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    S01.E04: Someone to Watch Over Me

    in The Watcher

    On 10/24/2022 at 5:05 PM, Lamima said:

    This show is beyond stupid. Writers are awful. How did they rope in such a good actor line up? Only part intriguing to me is the John List part. I am guessing by that part and the letters and some other parts that this is a mash up storyline and not just the one letters true story.

     

    The characters are also very cliche, especially the teenage daughter 

    Baby Reindeer - General Discussion

    in Baby Reindeer

    On 4/23/2024 at 3:42 PM, BetyBee said:

    I was crying when Donny's Dad admitted as much as he could about his own abuse. I have to wonder if he somehow conveyed his own self loathing to Donny as he was growing up. It's as if, without meaning to, he perpetuated Donny's low self esteem, making Donny vulnerable when Martha and Darrien showed up in his life. I found this story very compelling and disturbing. 

     

    What shocked me was that the show never dived into what happened to Donny's Dad, it was only implied that he was molested. 

     

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    S23.E12: No Good Deed

    in Law & Order

    On 5/10/2024 at 12:03 AM, Raja said:

    I thought they established back in 1999 that "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit." Wasn't this one of  their stories?

     

    I was wondering the same thing. I'd assume because they originally didn't know that the therapist got sexually assaulted. 

    Curb Your Enthusiasm - General Discussion

    in Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Here's one of the few untitled tracks I'm looking for, this plays four times in the episode Beloved Aunt, I ripped the track and put it on my channel:

     

     

    I'm not sure if it's an original track or stock, it is some weird late 90's sounding accordion/electronic keyboard sounding cue so it's highly unlikely that it had lyrics if it wasn't an OST. 

     

     

    iCarly - General Discussion

    in iCarly

    Damn, now we'll never know who Carly's mom is or what she looks like. It was a dick move for them to end the season with a cliffhanger, knowing that they'd run the risk of being cancelled before they got a chance to tie any loose ends.

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    Curb Your Enthusiasm - General Discussion

    in Curb Your Enthusiasm

    On 3/16/2023 at 11:15 PM, Ms Blue Jay said:

    It's not a good look for Curb to keep Jeff Garlin on while The Goldbergs fired him for sexual harassment.  I get that he's an executive producer on Curb and maybe there's some contract stuff at play, but still.  It does not look good on Larry's part.

     

    Yeah that wouldn't be a good look on Larry's part. I wonder what kind of in-show reason they would have to kill Jeff off. We need Sussie in the new season too, Jeff was kind of there so it wouldn't be the end of the world if there were no Jeff, but the show would feel very empty without Sussie telling Larry to "get the fuck out of my house!!!!". 

    Goldbergs was already on it's last legs when they kicked Jeff off last year and now it will officially end after this season (filming probably wrapped up by now). 

    Larry's up there in age, so I can't imagine the show lasting much longer. This is the forth season that we've had since the show got revived. 

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    Malcolm In The Middle - General Discussion

    in Malcolm In The Middle

    An underrated classic. Every season was excellent. Love the dynamic between Malcolm, Dewey, and Reese. Was a shame that Francis didn't end up making something of himself after he got fired from Otto. 

    There was a slight dip when Jamie was born shortly after the halfway point of the series, but that's to be expected. Later seasons were less grounded (and a little more mean spirited). 

    The finale while not much, was perfect for a show like this, and wrapped everything up nicely. 

     

     

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    On My Block - General Discussion

    in On My Block

    Kind of late since I just recently finished the series but to save time, I'm gonna give my thoughts on just the final season. 

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    Judging from the bad camera angles, especially in the first couple episodes, you could easily tell this season was shot during covid. (characters having to stand far apart due to social distancing guidelines) 

    Never understood why they did the thing with Jamal suddenly having a hard on for Monse, pointless and it didn't go anywhere.  

