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I love the degrees of bad and good on this show. No one is perfect. Chuck made a perfectly valid case for choosing HHM. Mesa Verde guy heard it and made the safe decision. Nothing was wrong with that, per se. On another level, though, Chuck went after a case knowing it would harm his own brother. Some families don't do that. This one does. Howard is a robot. His responses are all slightly delayed. I will concede that the show is feeling drawn out. I love the technique, but Mike's story should be moving along a little faster, IMO. I can be patient with Plot A. plot B, too? Asking a lot.

Agree, Xenith. Supergirl knows how to write girl angst pretty well, but the super hero stuff is just awful - even cringe inducing at times (like the fireman helping up Supergirl, Silver Banshee who decides to wear make up and contacts ... why?, etc.). I don't know if this is on purpose because SG ants to be a different kind of super hero show, or just the natural result of writers focusing on something else. It was so clearly different that Barry, who we do watch on The Flash, seemed like a different character at times (aside from blurting out his identity). Almost spacey.

I think that's relative. I live in Denver and lots of people move here because they like how there is less traffic than where they came from. There are fewer people here than, say, back East.No lines at the drive thru at 2:30 p.m.

YMMV, they all seemed too long to me. The only bits I didn't FF through were WU, Naked and Afraid and the honeymooners (because i was paying bills and half watching). I love Game of Thrones and I even FF the GoT sketch, because there was no payoff, just one long gag.

Suckers. This is why i quit watching TWD this season, after it was once a TV highlight. The plot repeats endlessly, and now so does yet another plot device - the cliffhanging death. Now I just read summaries online, when I can. The writers may as well be taking your lunch money and knocking your books out of your arms at this point.

Correction: Men with beards are not *always* terrorists. Some are. I agree that those two guys won't possibly fit in that house. Did they take out the wall that made the toilet space so tight? That was crazy.

That's what I thought the blowing wind guy was in front of, since our local car washes use them. And Mike clearly knows it. I can't figure out his angle. It's more than protecting the gdaughter, and guilt over the husband's death, i think. It's something about Mike. This show is such a jewel. Not for everyone, and not always perfect, but so engaging to watch. When did Jimmy get bound and see Tuco break someone's legs again? i was thinking that was BB.

I don't get this at all. What has been entertaining about the plot going in circles as we watch characters begin to make choices that make less and less sense? They all keep covering the same ground. Rick says they have to aggressively protect themselves. Morgan says life is precious. Daryl is loyal to one person, then another, letting it drive him to take actions that end in disaster. Carol is in, then out, a killer, then ashamed of killing, then a killer again. Meanwhile. the world they live in doesn't change. There is no indication of any progress through the ZA. Shouldn't we be running out of zombies at this point? Or there should at least be fewer? iIs there any attempt at all by remaining elements of society to achieve something positive? Is every single damn group about taking your stuff, eating you or crazy? And now the Daryl Fake Out, which follows the Glen Fake Out. The writers are even repeating plot devices, in addition to actual plot. As someone else said, I like the characters I met and enjoyed in seasons 1-4 or so, so I read these summaries and comments. But I won't watch the show anymore, and won't until there is some sign of forward progress.

You're right, Fisk *is* pretentious - that's a key part of his character. It is how he justifies what he does, by believing he has the right answer(s). Or at least did in most of season 1. Not sure that's still true since he became more of a muh-ha-ha villain near the end of last season. Anyway, he is like Frasier as a supervillain, or a smarter Sideshow Bob. Everything Fisk does has a purpose and is part of his plan, except when he occasionally just loses his sh-t and kills a guy by his car, or beats a blind man. In a way, he has the best of both villain worlds - deliberate (as he was using Frank and then leaving him to die) AND sometimes crazy. I like his fussiness. I don't get Vanessa, either, and honestly I pretty much erased the character in my head. She was important last season, when Fisk was still human and had the same goals as DD but a different way to get there. Now all that is left is remnants of that Fisk. Maybe putting him in jail actually wasn't the best idea. I think Fisk has evolved into someone different than the guy who was comforted by Vanessa. More of a straight bad guy. He just doesn't realize it, yet. It doesn't bode well for Vanessa.

