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Gusto

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  1. I've heard yesterday that SaRa's leaving Grey's and had to do some quick catching up with this past season in order to understand things better. And, honestly, I don't think I do... Let me just start this by saying that I'm shocked, heartbroken...and majorly, majorly pissed! Ten years on this show and THAT was her last season? her LAST episode and her LAST scene ever?! One whole minute of screen-time? And that was the best thing they could come up with?!!!! smh We've known this character for ten years, watched her grow into this warm, kind, big-hearted, smart, vulnerable, loving person that she is; a good friend, an excellent doctor, a wonderful mother...And now at the very end they are telling me that she's not really any of those things. They make her say and do things, that I know in my heart that Callie of past seasons would never, ever do. And that just breaks my heart. So shame on you Shonda and Co. for doing this! Shame on you for treating her the way you did these last few episodes. Sara deserved better than that. She's such a gifted, charismatic artist who gave her all to this character and to this show. She was the one who made Callie so lovable and relatable. And this is how you repay her? Completely disrespecting her and her character, and her fans for that matter. We all deserved better than this. You know what, to hell with you all! (yeah, I'm THAT pissed!) Man, this show...even when I'm not watching it manages to get under my skin. Honestly Callie was my favorite and I've always had a huge respect for Sara and her work. I wish her well and I'm sure that whatever she does next it will be better than wasting her time and talent on this crappy show. (that wasn't crappy once upon a time, I concur...but it definitely overstayed it's welcome imo) So thank you Sara for portraying Callie so beautifully and for giving us so many wonderful, unforgettable moments in the last ten years. You're a true champ. Thinking about it though, there must've been some shady developments behind the scenes. They can deny it all they want but there's not really any other explanation for treating Callie's sl so callously and not giving Sara a proper ending on the show. She should have had the same treatment that Sandra Oh got when she was leaving. Not this underwhelming crap. Like Jon Snow, I know nothing of course, but I can tell when something stinks. And this does. Just compare this situation with Talk about a proper send off of a fan favorite. That sl was done with so much care and respect to the character, to the actor, to fans. It felt right, earned. And it softened the blow a little (except for that one thing but that's a complete other story) But obviously it would be too much to ask of Shonda and her lazy writing team to put as much effort as was put in creating They just don't get it, and never really did. Anyway, sorry to all for the long rant. I guess I just needed to get this off my chest. I'm off now. Goodbye Callie. You shall remain one of my all time favorite tv characters. It's been a great ride! #WalkTallTorres
  2. I haven't watched this show in ages but it was impossible to ignore the #RipMcDreamy hashtag and the outcry on Twitter, so here I am. I only just watched the episode and honestly I'm still a sobbing mess. And I'm shocked. I've never in a million years thought that this show had the guts to kill either Derek or Meredith. Their romance has been beautiful to watch and also pivotal to this show. What happened?! And do I really want to know at this point? I just...I'm speechless. I can't believe it. This was brutal to watch. (and it's not lost on me that SR is still an incredibly vindictive person. A car crash? And in a Porsche no less! I mean Come on!) What a terrible send off for such an iconic character. PD and EP were excellent of course, especially Pompeo. She slayed me with her: "Derek. Derek. Derek!" Jesus. I really feel for you Derek and MerDer fans. My heart was ripped out of my chest last year when Will was killed on TGW. I'm still recovering btw and can't bring myself to watch the show without him anymore. All I wanna say is You just hang in there. What I don't understand is why couldn't they just have him in a coma until the end of the series? Or send him to work in Africa or... anything else that would leave him alive so there can be a happy ending for him and Meredith eventually. Instead of this crap. Was this really necessary? It just feels so wrong. And it's not fair to anyone involved. Especially not to fans. smh Anyway, I just want to thank Patrick Dempsey for his dedication and beautiful performances throughout the years. I will always love and cherish McDreamy and he'll always be the perfect man for me. Always. Wish you all the best Patrick. And come back with another, better tv show someday. RIP McDreamy.
  3. So happy that JM won, well deserved. And I loved her speech so much, bravo lady! But I'm so sad that Josh didn't win...He's the best and should've won. I don't like TV Academy, they really do seem like a conservative bunch. Giving the Emmys to the same people over and over again, how exciting. Meh.
  4. Woo-Hoo! Huge congrats to Uzo, so well deserved. She's undoubtedly done some incredible things with this role, what a talent. Love that they won the Emmys for the Casting and Editing as well. It's clear they have their momentum which makes me feel much more optimistic about their other noms. *fingers crossed*
  5. This is an interesting spoiler. *finally* I'm wondering why did he change his mind about visiting her? Did something (possibly good or bad) happen or what? Whatever it is I know I'm looking forward to it. I'm hoping for more Piper flashbacks, I'm really curios about those years after she left Alex/before she met Larry. Like what did she do back then? I remember that couple from Piper's Furlough ep, they've said that she was always in newspapers, always achieving etc. It would be nice to see those things flashed out in flashbacks.
  6. So Josh submitted Hitting The Fan for the Emmys. It was truly a great ep for him although I still feel like The Decision Tree would be a slightly better choice. Don't know. I just want him to win this. JM made a good choice by submitting The Last Call, her strongest ep in the last two years Imo. CB had a great plot in Outside The Bubble so I was a bit surprised she picked The Last Call instead. Wishing them all the best, hope there'll be at least two wins for TGW this year.