    I do feel like Oscar's death was very predictable, once he stepped outside and was talking about how excited he was to begin his new life with his wife over the phone, I knew it was a wrap. It was never revealed who killed him (and possibly for the better) since Ceaser would've came after the perps and would've risked a life sentence. It did tug a few heart strings during the scene where Ceaser was getting ready for prom in the finale and Oscar's ghost was teaching him how to tie his tie. Bittersweet scenes like that tend to feel more sad than outright sour ones. "I heard, I listened, I wanna be somebody"

    I am glad that Oscar and Ceaser's finally moment was a good one 

    I'm shocked Ruby had the fortitude to visit Latrelle after he knew he murdered Olivia. Even though Ruby was able to forgive Latrelle's actions, the system will not, and he will likely be behind bars until death. 

    Abuelita's death was predictable and untimely. I knew it was over for her once I found out she was diagnosed with cancer. I also knew that she passed away once I saw Ruby's parents holding each other's hands on the kitchen table after the gang got back from prom.

    They should've given season 4 three extra episodes so the finale could've been split into three parts, the first part should've been senior prom and the last part should've been their graduation, and the epilogue scene should have been abuelita's memorial service. 

    Overall season 4 was lackluster compared to the first three seasons, but overall a decent show. Season 4 was anti climatic and slow paced. I'm glad they didn't drag the show any further after this. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    S15.E15: Comic Perversion

    in Law & Order: SVU

    23 hours ago, Xeliou66 said:

    The new L&O is much better than current SVU IMO - it was somewhat shaky in season 21 but they’ve found their rhythm this season and have had mostly strong episodes. They don’t have the soapy personal drama that SVU has and they don’t worship one character the way SVU worships Benson. And I agree SVU was never the same after Munch/Cragen left.

    I don't have linear TV, I only have streaming. I'm only able to watch SVU with the current package of Hulu I have. Regular Law and Order requires extra payment. I haven't had linear TV since 2015. 

    I can get regular Law and Order on DVD. 

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    S15.E15: Comic Perversion

    in Law & Order: SVU

    The comedian was an asshole, good god I wanted to punch him in his smug ugly face. It was extremely obvious from the start that this guy was in fact a rapist. The female audience members should've had enough common sense not to laugh at his jokes. Not only was he insensitive to such a touchy subject, none of his jokes really had punchlines. It was more like "rape this" "hehehehe" "rape that", pretty much only jokes a 15 year old incel would find funny (trust me I knew quite a few of those guys in high school who would find that shit funny and they're easy to spot from a mile away, just from their sense of humor alone). He was outright dehumanizing to women. Him changing and flashing his little Irish wee-wee in front of Benson should've been enough to put him in handcuffs. Not to mention the whole cliché of comedians never being serious, it's played to the point where it's obnoxious and unrealistic. 

    Considering the fact that this guy was so comfortable making jokes that vulgar should've raised a red flag. I just find it a cop out on the writer's end to make him a rapist since it was already so obvious from the start. 

    Josh absolutely raped Carly, we know this. When you're drunk, your sense of judgement is depleted and your sex drive increases. Josh took advantage of that and swooped down. I also cringed at how Josh acted in court. Josh is gonna have a real good time when it's shower time in prison, he'll become his material. 

    The scene where Josh attempted to rape Renee was too hard for me to watch. When he forced her to stay in the room after she said no more than once, that enough already crossed the line. There is no thin line between "oh just playing" around and rape. I miss when SVU fooled the audience and had a lot of plot twits, or would find clever ways to distract the audience, now it's not the case, the show has really dipped in quality once Stabler and Carrigan left. The recording of Josh attempting to rape Renne was enough evidence to send him to prison, I don't care if it was a setup, he would've done the same thing if there was no camera on her glasses. Mediocre episode 4/10.

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    S20.E01: Man Up/S20.E02: Man Down

    in Law & Order: SVU

    I rewached the episode and I didn't care about the side plot with Benson and Rollins, it  should've been in an entirely different episode, I guess they tried to shoehorn that in to make sure they met the network's standard of a 44 minute slot .

    I'm not conversative but good God the virtue signaling in this episode was out of control.  Especially with how they went to an unrealistic extreme with John's toxic masculinity. 

