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Lionel: AC/DC or the Dixie Chicks?
Doug (hot dog guy): We use organic mustard seed imported from exotic places like Canada.
Tuxedo shirt: You guys are both like ninjas!
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Hee, it does have a nice ring to it, despite its inaccuracy!
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Thanks! I hesitated to call Delphine a diva since she isn't the grad student version of Mariah Carey, but I couldn't think of anything else to go with EvoDevo. I just started skimming through some S1 episode recaps tonight (after I started this thread) and realized that although Cosima and Delphine are both microbiology grad students, Delphine is actually in immunology studying parasite host relationships, not in evolutionary development with Cosima so now I feel like I need to come up with a more accurate subtitle for Delphine's thread.
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That's probably easier to do when your monitor looks and talks like Delphine, though. Just sayin.
Ha, very true! And to be honest, I think it's a little easier to accept that someone new in your life like Delphine is your monitor than to think that your husband or best friend, both of whom you have known and loved for a long time, have been deceiving you for years.
ITA that Cosima is so positive, rational, and relaxed compared to the other clones. I suppose that's my non-shallow reason for liking her. Hopefully being sick won't take away her sunny attitude.
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One thing I didn't understand - the grand plan was to undo Jafar and Amara's spell to change the laws of magic. When Jafar was turned into a genie, some of his magic was undone (he brought Anastasia back to life so she died again). But he also used magic to kill his father who stayed dead. And Amara used magic to bring Cyrus back to life but he stayed alive.
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I wasn't buying any of Sarah's "I'm paying for your dorm room" crap AT ALL. Drew's financial aid for the 2013-2014 school year would be based upon Sarah's income tax filed for 2012. I don't remember if that was the year she was a playwright or a professional scuba diver or whatever, but suffice to say it wasn't a whole lot. Drew most likely has a combination of grants and loans with a very small parent contribution required so whatever Sarah paid, it was NOT the entire $27K for tuition/dorm fees.
According to the UC Berkeley financial aid office, "eligible California families with annual incomes between $80,000 to $140,000 have their Parent Contribution capped at 15 percent of the parents' total income." There is now way in HELL that Sarah was making even $80K. I would guess she was making $40K (if even that) and 15% of that is $6000, but I would guess that for someone whose household income was $40K, they would have a lower percentage required for the parental contribution.
On a related note, when Crosby said that Haddie "should have went to a state school," all I could think was wow, I hope that Haddie's Berkeley public school education taught her better grammar than Crosby got out of his Berkeley public school education since he clearly doesn't know how the correct past participle for the verb "to go."
Max being a rude little shit to Mr. Knight and Kristina/Adam just totally laughing it off is another prime example of his terrible behavior and the fact that they never correct his atrocious behavior. I was rolling my eyes so hard during that school board meeting. Notice how they kept talking about how smart Max is and how this charter school will cater to intelligent kids. STFU! I wish I were surprised that Snowflake Academy got the greenlight, but they're Bravermans so of course it's happening!
On a related note, when Julia dropped by Mr. Knight's house unannounced and he said it must be a Braverman thing, I thought RUN! Run while you can! The pop-ins and rude/inappropriate behavior will just continue and increase in frequency if you maintain contact with them! Why didn't Julia just call him or text him or email him? It was somehow more efficient to get his home address from Kristina/Adam and drive over to his house to have that conversation? Frankly, if I knew the Bravermans, I would have the blinds closed and never answer the door.
While the house that Zeke found was lovely and had a great view (and in San Francisco, just like Camille originally wanted!), I thought all the stairs were impractical for a retirement property. I don't want to be morbid because neither of them are like 100 or anything, but if this is going to be their last home then what happens when one of them becomes less mobile and can't handle all the stairs?
I'm not a Berto fan, but I liked that he was determined to make things better between him and Drew. I don't know if binge drinking is the best approach, but at least he got Drew to start talking. And I liked that Berto cheerfully admitted to all the things Drew accused him of doing. "Yup, I did that too!" I still think that Berto is an obnoxious inconsiderate ass, but at least he wasn't denying what he did or trying to rationalize what he did.
Of course, Berto lost me again when he blamed Drew for screwing up things with Natalie. I know I'm supposed to believe that every 18 year old college kid thinks that friends with benefits is the best possible situation, but I still believe that Drew did the right thing by telling Natalie he didn't want to be friend with benefits. That doesn't mean he screwed things up with her. It means that Drew thought about what he wanted and was honest about it with her, and he wasn't willng to take the scraps that she threw him with her FWB arrangement. To me, he was the mature adult in that situation. He and Natalie were just friends (without benefits) when his ex showed up.
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Spike: Out. For. A. Walk. Bitch.
