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"Should I exhale out my ass?" Willowy, when did he say this - the context. Pretty funny even without a context.

Kalliste, even his walk seethed. He is so very pretty, I have to admit. And I'll miss him after Justified closes its door, just as I miss him in Deadwood. Damn it.

Well, I still miss him. And the Ebert reference in the piece I posted just reminded me of that. Perhaps I should have said I'll continue to miss him. I wonder what he would have thought of all the good TV series that have come across the boards in the past decade and a half. Don't know if he ever covered TV.

Mizkat, Robin's role is not large but it's not a cameo, either. And Dan of Dority is also in "The Sessions." Wait, what? Walnut Queen, you mean Ellsworth is in JFC? I didn't know that. See, my actor/actress watch fails so much. Sad to know that this will be the last season of "Justified," which in its own way has been a beacon of light on good old TV.

http://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/a-lie-agreed-upon-david-milchs-deadwood Wow, just found this, from earlier this spring. Enjoy: I know I will. Will also miss Roger Ebert.

Wasn't sure where to put this, a lovely overview of the entire series, with a lot of the quotes (untouched, I tell you, untouched). http://www.wired.com/2014/06/binge-guide-deadwood/

Do other posters have these: Beaver Watch, and Dayton Callie Watch, and Robin Weigert Watch, and oh, god Brad Dourif watch. So many of them. I always curse (with all the help I got from the language of Deadwood) when I realize I've missed someone in something. Because they're not generally the stars, so write-ups in the paper or blurbs in the tv listings don't mention them.

Yes to Radishcake, the women were/are wonderful. I think that a Deadwood without these specific female characters would have been an ordinary western. Not that I think the women had it easy - fuck, no, but as Radishcake said, they had agency. (Well, many of them, certainly not some of the prostitutes). I still fantasize about Joanie and Jane going somewhere and opening a business of some sort, assuming Jane can ever get off the sauce. And Alma? I wonder what will become of her. She has money now so she can do whatever she wants (within the context of the historical period). I want Hearst dead. Electric Boogaloo, if Al were surrounded by non-idiots, he might lose his place as head man, no? Just a thought.

I also was continually afraid for Aunt Lou. I think the arc could have been stronger, but it was the only one with more than a single black character, so that was okay with me. I hated the wasted time with the theater group, though I love Brian Cox. What is the point, I kept muttering and griping to myself. We're never going to get over this, are we? Years from now we'll still be offering critiques, damning Milch, etc. And good point, Walnut Queen. No matter how much of a threat he was to the men, Hearst was even more terrible to see around women - I kept wondering what he was going to do next.

Thanks, Willowy. Do you think anyone will begin a forum for Rome, which is reairing on HBO. And will our hearts ever heal from the loss of this obscene, scatological, vulgar universe known as Deadwood? Mine won't. Just commenting here tonight has me tearing up.

Mizkat, that scenario would have been wonderful to see. And in closing, Fuck you, George.

Mizkat, lament indeed. I want to know what kind of marriage Seth and Martha had, and if they had children. I want to know if Trixie ever got free of Al and made a life with Sol (doubtful, I think). I miss not knowing if Hearst ever got his (again, doubtful). I long to know what became of Jane and Joanie, and hope they are together somewhere. So much wish unfulfillment, just so fucking much.

Damn, didn't know he was on Supernatural. A large part? The death of Ellsworth was the death of the series for me. I don't know that I could have watched a season 4 even if there had been one. And what would that season have consisted of, really? Damn you Milch, damn you HBO. Even if you're not to blame, damn you any-fucking-way!

Some of you are getting Ep. 4 on On Demand, but not I. NOT I, I tell you. And getting the next ep. ahead of time is unheard of. Which cable company do you have? I've always wondered why FX doesn't generally air the current episode until the next episode airs. You can never catch up. Doesn't seem like a good way to build an audience, eh? I like the way "Major Crimes" works. The current episode precedes the new one on the same night.

Coloradoqt, do you have an On Demand option? I watch many of my shows that way - avoids lots of ads, and sometimes you can fast forward through whatever ads there are.