    It was so obvious that John was the one who did the rape, since he softly said to his son "You'll learn", when he didn't want to kill the rabbit. I hated seeing the rabbit suffering too, I couldn't look at it without cringing, and the sound of it's neck cracking when John killed it made my skin crawl, at least that part was shown offscreen. Once they found the semen in Sam's underwear, it was a wrap. The evidence was too specific for it to be a coincidence, Sam's reactions to Fin questioning him about the rape should've already raised a red flag. Need I say more about that? Brian calling Sam a pussy was low hanging fruit to sidetrack the audience from knowing that John was the actual suspect, and when you pull too hard, you kind of make the clues more obvious leaving us with another reason why the episode was so predictable. 

    Sam was stupid for pulling a Call of Duty black opps side mission on the school. I understand that his father raped him, but of course we pull a cliche and Dominick convinces Sam not to self-delete after he performed the school pow pow. Sam should've committed suicide anyway since he had a high chance of being in prison for life after he fired up the school. Let's just say for Sam's sake, he better hope that hell isn't a real thing, because being dead would've been a lot better than what's to come for him after he's in custody. Did it ever cross Sam's mind that if he shot up the school, what his father did to him is going to happen to him in prison as well. I get that people have impaired judgement during instances of extreme emotions, but I feel like he had enough time to think that through since it was somewhat premeditated and not fully instantaneous. Why would he also think his father "loves him", if he was raped....twice by him, why would Sonny's words be enough to sway Sam out of commit suicide? Seems like another way to make sure the episode clocks in standard time. If Sam did end up committing suicide they would've been able to pull that off with the episode length they had, even with the abortion side plots in tact and yes, I agree that this episode had everyone repeating the same things over and over. What was the point of Olivia knocking over that woman on the bike, it didn't further the plot, was that another piece of low hanging fruit to keep everyone in suspense. Ultimately, that small plot point ended up giving me apprehensive epididymal hypertension instead. Again, could've been another element to add into a completely different episode since that tidbit did nothing to further the plot. 

    Sam should've gotten mentally evaluated since he drunk alcohol and snapped during all the interrogations, it's pretty clear that he has PTSD from John molesting him. Especially since this isn't the first time it happened. It was a second degree murder. I think a 25 year sentence would've been fair due to the unique circumstances, having a shit father isn't an excuse for what he did, there are plenty of people who had shit fathers that do the right thing and seek help, instead of shooting up a school. Sam's mental state at that point was perplexing, as much as I think it was dumb of him to do what he did, something still tells me he wasn't of sound mind when he did it, considering the snapping and the small hints of Stockholm syndrome that occurred earlier in the episode.

    Overall thoughts, 4/10. Mediocre episode. Not suspenseful enough, the entire situation was too simplistic, and I get it was a Lawyer's job to plead the defendant's case, but c'mon, if it already too late when Sam snapped during the interrogations, it was already too late when John's semen was found in the underwear. We were better off not having this episode exist. 

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    S05.E09: It’s a Vibe

    in Grown-ish

    · Edited by King of TV

    Grown ish seems to be more interesting than Black ish. The stakes here are higher most of the time, Black ish seemed to always play it safe. Black ish also got very stale in it's later seasons. 

    Grown-ish in the Media

    in Grown-ish

    On 7/10/2022 at 4:02 PM, gingerella said:

    That trailer looks pretty bad to me, like humping a show's corpse that is definitely gone already. Junior isn't interesting, but then again, I never thought Zoe was either after like the first two episodes. Her narcissistic attention whore personality really put me off her as the voice of the show, and to be honest, the show runners put together a great ensemble that grew to not even need her character. So to have Zoe still be on the show? Just, no thank you, I've had enough.

    I initially thought the fourth season was going to be it's last because that was Zoe's senior year.

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    Spider-Man (1994) - General Discussion

    in Spider-Man (1994)

    · Edited by King of TV

    I can't tell whether or not this series was cel animated or digitally colored. I've seen animation cells for it online, but the show itself doesn't have the same visual artifacts typically seen in programs that utilize that method. Same thing applies for the fact that they used CGI backgrounds from time to time. 

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