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I can imagine two possibilities:
(1) she was undercover at the lab trying to gather information for a radical group she was part of
(2) she was a scientist, recruited to some sort of lab, and what she saw is what caused her to become a radical
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News about more VC Andrews movies:
Lifetime is currently in development on three additional V.C. Andrews’ books, including "If There Be Thorns" and "Seeds of Yesterday," both from the Dollananger series, and the stand-alone novel "My Sweet Audrina."
Petals on the Wind will premiere Memorial Day weekend (Monday, May 26)!
Returning cast members:
Corrine - Heather Graham
Olivia - Ellen Burstyn
Bart - Dylan Bruce (Orphan Black)
New cast members:
Cathy - Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time, Masters of Sex)
Chris - Wyatt Nash (Pretty Little Liars)
Carrie - Bailey Buntain (Bunheads)
Julian - Will Kemp (Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake)
Other characters/actors listed on IMDB:
Dr. Reeves (I'm assuming this is Paul Sheffield from the book) - Nick Searcy (Justified)
Sarah Reeves (Paul's wife in flashbacks? Or his mean sister Amanda?) - Whitney Hoy (Friday Night Lights)
George Korov (Julian's father) - Ravil Isyanov
Yolanda (Cathy's roommate) - Stephanie Kim
Miss Calhoun - Molly Hagan (who I will always remember from Herman's Head but is probably better known as Sister Roberta on Seinfeld)
Alex Conroy (Carrie's boyfriend) - Ross Phillips
Henny - Ellia English
Ed (??) - Jesse Einstein
I'm so excited that the actor playing Julian was a professional dancer! That gives me hope that they will have some good dance scenes! Rose McIver's Wikipedia page says she studied ballet when she was younger so I'm guessing she will probably have a dance double. I don't see her going all Natalie Portman and taking ballet lessons for six months to prepare for this role.
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I'll admit that at the beginning of S1, I didn't suspect Mrs. S of anything but trying to get Sarah to be more responsible. I loved the reveal with the photo of her - DUN DUN DUUUUUUNNNNNN!!
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Kira was kind of an accessory at the beginning of S1 but now that we know the clones aren't supposed to be able to reproduce AND that Kira has crazy healing abilities, I'm so interested in learning more about her.
Heh and I loved that she instantly knew Alison was pretending to be Sarah. Kids know, man!
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Yes, it's Toby in his juvie days (as imagined by the PLL). I laugh every time I see that picture. Sometimes I picture him being cellies with Uncle Leo from Seinfeld doing pull ups and saying, "HELLO!"
Helena dancing with that guy's tail was hilariously gruesome (or gruesomely hilarious?). Even though she seemed the most dangerous clone, she was also the most damaged and I really felt for her. I loved her scenes with Kira. Poor Helena was treated like an animal but her human instinct to protest little Kira and her longing for human connection made me like her. She was so desperate that it was hard not to feel for her.
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She's smart, she's beautiful, she has a sexy French accent, and she's Cosima's girlfriend turned monitor.
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On a shallow note, I find Cosima to be the hottest clone (despite the fact that I normally don't find dreads attractive). I think it's the glasses.
When she was initially introduced, I was afraid that her purpose on the show was to be the smart science nerd expositioning about the science stuff to the other clones, but I quickly grew to love her character as much as the others.
I love the nature vs nurture question addressed repeatedly on this show. Seeing how the different clones react to similar situations is really interesting to me. While Alison's tightly wound personality obsessed about who her monitor could be and manifested in tying her husband to a chair, Cosima had a more laid back approach to her monitor situation.
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While I don't think that Dylan Bruce is the strongest actor on this show (he has a lot of competition from Tatiana Maslany alone), but as long as they keep showing him shirtless, I can live with him.
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To me, Helena is the most tragic of the clones we have met so far. Abused, brainwashed, and possibly batshit crazy, she was fascinating and frightening. I will really miss her. I know the show said we won't be seeing her in flashbacks, but I can still hold out hope that they'll change their minds, right?
If not, I look forward to posting about her when I rewatch S1!
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I'm really intrigued to learn more about the newest clone. So far she seems very cold, but since we've only seen her in the context of her job I can't wait to learn more about her.
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I love Maggie Q (RIP Nikita) and I love Francois Arnaud (RIP The Borgias) so part of me is happy that I will get to see two hot people hooking up on Red Flag, but the other part of me is annoyed that they insisted on casting a non-Asian male lead. Ching Shih was a badass, so I'm looking forward to seeing Maggie Q kick some ass in period costumes, but I also hope to see her cast in something similar to Nikita where it's not "let's cast an Asian actress in this Asian role." I want another role where she's cast based solely on her awesomeness.
