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And then James fell into that coma and Charles tried to revive him with a fake beard and the Schlong of Healing. The idea of a twelve-year-old boy falling unconscious and never waking up is tragic and can be tear-jerking if written well-enough. But when Michael Landon gets the idea, it's pure distilled corniness mixed with some genuine pathos every now and then. God, I miss the old forums.

I think Jazmin said that she and Dell had only been dating for a little while when they got pregnant. Her parents said that they wanted Jazmin and Dell to get to know each other on a personal level before Laila's birth. I got more of a friend vibe than a couple vibe from them as well. Maybe that will help them if and when they break up. They seem to get along pretty well on just a platonic level. Also, Jazmin said that Dell actually lived on the same block as she did. So I have no idea why she was so against him having Laila for a night. I mean, I do, because she's a new mom and needs to learn that other people can learn to care for her child. But it's not like Dell lived a couple hours away or even across town. That situation reminded me of the season three couple Cleondra and Mario. They were constantly arguing over where their baby was going to live when they themselves lived across the street from each other. It was ridiculous.

Word to whoever said that Albert was really a lightening rod for misery at the Little House. His bio dad doesn't want him, his girlfriend is raped, impregnated and killed, he starts a fire at the mline that kills a couple people including a baby, gets addicted to morphine...he sure is lucky that he was put out of his misery before he came back to Walnut Grove as a successful doctor and whatnot. Speaking of the New Years, wasn't there an episode where one of the other adopted Ingalls kids was being abused by his first adoptive father or something? And they didn't show the abuse outright, just featured the sounds of him getting beaten? It's been a while since I've seen these episodes, so my memory is a bit spotty, but I remember something like that happening. As an adult, it wouldn't bother me if I came across something like that in this show. But if I saw it as a kid, it would have given me nightmares or something. Something about kids and people in general being abused just really made my seven-year-old self really, really anxious.

Exactly! Dell was honestly one of the best fathers in the entire series, in my opinion. He really stepped up to a plate in a way that was impressive for somebody that young. He had a job, was working his ass off to support his daughter, was really committed to spending time with her and even wanted to give Jazmin a break from homework that would also benefit Laila because then she could spend some one-on-one time with her dad. Too bad Jazmin was so flippant and acted like his request was unreasonable. Like Dell said in the episode: Jazmin was not Laila's only protector. If he can't spend enough time with his daughter at Jazmin's house, then she should have compromised and agreed to start letting him have the baby every so often at his place. That would help her get her work done (so she can actually graduate school on track) and let Dell spend time with his child without Jazmin's parents breathing down his neck, constantly telling him to go home. I hope Dell has a great support system, and I hope they encourage him to get a custody agreement in place. Between Jazmin and her parents, there's a good chance Dell won't be able to see his daughter enough without having to go to the courts. The parents may claim to answer to God, but they'll be forced to answer to the legal system when a judge orders them to let Dell visit with his daughter.

Here's what I posted on Imdb: I was sort of torn on Jazmin's parents. On one hand, I was glad to see a couple of parents who weren't going to roll over and let their teen daughter call the shots. That was nice to see. But then they took it too far by refusing to let Dell come see his daughter unless it fell under certain stipulations, and then making him leave quickly after he arrived because it was ten-o'clock. That was ridiculous. That said, Jazmin's attitude was also pretty irritating. She didn't like her parents' rules because they prevented Dell from seeing Laila. But when Dell offered to take the baby to his place overnight, Jazmin not only refused but was also pretty flippant and annoyed that this kid wanted to take his daughter overnight...after she just spent God knows how long bitching about how unfair it was that Dell and Laila couldn't see each other often. I understand she was a new mom, but her attitude towards Dell was pure bitchiness, as was her telling her parents that she really didn't have a plan to raise the baby and was just going to roll with it. The episode was more low-key than I had imagined it would be, but I really didn't care for Jazmin at all at the end.

I'd like to think that Television Without Pity was blown up in a blaze of glory while everybody moved forward singing "Bringing in the Sheep". I never managed to read all 1804 pages of the last forum, but I got quite far. It was an interesting feat.

CreeperJen: speaking of "Be My Friend", the guy who plays the dad was also in John Carpenter's The Thing where he---you guessed it---helped burn down the group's Arctic base. Granted, he was using his capabilities of arson for good this time, but it's still a coincidence I clearly I felt the need to point out.

Haha. That's okay. I felt the same way when I started posting away as soon as I got my account. I hope the community is able to rebuild itself after the mass exodus from TWOP. It seems pretty slow-going now, but it's only been up for a couple months. People need to find their groove. Anyway, I was going to post "May We Bake Them Brown" in this thread, didn't for two reasons; 1. It's unintentionally hilarious and probably the second-most iconic moment ever after the infamous mime-rape in "Sylvia". 2. I can never enjoy the storyline in an unironic way because Real-Life!Mary never got married nor had children, especially one who died from getting his brains bashed in. Shows and movies based on history always tweak what really happened, but this was beyond the pale. They created a husband and child for a real-life woman who never married or had kids. That's a bit too much for me. Actually, I lied. There was a pretty dark moment in that episode: when Charles gave Mary BBR's burnt-up corpse and she started humming that God-awful tune. That was genuinely creepy.

