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Just to add to the OT horrors, my friend saw someone at the grocery store who seemed to think a long cardigan meant it was Ok to wear white tights as pants with no underwear.

I may be mis-remembering this but didn't the storyline with Nevins in the first part of the season make mention of August Corbin having amassed a considerable sum as a result of dealings in relics? I think Joe was having issues over what sounded to him like ill-gotten gains.

I find Kim a treat, I enjoy Kim and Jimmy/Saul together even though they are obviously doomed so I really need BCS to stop HITTING! ME! OVER! THE ! HEAD! with the idea that Jimmy's ethical gaps and Kim's hyper-awareness of the same are going to ruin them. I get it, I got it last episode, I got it last season. They've done a great job of filling Kim out, so I'm kind of pissed that they are sending her down the fretful harpy route instead of letting the work that has been put into their characterizations stand for itself. Honestly, a lot of that stuff with her fussing at Jimmy and him just not getting it is starting to feel like filler. They've made a subtler, similar point of both Jimmy and Kim being highly ambitious in their own way and that ambition being rife with potentially conflicting impulses and it's working better for me in establishing the same conflict as the ethics issues.

I thought all the little and larger moments between Abbie and Crane were wonderful and I am hugely appreciative that TPTB didn't keep the rune as a ZOMGsekrit between the witnesses, but instead had them acknowledge it's significance in a way that was rather lovely in a twisted way. Can I say how wonderful it was that Crane was more concerned with Abbie's welfare and her state of mind than getting huffy over her almost letting him succumb to the poison? Aside from gently opining that the rune might be evil, he had more concern for what Abbie was going through after her experiences trapped in the underworld than going on about the potential problem. I don't really think either of them were necessary to this particular story but I did miss both Daniel and Sophie. In fact, a story where two victims were antiquarians might have been a good use of Sophie, given that her parents were essentially relic hunters. I do like both of them, though I think the way they've been used in the show has been uneven at best. As much as I like the idea of Abbie joining the FBI it has had a needle-scratch effect on me. I accept it only because I don't feel like nit-picking it anymore than I already have but it hasn't added anything to the narrative. Daniel and Sophie could still have been introduced unchanged and it might have even worked better if they were FBI operatives sometimes working with, sometimes at odds with the Sleepy Hollow PD. There was some other loud-talking person with curly hair I didn't miss, but (fortunately) it's not really important. I like Jenny and Joe, I am one that enjoys their chemistry, though it's more of the warm than the hot variety. It seems like the writing keeps doing things that are small and delightful in their moments together and then overstepping into tiresome. I. did. not. care. about Joe's ham-handed gesture of trying to fix her dysfunctional residence. It was not funny, interesting or telling about their respective characters. it was merely dull. I enjoyed the brunch scenes at the beginning. They were fun and light and I like seeing the four of them together. Regardless of whether that kaiser roll might have a potentially bothersome name to someone who had fought Hessians, it looked heinous. I thought the lovely scenes of Abbie and Ichabod at the end were somewhat undermined by the jarring clumsiness of the supposed parallel to Joe not respecting Jenny's barriers. Whatever. Sometimes it works better when they don't try so hard to tie things together.

If I were to go by the actual conversation Jenny had with her father and how most people would reasonably react to his words both on an emotional level and an intellectual one, I'd have to say that Jenny got a really hefty dose of her father showing her exactly who he is and was, which is someone who may genuinely care about the people he should, but a man who is also utterly unwilling to do any heavy lifting in a relationship, including providing a stable home or at the very least re-establishing contact with his two children who were in foster care while their mother was in a mental institution. Maybe we will see that there is more to his absence than he's telling, but at this point I don't think so. I think he's just someone they can't rely on and anything that they get from him will probably fall under the heading of too little, too late, unless he winds up in a body-bag, which is not anything that makes for an ongoing relationship. Certainly, to me anyway, his conversation with Abbie indicated he's no-one she could ever entrust the slightest whiff of knowledge about what really goes on in her life. All of which is to say that the best thing Jenny should be taking away from that conversation is although there were some issues on her father's side of things of which she wasn't aware, her takeaway should still be that the problem lay with him, it was nothing to do with her. I think they stumbled a bit with Joe's role in this, they should not have written him as pushing her to contact her father because of his own baggage, but supporting her in doing what she was already considering and drawing on his experiences in order to support her. The two things are similar but not the same and dialogue that had been written with a little more care was all that was needed.