Re: the Vanity Fair article - Too often the Asian female is the overlooked minority in discussions about race when it's actually one of the most underrepresented populations on tv and movies (and is usually either the dragon lady, type A, or smart doctor stereotype).
Of the three actresses pictured in the main photo for the article, I would only consider one of them a lead (Sandra Oh). The other two are secondary characters. Despite Tina Cohen-Chang being one of the original glee club members, her role has been pretty minimal on the show and I can count how many solos she's sung before S5. There were episodes where she barely spoke at all (and probably somewhere she didn't even get one line).
Even though Bev and Cristina fall under the smart Asian stereotype, I still liked their characters. Obviously Cristina has been much more developed since they've had ten years to give her storylines, but I liked Bev from the little that we saw of her. It's sad when you can count how many Asian women are on tv shows, not just as leads but at all. There are a few regulars (Joan on Elementary, Melinda and Skye on Agents of SHIELD, Sloan on the Newsroom, Angela on Bones, Catherine on Beauty and the Beast, for example) but based on the shows I watch, I feel like it's more common for them to be guest stars (Megan on Nashville, the Jabberwocky on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Pearl and Anna on the Vampire Diaries, Niko on Revenge, Shado on Arrow).
I feel like Hollywood thinks no one wants to see that even if the male in question is not a lead. See: Tina and Mike on Glee. I have mixed feelings about how race plays into romantic pairings. In the case of Mike and Tina, I was like OF COURSE you have to have the only two Asian people on the show become a couple because how could they possibly let Mike hook up with anyone else besides Tina? But you make a good point about Hollywood not wanting to have the romantic love interest on the pirate series be Asian as well. Off the top of my head, the only other Asian couple I remember on tv in recent history were on Hawaii Five-O and Lost.
The other thing about the H50/LoT couples is that it made sense that in two settings with a lot of Asian people (Hawaii and Korea), there would be Asian-Asian couples. The reason it bothered me on Glee was that they took the only two Asian cast members and made them a couple. It seemed lazy but also typical that they wouldn't let Mike date any of the non-Asian characters.
Asian female characters are often paired with non-Asian male characters (Nikita and Michael, Ling and Fish) but off the top of my head I don't recall many Asian male characters being paired with non-Asian female characters. When Asian males are allowed to be part of a couple on TV, it seems to usually be with an Asian female.
I'll be interested to see if Zheng Yi or Cheung Po Tsai even exist in the Red Flag mini series.
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I kind of love that the show is now really embracing its soapy nature. The lame visual effects during Scarlett's flashbacks were worthy of a daytime soap opera. I know child abuse is no laughing matter but the "special effects" were unintentionally hilarious and made me love this out of the blue storyline more than I should have.
I'm tired of the Avery/Juliette jealousy merry go round. I'm glad that she was thoughtful enough to ask him if he would be okay with her approaching Charlie because that was a mature thing to do (unless she really was just trying to make him jealous). If I were in her position, I would be glad that Avery trusted me enough to encourage me to do that. The fact that she later said she was upset that he wasn't jealous was annoying, but I'm the kind of person who finds jealousy immature and annoying. I think Avery was being mature by NOT having a hissyfit when she said that Charlie tried to kiss her. He trusted her not to cheat on him with her ex which to me is the mark of someone who is secure in his relationship.
And it's a totally different situation for him to tell Charlie not to take advantage of a drunk, emotionally vulnerable Scarlett. He knew that she was upset about her abusive mother and that something was wrong with her when he saw her a few minutes earlier. To me, telling Charlie to leave Scarlett alone was the equivalent of telling a lecherous creep to leave your drunk friend alone when you see him hitting on her at a bar. It has nothing to do with jealousy or possessiveness. It's not wanting your friend to wake up the next morning regretting what she did (or not remembering what she did).
Not surprisingly, Juliette's mother is awful. Between the physical abuse, the attention whore syndrome, and the emotional manipulation, I'm ready for her to go. No wonder Scarlett wanted to get the hell out of her small town. Her mother is narcissistic and plain mean.
I'm glad that Deacon and Rayna had that talk. I think they both suspected that the other person was thinking these things since the secret about Maddie's parentage came out but it was nice to finally get it all out in the open and let them air their grievances. They have been trying to play nice with each and not upset the good place they had come to with each other, but all of those feelings have been stewing and simmering for a long time. I think that they're both right and they're both wrong, so hopefully they will be able to see things from the other person's point of view and understand why the other person is hurt so that they can forgive each other and move on.
