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Shallow end. I find Billy Miller unattractive, so the idea that he is a delicious morsel of man-flesh completely takes me out of his scenes along with the way he over-relies on grinning. It's a distracting tic to my eyes. I don't care whether it's a Jason thing or not, I don't care about Jason. I thought the character had outlived his usefulness as an interesting character long before he tumbled off the pier and I had no interest in seeing a recast as an excuse re-imagine the part.

Yeah, Julian is totes a bad-guy. RME. I just can't take it seriously when he's sitting across the table from Dukes garish suit and incompetent hit-man Shawn smugging it up. I will die laughing if hostage Ric is actually in cahoots with Johnny.

It would be funny if they made her a spectacularly bad server. She'd be "That" waitress, the one who has an inappropriate unasked, uncalled for opinion on orders, joins in on customer conversations which are none of her business and delivers food cold and half an hour late because she was doing something "important". I can see her running her mouth about "glueddin" in a hamburger joint and agressively pushing meat-free alternatives when she goes vegan for a week. She would just stand there cluelessly sharing her ignorant opinions, while completely oblivious to the mounting irritation of her customers or how much her coworkers have to pick up her slack. I'd like it best if she did all that somewhere outside of Port Charles, but that's not going to happen.

Good point on both counts. I think if Morgan were a smart man (heh) he would have asked for terms that were more clearly defined than what Michael offered up. After all, free rent on a crumbling, property under substantial renovation isn't that much of a bargain, it's not one at all if you are also the one doing the work. Did he ever get paid anything beyond the rent holiday? Michael did do his brother a favor by employing his unexperienced behind, but they should have had some agreement in place for what happened after the work was complete. Kiki had the same deal but unlike Morgan there is no indication she actually lived up to her end of it, other than holding a tool while she talked Morgan's ear off and he actually did stuff. Neither of them should have expected to live there free of charge indefinitely, though given Kiki's incessant mooching, I have no doubt that she thought that would happen. She was probably was thinking she had a lifetime interest in the Brownstone and could sublet her room(s) if she parked her shiftless ass in Morgan's bed.

Oh man, Tom Mison looks so attractive on the show, whether with his (fake?) hair tied back or flopping loose, but he looks, kind of... silly with it gelled up.

Did anyone else find it anvillicious when Ava made that remark to Nina about keeping her daughter away from her, seemingly in reference to the wee bundle of Corinthos/Jerome spawn, in combination with Silas discussing DNA tests with his little Potato-mooch? If it was intentional, it could well be a tease, however i'd welcome Ava being freed of that giant scowling head.

This made me laugh me hard , then shift uncomfortably in my chair. I honestly fear that part of Jason's motivation for *ahem* attracting Cassia is to have someone in that house who isn't extrernalizing inner angst through outer random piles of crap and troublingly neglected cleanliness.

I like the music suggestions. I do appreciate it when TV uses songs with lyrics that underline the atmosphere. Just as long as they nevah, evah(!) use CCR's "Bad Moon Rising". I enjoy it most when they stay away from broadly mainstream choices, I prefer it when TV or movies introduce me to something new or use something that's less well known, it has a bit more dimension than something I've heard before in many contexts. I still remember how incredibly effective it was when The X-Files used Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" when Scully was kidnapped in season 2. It really amped up the creepiness of that scene.

I agree, I really don't think throwing relationship ish for Abbie into the show is going to balance the CFD. I don't like the CFD because it's dull, repetitive and trite. It's a load of domestic tedium that detracts from the demon-battling and eats up too much of the time that used to be spent on sharply written moments where Abbie and Ichabod contrasted their world-views and duties. . Giving Abbie her own version of that is not going to please me, returning the emphasis of the show back to something dominated by Abbie and ichabod as partners combatting evil forces will.

I think having that particular combinations of guests was graceless and tone-deaf as hell. I don't think it says anything negative about the character of either Emily Kinney or Robert Kirkman that she was weepy and he was awkward. I don't believe it was a well-thought-out idea to put someone recently fired next to someone who had a hand in firing them and expect a warm, seamless interaction, especially when the ex-employee had a strong emotional bond with their co-workers based on the considerable time they spent together on and off set. She was there to discuss being written out and killed off, there was bound to be some sadness. I suspect having him next to her made talking about her departure more of a strain than it needed to be and there is no right thing to say or do when you find yourself parked next to someone crying because their job ended and your decisions were part of why that happened. Two different people might have handled it a bit more smoothly than these two but it was unlikely to be less than uncomfortable. I'm not a fan of killing off characters just because it's the finale, whether season or mid-season. unless it's a villain being vanquished, it feels cheap. Part of that is because this show is so character-based that we miss out on seeing the cast respond in subsequent episodes and see how it informs their actions, as we did with Bob's death and those scenes work better while the audience is still feelling the impact themselves.. Moreover, it's predictable, and I think one thing I should be able to expect in a show about the zombie apocalypse is that death not be predictable, I should not be anticipating death because it's a mid season finale and it's especially irksome because Beth died for stupid reasons when she stabbed her armed enemy with teensy scissors because Dawn pissed her off. I was not a fan of Beth, but as deeply flawed as those two Very Special, very tiresome episodes that focussed on Beth were, I think they at least succeeded in that they made a good case for her being a viable character in the ensemble, at least when they were showing rather than telling us why that was the case. It was annoying to have all that time be spent just to up the emotional stakes in her death, especially when the writing negected obvious, important beats like Maggie having any sort of strong emotional reaction until her sister was permanently lost to her.

