LoathsomePete

Don't be surprised if Pam becomes your favorite character by the end of the season.

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Key

I find her hilarious regardless. Though at the end of the first episode of season 2, she had the Jabba the Hut look going on.

Goofle

Dexter's monologues are so fucking corny.

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Update on Awake. Just finished watching it. I admit, it is a mess sometimes but I enjoyed it very much. The wikipedia page says it was too complicated for an average American viewer... which is pity, I think it had a great potential for follow-ups. There was even a campaign "Save Awake" on Facebook. Too bad I don't have an account and it is over anyway.

LoathsomePete

Supernatural

Back in 2005 when this show first aired I was going through a big X-Files thing, which was fortunate because a local channel started sydicating the episodes in order, and I caught the first one. When I heard that Supernatural had some of the same writers and was filmed in Vancouver I was intrigued. While the first season had some pretty hit-or-miss episodes and a pretty standard formula, the chemistry between the two leads was solid and it's not like there was much else for paranormal drama shows at the time so I continued watching it. Second season upped the ante and fixed a lot of the problems in the first and did a good job on expanding the world. Season three was the most consistent and had some really cool episodes, but it was Season four that really exalted the show and mythology. Season five was pretty epic as it had Sam and Dean Winchester fighting Lucifer so the stakes were stacked about as high as they could go and everything was leading up to a satisfying ending that would cement the show's cult status.

We didn't get that, and instead the show's rising popularity during the 3rd and 4th season and the lead actors' contracts having a clause for a 6th season, led to a rather bizarre season that reminded me so much of The X-Files' sixth season after they left Vancouver and changed the tone of the show, downplaying the mythology and world building for more "Monster of the Week" episodes. It makes sense from a production standpoint because they're relatively easy to write and pad out a season as you try to cobble together a cohesive story arc. While it exceeded my expectations, last year's 7th season was a complete disaster that was just so baffling stupid that I stopped watching.

After much insistence from my mother and other people's opinions I sometimes pretend to respect, I gave the 8th season a chance, and by god has it ever redeemed the awkward 6th and 7th seasons and has actually made me intrigued for the first time since 2009. They have an ultimate goal, that if achieved, will effectively end the show for the most part, and it seems like they're going to go for it rather than milk it dry(er). They've really managed to fix the previous problem of bringing in new characters, and then just putting them in this cryo-stasis until Sam and Dean need them, instead opting to show their lives and how they deal with a world full of demons and monsters. It also seems they're expanding this comedic relief character into something more than a "Watson".

Overall I'm actually excided for a show I've been watching and-and-off for 8 years now, and that's kind of cool.

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American Horror Story.

Blew through season one in just a few nights; no small feat considering my horrible work schedule. It's very good, but not quite the brilliance I'd hoped for based on my friend's emphatic demands I watch it.

Jessica Lange makes the show. The fellow who plays Tate is good, but Jessica Lange as Constance is the soul of season one. She's absolutely brilliant. The show gets corny upon occasion, a few of the "twists" are easy to see coming, but it's ultimately enjoyable and worth watching.

And again: Jesus Christ, Jessica Lange is fantastic in this show. Research last night showed me that she's earned an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her performance as Constance, and all I can say is that it's well-deserved.

She made a horrible, disgusting human being hold some shreds of humanity, have some manner of compassion and present herself as a full, well-rounded human being. VERY few people could have pulled that off as well as Ms. Lange did.

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Sparky

I've been watching this show and agree jessica lange is the only person on the show who know's what shes doing. The guy who plays tate just randomly gets loud when trying to convey emotion, its a good thing so far the show has mostly just asked him to be "zoned out". Still pretty cool, its on netflix so of course im gonna watch it.
The presentation of the story is pretty neat and bounces all over which is good because it quickly doesnt make that much sense if you think about it for too long. The maid in young form is a sexy senorita

debaserr

The only reason I have any interest in American Horror Story is the sister of that shrink from The Departed (Tarissa Farmiga, they were born like 20y apart or something).

Having said that, I haven't seen any of it.

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She kind of reminds me of Angela's best friend from My So-Called Life.



Second from the left.

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God I love Underbelly! Wish there was a clip, but there isn't, so listen up:

Girl decides to go on the game but she's seriously innocent of such things. Gets her first John and he drops his pants, lies back on the bed and says "Just a blow job will do love". She crouches down, shrugs and starts blowing at his dick like it was a candle!! He looks at her says "What the hell are you doing??" and she says "Er, a blow job, right?" I nearly PMSL!!!!

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