Both are possible and certainly more probable than what we saw and a blow to the head might be another explanation, unfortunately we have to guess and fanwank to make the scene credible with Nevins holding Jenny hostage (surprise!) and then her frailty afterwards. I feel like there was a missing scene or a line cut. All of which leads me to .... I have a huge appreciation for the fact they are being more ambitious in their plotting this season. However, it seems like they are trying to recreate the magic that made season one such madcap genius by throwing a lot at the screen at once and seeing what sticks instead of doing what season one actually did, which was throwing a lot at the screen and taking the time to make it work. The consequence is they are showing WTF moments like tottering hostage Jenny and not considering that her distress didn't ring true because they didn't include some small moment showing why she was in that condition (or perhaps the moment was so small that no-one noticed). I think they do have good ideas for their episode plots and larger arcs but they need to stop trying so hard to be crazy and work on keeping the events in their universe credible. I want well-paced, not just fast-paced.

That's certainly my thought on the matter, she didn't seem to have complete control over what was happening, I'm not even sure whether she has total awareness of what she does in that shed when she's away from it. I was buying her near-swoon when released even less. The staging of that scene was really off.

My guess is it refers to his answer as to how he came to be there. Or maybe he's going to give a massage because they appear to have had a vigorous workout and might have tight muscles.

I'm really not sure at all what is negative about anyone calling it a fuck-buddy relationship, other than the term being vulgar, it's also simple and to the point. If it's beyond that and involves deeper emotional relationships it seems even more fraught with the potential for unhappiness or elaborate boundaries. Besides, your point that the ZA could be tremendously freeing in terms of lifting societal obligations towards monogamy still remains peripheral to the concept that it would be awkward to share a home under the actual circumstances Abraham, Sasha and Rosita find themselves. The issue is at least as much one of feeling comfortable in ones own private space as it is notions of traditional obligation.

Be that as it may and allowing for the likelihood that Abe and Rosita don't seem to have strong emotional ties to one another it would still be uncomfortable to live under one roof when there are other options no matter what ultimately happens. It would be similarly uncomfortable if, say, Abe and Eugene were genuinely close friends rather than a couple of weirdos who tolerate each other and Abe had decided he'd rather spend the time he used to share with Eugene on Glenn. As well as not wanting to be in the position of keeping secrets, Sasha's been fairly clear that she's not into the notion of sharing, so the scenario of the three of them having a casual fuck-buddy relationship has already been taken off the table.

I wonder where Sasha, Abraham and Rosita are living since I have a hard time with the notion of them all remaining under the same roof with the current dynamics between them. Awkward!

Daryl and Rick found a hidden truck all full of assorted supplies, now maybe the person who gleaned all that is long since dead, maybe they are coming back for it, maybe, it was gathered by Jesus himself or one of his group. In the ZA there has to be a certain element of finders-keepers and not being polite in a survival situation about what you don't know anyway. I tend to think stealing is a relative concept between them. Nobody needed to get killed over it and nobody did and we'll get more fun field-trips over it. My reaction was different. I watched the domestic scene at the beginning and thought they clearly weren't together as a couple but they were a couple in every way save pairing off and having sex, so when they had the hand-holding moment that progressed to intimacy it finished what the opening started and was neatly done.

So, what's the probability that Jesus went to Rick's bedroom because he heard people shouting his name? Whatever else I may have enjoyed about his performance, Tom Payne can't play unconscious worth a damn. I kept expecting him to peep out of one eye or start giggling like a toddler. He has really pretty eyes.

Oh my, I think Rick and Michonne may have broken the internet. They just broke my brain anyway. Wheeeee!

I was hoping The Kindred and his Dredette would walk into the flames after declaring "We belong dead". The Hidden One made them blow up real good though, so things came to a fine end. Also, nice ball and chain flail, even flesh golem girls need accessories. Am I the only one who thought Dredette looked a bit like Betsy? "Abbie Mills deserves better" was a lovely shout out to the fans, though I wasn't totally sold on the context. It was still good to hear.

Betsy annoys the fuck out of me. I can see the intent that the character was meant to be fun, but she's dreary, just a terrible mix of ill-considered writing and questionable acting choices adding up to a whole lot of second-hand embarrassment whenever she appears or is merely mentioned. Please make it stop. Ichabod is our eyes into the colonial past and they are a very fine pair of eyes, we had no need of a corseted anachronism to draw us in to that part of the show. She sucks the enjoyment right out of the flashbacks. Maybe if they'd stuck with the notion of Betsy as a relentless annoyance, she might have been amusing instead of this omni-present Mary-Sue loud-mouth.

I think the dynamic between Pandora and the Hidden One is a nasty mix of passion and faithlessness with the only question being who will win the race to irrevocably betray the other. I tend to think she has an agenda beyond waking up her husband in order that she might serve him and act as a supporting ruler to him as supreme evil overlord, but even if that was all, his belligerent ingratitude has given her second thoughts. Too much whinging, too many threats, not enough thankees. He's genuinely menacing but also genuinely stupid since he seems unable to call to mind this Pandora's history with men who treat her badly.