I actually love Citizen Kane, but I can understand why people may not like it or find it boring or overrated. I think the fact that pop culture has more or less beat it into our heads that it's the best movie OF ALL TIME that causes that reaction. I had no desire to see it when it was shown in my high school film class for this very reason, and was pleasantly surprised when I actually liked it. I feel like it's one of those films that you have to see at least once just to see what all the fuss is about.

I'm definitely drawing a blank right now, but I'm going to nominate the one and only Joan Crawford from Mommie Dearest. This woman had it all. She used wire hangers, verbal abuse, chopped down trees and even kept her son strapped to the bed in a harness. I know that a lot of people dispute Christina Crawford's claims (I personally believe Joan was abusive and unstable, but that her daughter greatly exaggerated the abuse), so that's why I'm okay with posting this in the "Worst Movie Parents" forum even though these were all real people. I mean, how can you top wire hangers?

Stephen King---I first read The Stand when I was in seventh or eigth grade, and it was what inspired me to become a writer. Some of his storylines can get silly and overwrought, but overall, I really enjoy his stuff. One whole shelf on my bookcase is dedicated to him alone. Chuck Palahniuk---I started reading his stuff after watching Fight Club, and have been a fan ever since. Like King, some of his stuff can be a little narmy and makes me roll my eyes, but that doesn't stop me from checking out his new books from the library whenever they come out (I also own several Chucky P. novels myself, but that was before I became really frugal). Terry Pratchett---Discworld is one of the best fantasy series hands down. It doesn't even feel like fantasy most of the time, which can be a pretty good thing (I can't read out-and-out fantasy novels). It's such a shame that he has Alzheimers. At least he'll leave such a legacy behind. Angela Carter---dark, satiric, and whimsical without the whimsy. Nights at the Circus is one of the most unique books I've ever read. It can get pretty cynical at times, but ultimately ends on a pretty optimistic note. It's one of my favorite books to re-read. Plus, the cover art is fantastic. That's it for now. I have plenty of others, but those are the ones I can think of at the top of my head.

Definitely agree with the unpopular opinion about John Green. Maybe it's because I'm in my early twenties, but I could never get into any of his works. I find myself mentally cringing whenever The Fault of Our Stars trailer plays, or whenever somebody uses the interent as a means to gush about how awesome and inspiring it is. The entire thing just seems so cliche to me.

See, I really don't remember the details of Nancy's episode. I just remember thinking she needed to pay a visit to the Little Mental Institution on the Prairie. That's how much of an impact she had, lol. I also thought the whole idea of adopting a child specifically to replace your daughter was really weird. Maybe not a darkest moment, but definitely WTF-worthy. Then again, it almost worked for Ellen's mom...

Would Nancy's entire existance constitute as a darkest moment? My memory is sort of fuzzy, and I admittedly haven't seen this show in a while (everybody moving over to these forums rekindled my interest), but I remember watching the first episode that she appeared in. Girl was psycho, without a doubt. I know they were trying to replace Nellie with a reincarnation (get it?), but I don't recall Nellie ever trying to outright kill somebody by locking her in a freezer (again, my memory is spotty, so correct me if I'm wrong). My mom had a similar "WTF" reaction to the entire episode. The whole time we were watching it, we snarked about how Nels, Harriet and Willie needed to keep their doors locked at night. Nancy was on the prowl for more potential victims.

Honestly, that subtitle was what had initially drawn me into the forum (and the show) itself. It was so perfect, clever and really illustrated how weird and surreal "Little House on the Prairie" was, or at least became over the years. I'm not sure how it can be modified or shortened without losing its original wittiness. "Sylvia" seems to be a really iconic episode for all the wrong reasons, especially on the old forums. I think she still needs to be in the subtitle somehow, just to retain what was lost on TWOP. I'm still new on previously.TV, so maybe somebody with more expertise can create a sub-forum that would talk about the show's darkest/most bizarre moments, and Sylvia's plight can be the title. Maybe "The Mime That Raped Thylvia: Darkest Moments" or whatever.

Okay, ya'll, confession time. I was a very long-time lurker on TWOP, but never actually signed up. One of the forums I loved reading was "Little House on the Prairie: Pa, Ma and the Mime that Raped Sylvia". It was so damn snarky!. It was great because for years I grew up sneering at "Little House on the Prairie" for being this white-bread-bland wholesome shows from a bygone era (I was born in 1991, so I didn't grow up watching this series when it was new).. Little did I know how truly horrific and bizarre the show could get. I think one of my first episodes was "May We Bake Them Brown". I had already read about it on the old TWOP forum, and was still astonished by what was happening. The second episode I ever saw was "Baby In A Bottle", in which Laura finds an abandoned baby, and then she and her family try to help the baby's mom escape from her crazy religious dad...who tries to burn down the house. Ah, truly wholesome fun for the whole family. Anyway, that's my little introductory spiel. Just wanted to let you all know that I'm here!I'm here!I'mhere!

I actually liked it quite a bit. I've been wanting to catch this show when I first heard it about it several weeks ago, for two reasons; to fill in the void left by Mad Men's mid-season finale, and because it's about time I got involved in shows beyond trashy, guilty-pleasure reality T.V. I have to admit that I didn't understand some of the jargon they used, so I'll probably have to re-watch it. But I have a feeling I'll be watching every Sunday, until if and when it goes south.