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On 12/08/2017 at 4:57 PM, dubbel zout said:
I don't think there was anything stronger than friends for 20 years; we also found out—I think in the episode they went to the Cayman Islands—they'd dated before Lisa and Felix married.
To me it seemed like he was into her all along. Then when she realised that something was happening between Ethan and Sam, even though she hadn't admitted it to herself, she set up the situation for the affair with Nick for revenge because she knew he was pretty much a sure thing and it would hurt Ethan the most.
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16 hours ago, shoregirl said:
Does anyone else feel like theu need to have a regular cast member play Trump and his various staffers? Its fun to see Alec Baldwin but can they really depend on his availability for the next 4 years (if it lasts that long) . Craziness is happening in this admin. on a weekly basis as Good as Baldwin is he cant be expected to be available every week. I dont think any one in the current cast can play him so maybe bring in a new regular specifically because he can play Trump.
Absolutely. Baldwin isn't even that funny. I think they're doing themselves damage in the long term too. Having a cast member play Trump raises the profile of that cast member. Having Baldwin do it is a nice temporary bump for the shows profile but it leaves them in trouble as they lose cast members. When Kate goes what do they do? No one else is breaking out.
11 hours ago, vb68 said:I really can't see Melissa staying on the show. She just wasn't memorable. But who knows.
She has had a bad debut year but I think its harder for impression heavy members to do well early. Sort of reminds me of Jay. Especially considering there weren't a lot of celeb based sketches this year. She should try to find a couple of political impressions to add to her arsenal.
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I'm really going to miss Vanessa and Bobby they were 2 of my favourite cast members.
I think it really weakens the cast overall too. There are a few too many weak links at the moment. I think they might end up in another slump soon. Having Baldwin and co turning up isn't going to help establish people either.
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6 hours ago, MightyLeeds said:
I was a bit underwhelmed to be honest. They got away with having the perp be someone peripheral to the storyline in the first series, his close relationship to the major characters provided more than enough shock value. Here it was effectively a random perp and a random victim, took away from the everybody knows everybody vibe that contributed to the originality of Broadchurch. Kinda played out like a pamphlet on rape and porn to be shown in sex education classes in high school. Add that to the weird sub plot of Maggie's carrier suicide and the whole thing was all a bit preachy.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the series just think it fell slightly short compared to the original
Me too. I was disappointed that the rape ended up being committed by a kid groomed by a psycho. I think its a little outlandish, most rapes aren't committed by some sort of disturbed cool and calculated serial rapist. The series had done such a great job of making the horrible realities of the case hit home and ring true. For me this ending up ended that. It would have been much more interesting if it was any of the other suspects. Instead surprise via convolution is our ending.
I really enjoyed the series overall I'm just disappointed with the ending. I also felt the epilogue with the full Church, etc was corny as hell.
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On 09/04/2017 at 2:45 PM, KaleyFirefly said:
that's why I don't understand why she still got into the car with him, why she was still going to that stupid party when her life was in danger. Realistically, at that point she would have grabbed her kids and gone to her apartment or to an abused women's shelter.
Because he was about to fly off the handle and if she'd done that there was a genuine chance the kids could have been hurt.
I know she said he'd never do anything to hurt the kids but he was getting worse, threatened her life after she hit him in the balls for instance. More importantly though she had recognized he was hurting the boys indirectly. That broke her fantasy about him being a good Dad.
On 09/04/2017 at 8:04 PM, CofCinci said:She dated Russell Crowe and he's pretty abusive.
He punched a guy though right? I've never heard of him hitting women. To me thats not close to being the same thing. Maybe there is more I'm unaware of.
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2 hours ago, nosleepforme said:
Though I must say that Shoshanna is really not better than any of the rest of them. She is really not looking for friends, but for people that represent a certain status that she can feel superior with. As we saw a couple of episodes ago, she dropped her former friends for Jessa, because she thought Jessa's European attitude was cool. Now she's dropping Hannah and the others for friends with "cute purses", "jobs" and "nice personalities", but that's really not what friendships are about. Friendships are about mutual appreciation and support, about being there for each other in hard times, about accepting each other's flaws. What Shosh really wants is a good image and while it's good that she keeps calling the others out on their narcissism, she should be called out on her thorough shallowness. I think the other girls grew this season in realizing that they cannot always blame other people for what goes wrong in their lives and taking responsibility for some things in their life, but Shosh really didn't (might also be due to lack of screen time though).
Completely agree. I used to really like Shosh because she was a bit more naive and bubbly than the rest of them but in the last few seasons shes become far more materialistic and shallow. She is as narcissistic as the rest, possibly more so than Hannah and Jessa.