As someone who has never read the DD comics and knows nothing about cannon, my comments are written from the perspective of a viewer who is learning about DD realtime. There needs to be some logical consistency around major plot points like Black Sky. Doesn't mean there can't be an unexplained big hole in the ground; that kind of "maybe next season" stuff is fine. When you set up a big baddie, there must be more to it than "everyone keeps saying it, so it must be true" and/or cannon.It wouldn't have taken much. Elektra could have demonstrated a power over *all* the ninjas, or something over distance. Just one example. Without it, that whole plot line, and the tormented back-and-forth between Elektra and DD, seems tiresome and often inexplicable. I remembered that while watching, which made it even more confusing. There is more than one Black Sky? So Elektra isn't as important, one of many, so to speak, vs. being The One? Again, vague. There needs to be a sense of risk, or menace, for DD and his "I will save my city, and I won't kill" to work. Fisk provided it in season one. The unexplained Black Sky in season 2 largely eliminated the sense of risk (except to Matt specifically).Nabo was inconsistent. Madam Gao is painting. The Punisher may be questionable, but he wasn't and isn't the bad guy. Elektra was just confusing. Fisk came through, but he's still in prison for now. A lot of season 2 was very good, especially the Matt/Foggy development and a lot of the Karen stuff. But it never felt like there was any real threat.

He's the best thing about DD, IMO. Though I liked him better when he was also trying to clean up Hell's Kitchen, albeit in a more objectionable way. Now he seems intent on gaining power, for his own use, and as I posted near the end of last season, that makes him less interesting. Still, his motives and actions make sense and I like the intensity. And his honesty about it.

I don't see this as the important choice, or even a hard one. The new law firm came to Kim and said it wanted her to work there. If she had simply applied for a job, had an interview and then an offer, maybe it would be tough. But when a company seeks you out, that signals interest at a whole different level. The difficult choice, IMO, is whether she wants to work in law *at all,* or whether she would prefer a life with Jimmy and his scams. She knows enough about life in a law firm to have serious doubts about continuing it. Except, Walt had a point. His choice not to accept it could also be looked at as a matter of honor. That's all I will say because this is BCS, and Jimmy is a whole different character with different motivations than Walt.

I thought this season was a half-realized mess, while last season was a taught struggle between two adversaries. To wit: - What the hell is Black Sky, and why should we fear it? All I saw was a female version of DD, who also enjoys killing. So much breath wasted over Black Sky and yet no demonstration of why we should care. - Meanwhile, Elektra is such an abomination she is an "it'? Why? Lots of bad guys on TV shows enjoy killing. Elektra seemed no different. Yet she sure bought into her being special quickly. The whole time she and Matt were urgently debating who she is, I kept thinking, "Wait - why is she bad and what does she thinks 'makes sense""? She is basically Matt, but enjoys killing. So? - And if Elektra is so scary, why weren't the ninja's afraid to fight her? And why wasn't she more effective doing so? - And speaking of, where did the "too many to count" ninjas go who DD cited and we saw forming? By the time the fight began, there were a dozen. - What the hell was the retired officer going on about? Kandahar? And why were all those guns in what appeared to be an easily reached and not well defended cabin? Yes, that now becomes The Punisher's weapon stash, but why were they there to begin with, and how come no one has ever broken in and found them (that fake wall wouldn't fool anyone who could see the size of the cabin)? - I hate ninjas and kung fu crap. Because the fighting never makes sense. Sometimes 6 rapid blows barely phase the opponent, other times one similar blow knocks him out. It is an exhausting way to fight. You have to hit the other guy 20 times to knock him off his feet - and then a few minutes later, he just gets up again. There is no logic to it, on DD or almost any show that features it. - So DD trains for years to hone his skills, and then he needs Stick to tell him to listen for a completely different sound - one which apparently DD had never noted before - and DD immediately does it? Maybe Matt needs cassette recordings from Stick he can listen to under his pillow while he sleeps. - Foggy has one trial - one - that he loses, and another law firm comes calling and offers him a partnership? That is so beyond the pale of anything even slightly realistic, despite the woman's description of why. The only way this makes sense is if Kingpin is behind it and he is setting up Foggy. And Foggy is a fool for falling for it. That's just for starters - and I can live with the unexplained giant hole and other in-process plot points. This season had some promising threads of what it means to be a vigilante vs. a criminal, but about 2-3 episodes from the end it went off the rails. And Karen's concluding article, which led up to the barf-inducing phrase, "you're a New Yorker," sounded like it was written by a 6th-grader. Or Jerry Seinfeld. I loved season one, and the best thing about season 2 was (again) Fisk. Everything he did made sense, and moved forward in a way that you can see leading to future conflicts. I loved that he and Frank crossed paths. And DD as a whole is a promising show that I want to see again. But for the love of god, can we get some writing that has a point and makes sense?

