, it's that one. Those who know me, know I'm a liberal, and I get why, as a conservative, that one might be a little hard to enjoy. I'd just encourage those who might think the rhetoric is too thick to give it a chance. I think, and obvs this is just my opinion, but I think it's trying really hard to say, "Hey, even if we don't share common ideas for this Country, at least we can try to come to a place of logic and reason, while respecting one another." IDK. Maybe that's just what I want it to be saying.
Handmaid's Tale is coming up, and there's that Whiskey Tango dealy! I watched The Neverland one, too, on HBO the last few days. It was a hard one. Whether you believe the two of them or not, it's time to start admitting (and _understanding_) that sexual abuse (or abuse in general) does some pretty crazy things with the mind. You make concessions with yourself, all in an effort to make an abnormal situation liveable. I know I did (I wasn't sexually abused, but that was the only way i wasn't). The Nation seems a little too divided right now for logical and cool-headed conversations about such volatile things, I think, but we need to have them soon!
So what's on your TV dance card this season? What are you looking forward to and what are you glad to let go of? Has one of the big three cancelled one of your darlings? Gah, they always seem to nix the best stuff, don't they? Talk amongst yourselves!
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My only wish is that she would gain about 15-20 pounds, but that's all about looking anorexic, and could just be body type that you can't always change.
We're still enjoying The Blacklist (though not the recent plot direction), The Good Doctor, and The Rookie. I'm looking forward to iZombie, but also hoping that it digs itself out of the dark place it's in. Sad...
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And as you can see by my tiny dig at Mar-El (I'm assuming much of that wasn't by choice, though... I was so worried she was sick every time she'd come on screen!), again, I agree with you on the poor girl gaining a little weight! We want you healthy Jen! Healthy!
I loved The Blacklist the first two or three years, but I sort of lost my place (everything I ever watch is on a streaming service, so sometimes I'll let a show run in the background, or something like that, and I'll lose my spot, and then the desire to go back and find it!). James Spader was just ALL kinds of amazing in it! I was _SO_ impressed. I don't remember being a very big fan of his in say the late 80s, 90s. So, what a revelation!
AND YES AND YES on both The Good Doctor (again, I'm not a giant fan of Highmore's, I used to think he was all one note, but the boy has got some SKILLS! No matter what they intimate for him to do, no matter WHAT, he throws his all into it and Sean (Shawn, Shawne) is amazing!
Even closer to my heart, though, The Rookie! A lovely mixture of humor and true-to-life drama. Nate is always ridiculously charming (even with crows feet!), and the supporting cast is equally as endearing.
Great ones, babe! Great ones! Thanks so much for playing along! <3
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Our son looked it up on the Internet, and it seemed that the fact that is revolved around a magic drug was too slippery-slope for the network and potential buyers, even though the show was very clear on the ugly side of the drug. Black and white thinkers, man. :(
The Blacklist is worth catching back up on, and Netflix has at least the first 5 seasons on streaming. I never liked James Spader much especially when he was younger, but I caught him playing off of William Shatner's Denny Crane in 'Boston Legal' from time to time (Shatner's character was freaking hilarious), and Spader is SO funny as Red. Avuncular and dark and masterful all at once.
I wasn't familiar with Highmore until The Good Doctor, but I'm blown away by his work. Last night's episode? Holy f**k. He is _living_ that character in all possible ways, the good, the bad, the angry, the hurt, the confused and frustrated. Wow.
The Rookie is delightful. I do wish it didn't feel like Nate was so desperate for us to like him there, but I DO like him-- and I adore Lucy Chen and Talia, for very different reasons. I also find the Captain wonderful-- both badass and compassionate-- and Tim Bradford is kind of killing me with his combination of tough-love-asshole, Solomonic wisdom, and tiny little bit of heartbreak. :D
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I am pretty sure I stopped Grey's after S4, but Shonda sure knows how to make a lasting product, doesn't she?? So impressive!
And yes, I am LOVING The Resident! I've been a fan of Matt's since Friday Night Lights (and that's only because I've never seen Gilmore Girls =D). I totally dig Shawnette as Mina. I didn't think I was going to to start off, but she's just completely grown on me! And I've never been a big fan of Greenwood's either, but he's got a lot of complexity now, and I'm excited to see it!
I know you'll probably think I'm crazy, but I've never seen a single episode of The Big Bang Theory or Young Sheldon. I'm bummed to hear they're nixing Murphy Brown. I wasn't watching it, but not for a lack of enjoying the original, I just.. I heard early on they probably weren't going to go a second season (as a matter of fact, I'd heard they might just pull it after the first 12). I'd love to see it get some props, though!
Man, you got some of the best ones here! I'm DYING for another round of The Handmaid's Tale! It's a bleak one, but I think we're getting to some kick ass parts! ;D
Thanks so much for playing, hon!