Yes, I kept asking myself, "Is this character supposed to be (insert name)?" I guess we're not to append read names to the characters, but as the commenter upthread says, it's hard if you've read material about the Manhattan Project, or about Oppie, Feynmann, Groves, etc. I guess it would be very difficult to create a show with the real people turned into characters.

I'm sure Watterson was a better Oppie than the one in this series. What a twit, at least so far. I agree, love Olivia Williams. Confused about Hickey. Either they're aging him with makeup, etc., or he's somewhat older than I've always thought he was.

Fremde Frau, and Guy himself, played by Sam Rockwell, was so very fine. What an incredible cast. And kudos to the writers for giving them such good material. How often have we watched incredible performers struggle to make gold from straw. But for myself, I remember Weaver (particularly in Working Girl) as pretty grim. Perhaps I'll rewatch when it crosses my screen again. What's the deal about Comedy Central buying CNN? A bit? By the way, saw The Hobbit again and thought, again, that the battle between the rock giants reminded me of the Rock monster in Quest. I don't recall rock giants in the book. So perhaps that was a steal. Horrors. Filmmakers stealing from each other!

Although I knew some about the internment years (having written about it for kids), I was struck by Takei's description of his family's "vacation" in Arkansas. "[paraphrase] For years I thought that's how everyone went on vacation, with an armed guard at the front and at the back of the train cars." Good god! He really is a wonderful storyteller. And yay to everyone who loves "Galaxy Quest." Those of you who haven't seen it, make it a point to get it from the library or online. Truly one of the great comic parodies, and everyone - and I mean everyone - in it is terrific. Who knew Sigorney Weaver could do a comic turn? And from above, wait for the line "Whoever wrote this episode should DIE!" Also, her description of the bridge of death knives is classic, but I can't remember it. Oh, hell, now I want to watch it and I don't see it on any of the channels over the weekend. Be well, George Takei. You've earned your fame, your loving husband, your website. Oh, myyyyy. (By the way, did he say that in one of the films, and if not, where did it come from?)

"The scene where the cross dresser was killed was surprisingly affecting." Tennis Gurl, I wholly agree. I thought he was an interesting character and hoped for more scenes with him. Don't quite understand why he had to be killed, but then I often don't see the killing reasons in this show. I hate to say it, because I loved her as Lola, and Marie in the Bourne films, but I wish Eleanor were being played by someone other than Franka Potente. The last two (including this one) of her characters have been killers and I just don't like her as a killer. But that's just my response. Who's playing Eva? She's absolutely gorgeous. Have we seen her close up before? And Linder continues to perplex, while being absolutely engaging.

How deep does she have to get into the tree in order to kill it? God, that makes me furious. Where is Christopher Eccleston?

Thanks, Scorpios Rule: I couldn't think of the term "felony murder," even though it's used over and over on Law and Order, and other shows. I hope more people watch this show and comment.

What an interesting start. Good writing, good direction. New faces, plus some old favorites - John Bedford Lloyd can be in anything I ever watch and I wouldn't complain. (Wouldn't he and J.K Simmons make great brothers in something?) Clark Peters. Ann Dowd, who can also be in anything at all. Don't think I've seen the female lead before; she's good. Loved the interaction between her and her dad ("Brat." "Asshole.") Question for legal minds. If you're part of a home invasion team and someone gets killed, even though you didn't do the killing you're still liable for a murder charge, right? And if it's a death penalty case, you can still be sentenced to death, right? So they didn't execute the wrong man, if Bauer was there, and it did look like him in those shots from Jenny's POV. (And I don't believe in the death penalty except for specific crimes, so I'm just seeking information.) And something's definitely rotten in the state of Denmark. What was Bauer trying to communicate to Dowd right before she got up and left the room as he was awaiting execution. She was steamed, for sure. And what about the fancy house and TV when she's not working. But I certainly hope the mystery makes sense when it's finally unraveled, unlike some shows I could mention.

I find myself getting impatient and sometimes damned irate at the difficulty in decoding the show. But then I tell myself that most TV doesn't even require that you watch continuously to know what's going on. So, I'm not sure. I fear that if it weren't for the cast, I might have given up by now.

"Oh, Walder Frey. You host one bad wedding reception, and suddenly nobody trusts you!' Thuganomics, hee.