My point was precisely that Nikki is promoting herself and I'm not faulting her for that. There was implied criticism of the network being fairly passive in promoting the cast in light of the show's return but no issue with Tom and Nicole or the others for not being available, not even an assumption that were unavailable, merely the observation that they are a pleasure to watch when they do appear.

I noticed that, glad it's being promoted, but I don't understand why they'd use her when her contribution is so slight. My guess is it's driven more by her own agent pushing her than the network promoting the show. I want to see Tom or Nicole, I wish they were being seen out there. I find them both delightful in interviews.

Humour aside, I thought the point being made about the shampoo and the shoes was precisely that they went out and spent money on cheap stuff that they didn't need. They practised false economies instead of managing their money. This^ They understand relationship between income and expenditure but their problems, such as they are, are more related to long-term planning and dysfunctional attitudes about money.

They've been promoting it on facebook at least. I don't watch enough fox to know if they are promoting it well on the network and I tend to zone out during breaks anyway. I think I caught mention of Sleepy Hollow bundled with other returning show promotions, but I'm not sure.

I thought the pacing was off in the cold open, Both Tina and Daryl had funny lines and delivered them well but something about the way the cameras cut between them destroyed the momentum of the bit and as others have mentioned, the content wasn't nearly crazy enough in comparison to the real-life what-the-fuckery that actually has been said by these people in recent days. The monologue was Ok, I was amused, it wasn't cringe-inducing and the bit with Kate as Beiber made me laugh. Overall, I was fine with Ronda as host, maybe they could have used her more throughout the show, but she did well with what she had, better than many past hosts and better than those who wear out their welcome before show's end with too many mediocre contributions. She stumbled badly in the town council sketch and even then, at least the intended humour came through. The SAG awards sketch was funny as hell. I knew where they were going as soon as it started but instead of being the exact same joke oversold 5 times over, it had a build with each nominee being even more egregious and ridiculous than the last and the epic stink-eye from the un-nominated actors was perfect. Loved "Love Struck". Again, another sketch going to an obvious place but delivering genuine laughs due to Vanessa's great delivery and an excellent use of Ronda. I was trying to place who she was channeling but I couldn't, whoever said she resembled Julia Stiles hit the nail on the head, not only in looks but also a similar line delivery. I don't know if it was conscious imitation or a happy accident, but either way it really worked. Bland Man had it's moments, especially Cecily, Aidy and Sasheer. Week-end update was good. I've gone from hate-watching or ignoring Colin and Che to actively enjoying them. I always love Willie, "It's like my mama always said, you should have saved your brother Willie!" Leslie was hilarious, her WU appearances have been her best work on the show and this was a high point. Having said that, her sketch work has improved greatly, she's stopped stumbling over her lines and she's doing more to fill out her characters than simply turning up the volume while being blunt and amazonian. The sex with teachers skit is lame and dated. I could see this being outrageous enough to be funny forty fratty years ago, but now it's just stale and slightly repulsive. It might work if they were a bit more meta about it but even then it would be touch and go. If they are going to present something so one-note, start with a better note. Super Crew was mostly filler. Mmm sawdust. Loved the guys in a club, it was vulgar in the way that makes me snort like a malfunctioning chainsaw especially Beck's character, who was insanely pathetic and increasingly weird. Aidy as Jan Krang was the highlight of the city council meeting. I like it as a recurring sketch. The party guys sketch was weak, The writing just wasn't there. I think the last bit of the night needs to be either better developed or a quick blackout sketch. I prefer not to be left with something so flat to end the evening.

I was wondering if there was anyone, anyone(!) who heard that the survivors would be on a boat and did not hear the "Gilligan's Island" theme in their heads at some point?

I just watched part of some dreadful movie called Arena with Samuel L. Jackson and Katia in it. So. Bad. Also, laugh-out-loud funny but only in parts I'm sure weren't intended to be hilarious. Katia had several attacks of drama. I will say this for her, she seemed to be moving her arms appropriately. That is something which seemed problematic for her when she portrayed Katrina. So bravo! She knows how to operate her upper body when not playing corseted, somnambulant witches.

I think Orlando would still have a place on the show if it was a logical extension of season 1A but it isn't. So yeah, he hit the nail squarely on the head when he said they changed the show. Enough has been said about the wretchedness that polluted last season, (though it still had episodes which were quite wonderful). I think this season has represented even more of a change, a necessary reboot but also something that is heavily stamped by the new showrunner who isn't necessarily trying to extend the story that was begun in season one. Well really, CC can't, because that story was abruptly truncated a year ago. No-one likes to lose a job and I think Orlando has been fairly classy about it by being blunt but cool-headed in his statements. I miss him but I don't know what they'd do with Frank anymore, especially once they made the decision to place Abbie in the FBI.