Anyway I thought this episode was a bit weak. Not bad but just not as good as the rest of this season which has been pretty great. I hope the finale is good. I'm really interested to see if they do anything really interesting or if its just ties things up in a neat way.
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13 hours ago, Winston Wolfe said:
I agree with most of the posts here. But to me Hannah's Diner melt-down meant one more thing - once the baby is born, she will have finally, irreversibly entered into true adulthood/parenthood and everything it entails (picking out preschools, joining the Park Slope Food Co-Op, and attending PTA meetings). Adam's marriage proposal focused her attention on that reality - she's about to be the first of the "Girls" to enter real adulthood by becoming almost fully responsible for another, dependent human being for at least 18 years. For someone who has basically been playing at being an adult (as so many of us did in our early-to-mid 20s), the concept has to be overwhelming, to say the least.
Exactly. The whole thing with Adam was a regression based on fear, largely its a reaction to Paul-Louis just fobbing her off. She is reeling from that. Going back to relationship that was fun and felt free is exactly why she clicked back in with Adam so easily, it comfortable and cosy and easy. When he starts talking about forever stuff like marriage and a division of duties and where they'd live etc it all becomes real again and she focus back on reality in the way an adult with a kid has to.
I thought Lena was brilliant in that scene too. She deserves an Emmy nomination for her acting based on this episode.
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I though JDM was a lot better in this episode. I've felt all along that his character was a parallel to Ezekiel in that he puts on a big act for his followers. This episode is the first time I think JDMs performance has really shown that though. When Rick tells him he's going to kill him he looks genuinely confused and scared before he starts laughing, its like when you watch a UFC fight and if a fighter gets caught with a punch early he'll back off smiling, its a reaction that shows fear. To me thats what Negans laughing was.
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Yeah he might go for the computer too but it'd make no sense to go for it in the middle of the night as it'd most likely be in Trish or the daughters room. Maybe he'll stay a night or two and try to get at it while there. I think it was just a classic red herring though, these things usually are on Broadchurch.
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Jim doesn't seem like a guy who goes to the cops because someone gave him a couple of kicks. I think he may handle the situation himself.
I'm kind throwing away my Cath theory, she seemed too surprised by Trish's confession and she was suitably horrible in the way I expect she would be if it was new news.
The webcam theory from the thread for the last episode is pretty inspired, I think that could be exactly what the ex-husband is up to. Although I think him coming in at the end of the episode is just his lack of anywhere else to go.
The serial nature of these rapes is really interesting now. Who's only there during the summer? Or who has time during the summer, the ex-hubbie is a teacher but it seems a bit contrived that he's a serial rapist who then decided to rape his ex-wife. I think its more likely the caravans are important but I don't think that makes sense for Ed. TBH I don't think any of our main suspects did it, just like season one they are a parade of red herrings. Who lived in the caravans in season 1? Pauline Quirkes character was a right weirdo but she didn't do it, who else was involved with her? Maybe psychic Steve, he was a total loon.
And am I the only completely fed up of boring, moaning Paul? "oh no one wants my help" boo hoo, get over it.
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So I was right about the morning sex being with Caths husband. Now I believe Cath knows more about this rape than shes letting on and may even have been involved in some way. She definitely knows the 2 of them were having the affair.
Something is up with the Taxi drivers step son too. He's came in out of nowhere and he seems damaged.
On 23/03/2017 at 6:30 AM, Llywela said:Yeah, that was a standout scene to me, too - and I do suspect it has something to do with nude pictures being spread among classmates, or something, that's a hot issue for teens currently. I thought Chloe was lovely to go to her and offer support - because of course Chloe knows what it's like to have all your classmates staring and whispering about you behind your back.
This would make a lot of sense in the context of the boys porn sharing too. Thats not happening this season for no reason.
Mark making the dinner was clearly a last meal before he goes to kill Joe.
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I'm glad Marnie is still awful. I really don't want to see redemptive arcs for everyone, thats just not realistic. Hannah I can accept because I always think she was trying to be better than she was. People like Marnie stay like Marnie though. Same goes for Jessa.
I hope the ending wasn't supposed to show that Adam has made an amazing film. That would be another seriously annoying finish to his story.
I really like the Hannah is going to have a baby story. Its at least unexpected. I'd like to see the show end with her having the baby and being happy with that. She doesn't need a man yet, she certainly doesn't need to get back with Adam.
There are so many potentially terrible endings for Girls, I really hope they manage to avoid them. I love the show, I don't think theres been a bad season and I'd like to see it go out on a high note.
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9 minutes ago, Giesela said:
Adam's character always seems to be whatever the story needs him to be but his character seems to have been growing up slowly and more consistently throughout the seasons.
You think? He seems more oblivious and self centred than ever to me. He's just turned into a male Jessa but with a bigger ego.