He actually was being silly. There is already a model for this called Brew Hub in Fla., where a company makes craft beer to specifications. That way new craft brewers can reduce start up costs as they expand. We looked at the toilet thing, but Amazon users claimed it didn't stay put. Instead we went with a competitor, and so far they are a big hit (two toilets).

I don't understand where the show is going with Foggy. Karen can become an investigative reporter or go to law school or a number of things. Foggy is a lawyer with a slight bump in his rep, but Fisk has told Matt that Foggy and Matt are dead meat at some point. So does Matt tell Foggy? Or let him remain vulnerable and unknowing?

Possibly, but I don't think so. I have no interest in Carol's mental journey, or Morgan's, or Rick's, or FPP or anyone else at this stage. Or really scary zombie scenes. Some characters I like, die. Some I don't like, keep living. Yada yada yada. We have seen this over and over. What I would like is some plot direction. Where are these people going? Where does society end up? What do they benefit from as they go through these trials (they don't seem to learn much). Right now it appears society will end with a wimper, as broken survivors either can't get along, or wander off. if so, I guess that's an ending. Until we get there, however, what we are seeing is wheels spinning in mud. That's why I stopped watching. Sad to see Denise go, though. I like the quiet ones.

Which is why 3 episodes ago I finally stopped watching a show I had followed literally for years, and now I only read the summaries here and some of the comments. In that way, I suppose the show is doing something different there. After meeting group #72 that threatens Rick and gang, so far group #72 is lame. So the Negan face-to-face intro will be especially impactful, I'm guessing.

This season feels like a meandering mess. There are hints of something better - i.e. using the Punisher to question vigilantism, including Daredevil - but DD isn't established enough to compare and contrast well (DD keeps saying "nobody dies," but honestly, does even he think it makes sense to keep fighting the same people he knocked unconscious over and over?). And now with Frank in custody, we don't see any more about him to better flesh out the differences. Did he kill the people responsible for killing his family, and then stop? Did he kill anyone who was innocent? Where did he draw the line? Don't know. Same for Elektra. She seems more like Catwoman than anything else now, interested in theft and stealth in the pursuit of ... what, exactly? Kicks, I guess. But again, we don't know enough about her to compare much with DD or Frank. Elektra seems to get off on fighting (though does she kill?), a pretty good sign that she is damaged somehow. They *all* are pretty much wrong if you view vigilantism as unlawful. The fact one says "no killing" doesn't change that. If you think justice can include vigilantism, then we need to see more of their methods to decide where to draw the line. Meanwhile, Matt shouldn't lie to Foggy about silly things like Elektra coming back. What was the point? In terms of his character, if he is supposed to represent a crusader for those who have no voice, then lying to his friend undercuts his own image (to him, and to the viewers). And his "romance" with Karen is pedestrian. This ep was pretty slow, and the show feels like it is stuck when it doesn't have to be.Free Frank. let's see more about this trio and then compare and contrast. The trial is a boring way to do that.

They need to make Daredevil more interesting as a character, tie him into something contemporary maybe. The villains in season 1 and now season 2 are both far more interesting than DD.They have better backstories and more fascinating motivations. Daredevil is already kind of the superhero Bernie Sanders. maybe take it down that route, complete with, "Yes, great idea, but given reality, how do you think that's going to actually be successful?" The Punisher opened that door a little. Brett's comment at the end, "I don't know what you are, but you aren't him" was a fine line. The book is still open on DD and his methods. Let's see more on what Matt thinks he will actually achieve? I will take as many hi-quality Marvel shows on Netflix as they can create, regardless of the sex of the hero (or antihero).