I don't think Headed Headless is a mistake. I enjoy the flashbacks, I'm less pleased with his presence in modern times but his verbal throw-down when he was battling Ichabod in the Gorgon's lair really worked for me, probably because he was being defiant and aggressive rather than peevish and lovelorn. My only problem with Headed is it provides the show with an excuse to write scenes for another character who bores me greatly, but if those scenes lead to her fickle flame-haired self abandoning her marriage because she likes how he unbuttons, I'm all for it. Or he can accidentally behead her while showing off, that'll work too.

The scenes where I'm supposed to buy that Anna is in deep crap over Faison are ridiculous, as are Jordan's job problems. The Jason stuff is absurd. Am I supposed to get worked up that a brain-injured hitman formerly in the employ of a mini mob boss who engaged in vague criminal activity has become further fucked in the head and is now doing the bidding of different, evil-er crime figure who also engages in vague criminal activity? I don't understand why this is supposed to be interesting. Blahblah Patrick seems upset. Blahblah Dr O is yelling,. blahblahMaxie still lives in Port Charles. I liked the Olivia and Ned scenes even though they were trite. At least it was pleasant and she's not gross with him, the way she is with Stumpy. Didn't notice the clothes, they were bad? I don't mind the cut but the styling is really stiff and dated. She has a huge breakout, especially on her forehead and chin and they are covering it with foundation that's too dark and putting everything else on too heavily as well. It makes her look disturbingly like the make-up department hired someone who has "funeral home" on their work history.

I think the show was going somewhere with that, before they decided they wanted to make the wig-stand viable and sympathetic via the CFD. Too bad it had the opposite effect on many viewers. I think if they'd allowed her to be a darker, more complex character there would not have been quite the same antipathy towards her there is. Of course, I think part of that was they planned to make her a more limited presence too.

Headless Shirtless. I love it.

I love Abbie, I love how all the loopy crackpot ghost and demon insanity is grounded by her presence. Nicole Beharie manages to project a great deal of warmth into a character whose abundance of self control and dry wit could come off as cold in the wrong hands. Instead, her Abbie is funny and delightful and keeps a firm grip on her courage in the face of monsters that have made her family's life hellish for generations. I was sceptical that I would enjoy what Sleepy Hollow promised, but she and Tom Mison have made it work so well. He is an absolute delight, he's consistently amusing, He does such a wonderful job of portraying a man who is very much of his time but delights in the many advantages modern technology offers. I enjoy the humor of the show and the way a scene can veer so quickly to startling, scary moments. I truly appreciate how prepared and mentally acute Jenny is about the occult dangers they face I enjoy her sharp edges and the wariness her experiences have given her and how that means that there are times when she comes off more like the older sister than Abbie does in preparing for the dangers they face.

This is why I am trying to avoid using her name in recent posts, why I no longer care what changes might make the character work and why one of my strongest wishes is that no other characters ever have a conversation about her ever again that doesn't begin and end with "K______ has discovered the mall and she will be there a very long time." "Mm-hmm, well, back to demon slaying." I'm tired of having the things I truly enjoy about the show being overshadowed by what a boring drain she turned out to be. I'm especially tired of how she and her wretched son dominate the show even when they are not physically present..

What TPTB need to do for the second half of the season is revise the scripts of all upcoming episodes and heavily edit those that are already filmed. No more Mrs Crane episodes. NONE. Any episodes in which she has to be present need to be revised so that her part is the B-storyline. Any episodes in which her presence is not required need to have her absent and not be written around her absence. No conversations about her. Henry needs to be diminished, have him try to be the next big-bad and be rapidly supplanted. I really don't care what happens to him, as long he is either gone or only occasionaly present. If he is ever truly redeemed, have it be a dying act after clearly betraying his family once again or make him be Abraham's son. The burgundy-tressed damsel lies constantly. Make his paternity be one more of her deceptions. Most of all the show needs to get back to creating it's own world, instead of having it be a fairly static back-drop to vanquishing a weekly monster. When it comes to the main antagonist, DO NOT SHOW THE MONSTER. Moloch was terrifying last season when we caught occasional blurry glimpses of it and there was no yammering on about dastardly plans. More than anything, make Abbie And Ichabod once again be partners who value and trust each other instead of partners who are stuck with one another.

