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plus it's still all about the patty-ellen relaysh which season 3 is kind of less about

which was the season that closed with a wicked cover of leonard cohen's 'everybody knows'? i think thats still my fave damages moment~~

i think the storytelling in s2 is p incoherent, they do a bunch of things that dont make much sense and fuc w/the characters for the sake of ~twists~

yeah it's hard to argue with that but the, i don't know, EMOTIONAL PACING is still compelling

the storytelling is at least a little incoherent in all the seasons

"everybody knows" is season 3, i think

season 2 was still super watchable and gripping, it just wasnt season one which is still one of my favorite tv seasons of all time

they do a bunch of things that dont make much sense and fuc w/the characters for the sake of ~twists~

sad about bored to death getting canceled but i cant believe a show that weird and location-specific ever made it to three seasons in the first place

it was like watching a mini buddy comedy every week. sad. love danson is so good in it!

danson also great in damages. waiting for netflix to get latest damages so i can catch up. but yeah, season 1 is by far the best, but it was SO good that i'm willing to put up with the other seasons.

i think the patty + ellen relaish in s3 is really complicated and exicting w/o feeling too artificial and it also has some gnarly performances from danson marting short and lily tomlin

dansons been having such a great late career renaissance, so proud of him, i met him once, gave him directions, seemed like a nice guy?

'thanks for telling where to find animal collective, max, and thats a handsome looking top hat' - actor ted danson

*must not rehash how badly Damages went to shit in s2*

ugh i hate you all

i think the patty + ellen relaish in s3 is really complicated and exicting w/o feeling too artificial and it also has some gnarly performances from danson marting short and lily tomlin

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martin short is a total genius in damages season 3, it's true. to the rest of your comment i say whatever.

fucking hell, i knew it was a risk reading a general tv thread

shit, i'm sorry!

i won't protest too much. I wasn't hugely invested in Homeland anyway but i just read a vicious Boardwalk Empire spoiler elsewhere and i'm still reeling from that one. I really should keep up with the broadcast schedule of these things

the rest of your comment i say whatever.

i was praising the show!!!

i know. now i am just being a jerk.

:/

i don't really get season 3 (though i like it fine) and i'm all defensive about season 2.

but did i know that you knew, thats the qn... or did you know i was pretending not to know that i knew that knew

have you been drinking, like i have?

what kind of a name is Aissa? do you guys think it's supposed to be Isa, the Arabic version of Jesus? that's pronounced "Eee-sa."

s2 and s4 have the most... problematic... 'ellen likes rough trade' storylines i think

have you been drinking, like i have?

yes... :((((

i haven't even seen season 4 and am afraid because people said it was so bad.

I think it's a bad mispronunciation of isa

I didn't watch any tv forever and then I discovered Parks & Recreation and I love this show!

yeah so grimm which was never great to begin with obv has pretty much lost me at this point, its bad when yer monster of the week show gets kinda tedious

on the plus side started watching detroit 187 on netflix streaming and its pretty dope.

this got cancelled too i bet.

it did

someone should give christopher moltisanti another vehicle because he's cute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDPIK7Fz_g4

I didn't watch any tv forever and then I discovered Parks & Recreation and I love this show!

hooray! the other day my sisters and i made our mom watch like six episodes from season 2 (basically any episode louis ck was in), and now she's a total convert, too. so excited for her to get to season three and see "ron and tammy 2".

also my youngest sister has got us watching the whole series of avatar: the last airbender. i had heard good things about it secondhand, but i'm really charmed and impressed by how fun and funny it is without being pandering or try-hard at all.

av clubs top 30

oh man homeland huh this is really p good but gd lynne reed ;_;

god i know that fucking storyline. this show is p depressing imo.

srsly... everyone is so broken and desperate. but i was impressed that they made a p minor character seem so impt in just a couple of episodes partic bcuz she was so obv doomed after the stupid chief signed her death warrant. (cmon claire danes gets results!)

That A.V. Club list is one of the more interesting I've seen this year, and I definitely agree that their top four are the four best shows currently(-ish) on TV (if, perhaps, in a slightly different order). I'm a little puzzled by the Boss diss, but I'm glad to see Men Of A Certain Age show up. It was a quality, low-key show that's sadly probably going to be lost to the ages after two brief and, y'know, low-key seasons.

I don't think Time's ten best episodes of the year list has popped up here yet. I definitely agree with the selection of the episodes that I've seen, but I keep feeling the need to draw special attention to "You're Getting Old" (and the follow-up episode, "Ass Burgers"). I think there was some discussion of it on the non-sandbox board. If you're a general fan who's fallen off the South Park bandwagon, I'd highly recommend checking these episodes out. Existential and bleak and introspective in a way South Park usually isn't. But still funny.

it seems p questionable to list any episode of curb as one of the ten best of the year but to then not make it palestinian chicken is just smh

On my podcast I gave "You're Getting Old" the "Best episode of a show not on your top ten" award. It really is something else. ("Ass Burgers" was great too but makes for a much sillier-sounding mention.)

Has there been any discussion of Life's Too Short 'round these parts? It's apparently gotten negative reviews and really poor ratings, but that seems to be mostly Britisher backlash towards Ricky Gervais's public persona. Which I understand but don't really sympathize with. Especially as I think it was an improvement on Extras.

what podcast is that? i've been looking for new tv podcasts...

as a newly created too late terriers fanboy, i am sad to see it not making these lists

xp I co-host this. Our end-of-year wrap up ep won't be up till next Tuesday, though.

The entirety of Terriers aired in 2010.

thanks!

oh well that makes sense then

I'm glad to see Men Of A Certain Age show up. It was a quality, low-key show that's sadly probably going to be lost to the ages after two brief and, y'know, low-key seasons.

I LOVED that show