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1 hour ago, Winston Wolfe said:
Interesting thing is, I don't find Jessa all that attractive...and I usually find something attractive in almost every woman. Her face has a kind of...cruelness...to it, kind of like Robin Givens. Someone that smirks or grimaces a lot. Not pretty at all IMHO. Hey I just joined you in the shallow pool. :D
I think she is hiding her attractiveness under her acting, if that makes any sense. I think she plays her character in a really unattractive way. I think if she was in another role she could definitely be very attractive. Like I sort of find Hannah attractive but I don't find real Lena very attractive. Not sure why.
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3 hours ago, luna1122 said:
I think Allison Williams is exceptionally pretty, tho too skinny. She looks a lot like Amanda Peet; both have that strong jaw and steely gaze, they should really play mom & daughter or aunt or sisters or something.
I think Amanda Peet has a lot more talent than Williams.
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8 hours ago, 27bored said:
It's always chicks like Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer, Sandra Fluke...who want to act like they're having so much sex, and it's like, give me a break.
No they just talk or write about having some sex. Apparently there are certain people who don't approve of women talking about sex.
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None of that has anything to do with your other post. The men in the show don't actually watch the show.
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Jesus when she told her daughter about the rape it was heartbreaking. So far Trish has been exceptionally strong in how shes dealt with everything.
I agree on the DNA. With the way the big brother state is run these days it makes sense not to randomly give out your DNA. Plus he seemed completely oblivious to what had gone on. The whole duffle bag thing stank of red herring and if its not it'll be hard to work back to making any kind of sense. I mean if he'd done it wouldn't he have destroyed or cleaned the clothes much earlier?
Who did she have sex with that morning? Has to be an affair I think. Maybe the friends husband, the mechanic guy. He had the same pack of condoms in his car as at the scene, maybe the condom was from Trishs purse/pocket rather than the rapists?
Lenny Henry looks to be next weeks big suspect I reckon. I knew that girl was his daughter, they're the only black people in the whole village. lol
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18 hours ago, Matias130 said:
Hannah keeps trying to drive the point home that she is someone who has been traumatized by some kind of sexual harrassment and/or assault. Lena Dunham has also accused someone from college of sexually assaulting her. I just get the feeling that by her constantly reminding us that she has been sexually harassed, it somehow makes her seem like she is an attractive woman in some way. Also, all of the men that she has had sex or or rleationships with on the show have been "conventionally" attractive, far more than her. SSomething about that just makes me scratch my head
Really?
For starters the idea that Lena Dunham is some sort of hideous demon that could never get a good looking man to fuck her is ridiculous. Hannah as a character is like Lena, funny, smart, cute, slightly annoying at times and brave when it comes to her sexuality. Lena Dunhams boyfriends a rock star FFS. If she played the hollywood games females are supposed to play she could make her self look more palatable to all the sexist creeps but she doesn't because she doesn't have to because she is smart and super talented.
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On 03/03/2017 at 0:46 PM, mledawn said:
So the red herring is the friend's husband, then - the condom wrapper and him sketching off to do whatever in the bushes? Speaking of, was the twine still in the bushes so Dirty Bryan's crew missed that at the scene, or was the rapist planting the twine in anticipation of a second attack?
For this week anyway. I'm sure it'll be someone else soon enough. Whats the bets that guys just having an affair?
Anyway its great to have the show back and for it to be a bit more focussed than last season. Felt like it was back to season 1 level. I found season 2 very frustrating.
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This was a bit of a weak episode overall. A shame the cast couldn't come up with better non current affairs sketches when given the chance and the lack of Baldwin/McCarthy for the week.
I liked Melissa Villaseñors impressions but she needs to be able to get full sketches for her characters the way other good impressionists have. She just isn't getting air time now and its a shame because she is pretty funny.
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This was well written, well acted, well paced and funny. It just didn't feel like Girls. It felt like a separate thing Lena wanted to do, a point she wanted to make. And she made it well but it just felt apart from the rest of the show.
But when Mathew Reese revealed himself, Damn he looked half wolf. Great acting throughout from him.
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Thats a good point. She isn't just Hammond though, she's Wiig, Ferrell, Chevy, etc too. She's dominating the show in a way I don't think I've seen in a long time. It just feels there is very little time for the rest of the cast. And maybe thats on them for not raising their game. Can't deny Kate kills it almost every time.
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Does anyone else think Kate is turning into the new Kirsten Wiig? She is dominating the show far too much. Now don't get me wrong I think Kate is brilliant but did we need 2 new politicial characters from her when she's already Hillary, KAC, Merkel, etc
S43.E02: Gal Gadot / Sam Smith
in Saturday Night Live
I could see them do a full song. I hope they do.