This show has really become Alias now, with more humor, complete with black tie events and spycraft action. Love the editing fun. Didn't love as much the story. Seemed slow and disconnected from Brian's world.

In vacuum, maybe. But we have already seen Jimmy execute several scams on his own that have nothing to do with Chuck (and on BCS, not BB). And we have seen Jimmy put Kim's career on the line despite repeated warnings and pleas from her. And we have seen Jimmy's reaction is to suggest she sue HHM, and he has no clue she wouldn't feel the same. Chuck may or may not fear that his brother is potentially more brilliant than Chuck. Whatever he feels, it doesn't change the fact that Jimmy is the architect of his own failure, and even if Jimmy manages to take one step forward, it is then two steps back. Chuck is right there. The only question is, did Chuck do something that made Jimmy this way? If not, no amount of Chuck bashing can change the fact that Jimmy is who he is.

I definitely thought this, given a scene before it happened had Frank, after strategizing with Doug, asking Meechem to come into his office and then we cut away. What threw me was Meechem getting killed. He is devoted but that's a bit far. So I wondered if Lucas had interrupted a different plan.

Thank you. That Chuck is mostly right became apparent 2 episodes ago and I posted then that it was the point where I finally flipped to realizing Jimmy is the architect of his own lack of success (and Chuck, who had seen far more of Jimmy than we have, was right, if an ass at times), and it has been fascinating watching people still defend Jimmy just because he is more likeable. It's still going on in this episode thread! Bravo, BCS writers. This is why Jimmy doesn't equal Walt in terms of breaking bad ... Jimmy has always chosen the path he is on. Not sure what to make of Chuck's marriage. His wife clearly wants to cut loose more, and enjoyed the diversion of Jimmy. And then when Chuck tried a joke, she barely paid attention. Timing? Not sure what that meant. Oddly, I knew exactly who that was as soon as he entered the diner in shadow. It was the hat, combined with the odd gait of an older man with a degenerative illness. Made me think immediately of the wheelchair. Masterful portrayal by the actor. That's still possible, though if the show goes there, they have been deliberately misleading us all along, which would make me like the show less. It's easy to mislead an audience when you purposely portray characters in a way opposite of the truth. It is harder, and better, to make them complex and harder to categorize.

TWD has become far too caught up in the minutia of "characterization" and is now virtually bankrupt when it comes to anything meaningful happening. How many times do we need to see Rick and company encounter a new group, the new group is bad in some way (sometimes obviously, sometimes more subtly), conflict ensues, Rick and group learn a lesson (and if they don't learn it, the lesson come back with worse consequences). Yes, these encounters keep changing our main characters. Carol is a conflicted bad ass, Rick is a broken leader, etc. So ... yay? It's reached the point that I miss Eugene pretending that he knows of a cure. At least that provided a direction. At this stage I now just read the previously.tv TWD summaries and some of the comments, and if anything of actual interest happens, I go back and skim the DVR'd episode. Agree, tho it isn't just the violence. It's the repetitive nature of the show.

I have assumed for years that Ariana Grande is actually a robot, based on her dead eyes and not-quite-there live demeanor. I still think it is possible, however, she is a much more talented robot than I thought. We actually replayed some of her impressions just because they were so spot on that we wondered if she was lip syncing dialogue/songs from the real actor/singer. Her JLAw speaking impression was stunning. Did JLaw tweet anything about it? The one bit of goofiness was the changed camera angle when she did Whitney Houston, as she took on "the lyric." That was just pandering. Best line of the night was Larry David as Bernie Saunders, "young people support me because they really identify with me ... we both have big plans and no idea how to achieve them." Second best line was Colin's, about Leslie Jones finding out. The drunkest girl on The Bachelor was very much like the girl at a party you don't want to talk to, but less funny. Didn't get "The Feminist Song." Was it in reaction to someone saying a popular song actually wasn't empowering to women? I assumed so, but the SNL skit never seemed to go for anything specific, it was just a general statement made over and over. Kind of boring.