I was swearing at my TV when they revealed he was the Crane's son. I didn't think it would lead anywhere good and unfortunately, that has so far been the case. I'm genuinely amused by his supposed pathos. I don't think I'm supposed to find it as funny as I do or find it funny at all. I think it's meant to make me feel for him but he's such a miserable, toxic wretch that it would be a mercy to put him out of our misery. The humor I get from it isn't a saving grace by any means.

After this disappointing episode and the way both leads, most especially Abbie have been overtaken in importance by Wig-stand Crane , I'm legitimately worried that the episodes devoted to Abbie at season's end will be an exit story, either in effect or with complete finality. I would have smirked at the paranoia of anyone who said that before now but it's become absolutely undeniable that a once peripheral character is now the focus and all others are sidekicks or antagonists of varying degrees of importance. I have no faith in Fox to fix this either . i've seen too many good shows on the network go to hell after initial success when the executives start second-guessing the creative team. I don't see why this would be any better just because the creative team is actually screwing up.

I appreciate the funny. I just wish there was less of him overall, either in person or as the topic of conversation between his parents.

I'm fairly certain that Patrick would not just stand behind her, he'd use the opportunity to peep down her top.

When I saw it, I just fan-wanked that the mechanic was a short distance away from where their vehicle had broken down and the lightning that fried the electronics in the SUV also knocked out their cell-phones. They were going to use the phone at the service station, but we saw the place get a lightning strike as soon as they mentioned it. Also, they may have a philosphical objection to Uber.

What went wrong with Sleepy Hollow? A flock of nincompoops descended on it and tried to convince me that a wig-stand was an interesting character and thought I'd enjoy deep emotional resonance in an elderly whiny-pants whinging about his parents instead of all the audacious fun that went on last season.

Can someone please explain to me what the stakes are? If this was the mid-season finale and we we just saw a cliffhanger, what is it? What the fuck did I watch? Moloch has apparently been either slain or banished back to his realm, one of the horsemen has been stopped, the other is bound, Henry has *ahem* been redeemed, at no cost to himself. Irving's earthly troubles with homicide charges, institutionalization and signing over his soul have been resolved for better or worse, (Worse!!!!!) with his death and oh yeah, the Cranes had a tiff and might be on the outs. This is like a fairly weak and disappointing series finale, not a midpoint to an ongoing story. Are we supposed to worry that team witness will spend the rest of the season tied up to trees in the forest while Henry yammers on? Actually, that definitely scares me. The writing is so tone deaf and contrary that I'm legitimately worried that they will run with the notion that John Noble could make a reading of the phone-book interesting by writing the dramatic equivalent of him reading the phone book. They've already come close to it. What the hell were those special effects? The flashing lightning was fairly standard but at least they made use of it by having it knock out the electronics in the Ichabbie car, which also led to the motorcycle ride, a throw-away that was the high-point of the episode. The teeny tiny demon army looked like they'd escaped from an old Disney kids movie in their zombie make-up and tricorn hats. I can't believe that the terrifying Moloch of last season was a wee glowing pink skeleton in his final moments. That shit was legitimately hilarious, but I don't think that was the intent. Unless the death of Irving is a big old red herring, I don't see the point of killing him. Even if he is to become a friend or foe from the hereafter, the execution of his storyline was poor. At least I care about it, Unlike the twinned CFD story-lines that have been eating the show. I'm going to try to bypass from now on, as best I can, mentioning by name a particular void of a character that that does nothing for the show or my enjoyment of it. Tom Mison sold the hell out of Ichabod's anger at and frustration with his wife. He is of course an actor doing his job and I have no reason to believe he has a personal issue with the actress, however I can't help but feel that some of that emotion had a real-life application to seeing a peripheral character eat the show that was working so well last year when he was co-lead along with Nicole. Especially when his formerly interesting character has often been rendered foolish to facilitate it.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...................... It's supposed to be an exciting twist!!!!! Except it's actually so mundane, dull and predictable, that I'm too bored to even snark much about it. Boredom is the main part of why I can't be arsed to actually pay attention to the show anymore. It's just on in the background. Slow clap for finally bringing an end to the Britt + Nik nightmare. I hope. Awesome job taking a couple that had potential and initial chemistry and repeatedly ruining them. Hopefully this means we'll see less of that unpleasant little shit, Spencer.