Ha, I did laugh when Rayna asked Teddy why he can't just keep it in his pants. His jealousy of Deacon is so obvious and he's acting like a child about it. So Deacon teaching her to play the guitar is shutting Teddy out? Give me a freaking break. First of all, that is Maddie's choice. Deacon is not trying to monopolize every minute of Maddie's time. If anything, I think Deacon has shown a lot of restraint and not pushed to spend an excessive amount of time with her. But secondly, Maddie has every right to want to spend time with Decaon. She's not doing it to shut Teddy out. Teddy needs to start acting like an adult instead of a temper tantrum throwing baby. He keeps talking about how he's her real father because he's been there for her all these years, but if he were really acting as a parent, he would put aside his petty jealousy and do what is best for Maddie, which is allowing her to get to know Deacon as her father, instead of having a hissyfit every time he thinks about Deacon.
I'm glad that they finally gave Daphne a storyline. Her resentment about this whole situation is long overdue in my opinion. I totally laughed when Rayna tried to send her to her room and Daphe said she wanted to stay and listen. At least the girl is honest! And why shouldn't she stay? This involves her too since she was being hounded at school by the press.
I hope Gunnar doesn't blow all his money MC Hammer style. No gold faucets, Gunnar! Sometimes I forget that there are still places in this country where you can buy a house for $400K. I'm glad that Zoey told him she didn't want him to be her sugar daddy. There's nothing wrong with her wanting to pursue her dreams and support herself financially. I don't see why Gunnar is being so pissy about her going to LA for a few weeks. How is that worse than when he left to go on tour? Or if she had booked that last tour she auditioned for? Being away from your boyfriend/girlfriend is being away, no matter what the reason.
I loved Juliette's sweet and supportive texts to Maddie. I really like their friendship.
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If anyone has ideas for a good subtitle for this thread, please make suggestions and we can have the mod change it for us!
I am so excited to have a full forum for the show! This thread can be for articles, interviews, videos, etc. related to the show and the contestants.
To start off our brand new thread, a video of Bianca Del Rio at The Cafe in San Francisco. Someone in the audience got offended by something she said and came on stage to complain. Bianca's reaction:
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One of my friends told me that his ex called him to have dinner and then told him that she got engaged, so I guess some people do that. Other people have told me that an ex called them specifically to let them know they got engaged. Both seem weird to me. If you're still in touch and you're still friends, then fine, but I never understood when people contact an ex who they haven't talked to in months or years just to say they're marrying someone else.
I think I'm not paying enough attention while watching as I assumed they met up on Berkeley's Solano Avenue. I've given up figuring out when they're in Berkeley, San Francisco, or Oakland since the show acts like they're basically the same thing.
ITA that they act like they're all the same place, which sometimes makes no sense. The only time I really know which city they're in is when Drew is on campus and Adam/Crosby/Amber are at the Luncheonette. I'm pretty sure that the Solano Avenue they showed was on a hill/slope and they also showed a faux cable car going by. The Solano in Berkeley is totally flat and there are definitely no cable cars on that side of the bridge!
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I'm another TWoP refugee and I am soooooooo excited that there's a full PLL forum here so we can separate the discussion into different threads. It's hard to keep track of all the shovels and hoodies and perverts in one thread! And the thread subtitle is AWESOME. I, too, find myself thinking, "Act normal, bitch!" and wishing I could actually say it to people.
have made it one of my life goals to try and figure out the timeline of the show. I have a spreadsheet and everything.
OMG, we are destined to be BFFs! Mr. EB laughs at me because I have spreadsheets for everything, even tv shows. Other people think it's hilarious that I'm so OCD, but I can't tell you how many of my friends started watching Buffy after it ended and thanked me profusely when I emailed them my spreadsheet listing which Buffy and Angel episodes to watch together because there were crossovers. I have spent way too much time trying to figure out the PLL timeline (probably because it's not all entered on a spreadsheet yet!) so as soon as I read your post, I wanted to high five you.
My boyfriend gave up on PLL a long time ago but to annoy him I'll launch into recaps of who went where and with whom, what Aria was wearing, what Hanna said, etc.Hey, he needs to know about her crazy feathered earrings!
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Interesting Vanity Fair article: Why It Matters When Asian Women Leave TV Shows
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Although Glee isn't quite as quotable now as it was in its earlier seasons, I thought we should still have a thread for quotes. If anyone has suggestions for a subtitle, post them here and we can have the mod add it! Feel free to add old quotes too!
The only quote I remember from S05.E14: New New York:
Blaine: I may not be a cool steampunk glitter rock vampire with like tatts and guyliner.
I'm Gonna Have To Eat Every Fucking Chicken In This Room: The Quotes Topic
in Game Of Thrones
I'm sad we are losing all the quotes from the first three seasons over on TWoP. There's already a new thread here for S4 quotes so I thought we should have a thread where we can post our old favorite quotes!
Littlefinger: Ahhh, the Starks. Quick tempers, slow minds.