  7. You know I've never given it much thought (cause frankly I didn't care much) but now that you've mentioned it I just can't unsee it. Poussey was an ok, likeable character to me in season 1, but then in season 2 she's been acting very Mary Sue-ish like, becoming quite uninteresting and one-dimensional. Since this is not a daytime soap opera we're watching, it kind of put me off this character. The whole reason I find Piper so engaging and root for Red, Suzanne and others, is because they're all such real, complex and relatable characters. I like seeing flawed human beings in tv shows and I like watching them struggle, learn and eventually evolve. That's what makes the experience so much more gratifying, i think. To conclude: I can definitely live without Mary Sue characters hogging the spotlight on tv shows. Either make them real or lose them. Imo
  8. Whoops! My mistake, it wasn't intentional at all. I must've been in a hurry or something. :) The truth is I am genuinely glad the show, or better yet, the phenomenal acting on this show still gets recognized by the Television Academy. No matter how I feel about the certain plot lines, I still enjoy the acting so much. This cast continuous to shine and deserves all the awards (especially JC and CB, imo). It's great that they are getting recognized.
  9. He really was. Not that he wasn't before but there's something very special and kind of raw about his season 5 performance. I guess he was particularly inspired by knowing he was leaving soon. I'm wondering which ep did he submit? Was it Hitting The Fan, which was obviously a great ep for him and all. But I did like him better in The Decision Tree, and thought he was superb there. I think that Josh gave one of the greatest performances I've ever seen on Tv. With all due respect to the other contenders in this category, I think the award should definitely go to Josh.
  10. I've just read the news. Twelve Emmy noms? Wow, well done show! Congratulation to everyone who got nominated. Hoping for Schilling to win in the lead actress category because it would be so well deserved. It's a tough category to win though, what with Julia Louis-Dreyfus competing, but I think if anyone can beat her it's definitely Schilling. She was just splendid in season 1. Aduba's and Kate Mulgrew's performances deserve some more recognition too. Good luck to all the nominees. ETA. I forgot to mention earlier, the girl who plays Pennsatucky (I'm sorry I couldn't remember her name), she's been outstanding in season 1 and should've been nominated. Definitely snubbed, which is a shame.
  11. I'm glad the show scored few Emmy noms today. Congratulations to everyone who got the nod! And please, please, please let this be the year in which the amazing and incredibly talented Josh Charles finally gets the award and recognition he deserves. *crosses fingers*
  12. Things I would love to see happen in season 3: 1) Piper taking center stage again. I want to see her involved in prison politics, to have an initiative and help change things for the better. To see her evolve and be more in a proactive mode, you know. Taylor Schilling definitely needs to have a lot more screen time than she did in season 2. She's such a talented actress (and complete revelation to me honestly) who simply shines on screen so I think the show needs to stop wasting her talent and start using it again, for their own sake. Why would they want to keep the Ferrari in the garage, anyway? It's ludicrous. (it's a horrible analogy, I know) 2) Crazy Eyes, Taystee, Poussey, to fade into the background a bit. One of the greatest things about this show is that it has incredible cast, great ensemble that's lovely to watch. Still some of them work better in supporting roles re: season 1, and Suzanne in particular had much more powerful impact on me with less screen time. Less is more, in this case. 3) Red regaining the respect and power she used to have. I just enjoy this character so much and want to see her on top of the world. Kinda. 4) Benett and Daya to figure things out so the story can finally move forward. Loved them in season 1 but was kind of bored with them in season 2. But I find them cute despite the obvious wrongness of their situation. 5) I also enjoy watching all the friendships on the show (Piper/Nichols, Poussey/Taystee etc.) so it would be nice if they take time to strengthen those friendships. And possibly make some new ones. 6) More of Yoga Jones and Benett's back-stories. 7) Also, would LOVE to see Miss Claudette back in Litchfield. Michelle Hurst is incredible actress and gives this character such an authoritative, haunting presence. Missed her greatly in season 2. 8) Piper's love triangle put to rest. I can see her and Larry slowly becoming close friends, which I think suits them better than being lovers. They need time for that though, for wounds to heal properly and all. As for Alex, I'm a bit indecisive about her and Piper. On the one hand, I'm not a big fan of manipulative (or any kind of) drug dealers and honestly, with everything we've seen so far, I just don't see how in the world can they ever have a healthy relationship. On the other, I love seeing compelling acting and sparkling chemistry on my screen and these two actresses have that, which makes them enjoyable to watch. So I think I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride. We'll see what comes out of it. 9) I want to see who will be Piper's new lawyer and will he/she have any meaningful interactions with our Pipes.
  13. I'd like to join all the good people here, who love Piper Chapman. Piper is by far my favorite character. She's smart, educated, honest, funny, resourceful ..., and yes, she can be self-centered at times but that doesn't make her a horrible human being. She's got flows, so what? We all do, so I don't hold it against her. I think she's a good person who happens to be little bit messed up. I can't wait to see her continue to grow, to finally find herself and feel good in her own skin. I want to see her evolve and take charge of her life. Hope we get to see it happen. Also, Taylor Schilling, who I knew nothing about prior to this role, is doing wonders with the character. She's talented, charismatic enough to play the lead, and is fantastic (and HILARIOUS) in a comedy department! I'm glad she's got the first episode of the season (2) to showcase all of her talents. I couldn't agree more. The show really needs to stop making other characters feel somewhat superior to Piper and to continuously let them get away with it. That's not ok. These characters are all flawed in their own way and they all made some bad choices and done some bad things in their life. I see Piper as one of the better ones in there. You've mentioned Larry and Alex, I would also like to add Nichols, who I usually like btw, but is getting on my last nerve with some of her words of wisdom and judgment towards Piper. Their last scene together is testament to that. I get that she was upset over Red being in hospital and all, but it doesn't really excuse her for giving Piper crap for the choices she makes and for making her feel bad about herself. Who is she to talk, anyway? Piper is allowed to live her life the way she wants to and the way it makes her happy (not that her choices are not questionable at times but they are her own and she owns up to them). Writers need to rethink this strategy, and quick. I would first like to say that I agree with your whole post bravelittletoaster. And that I'm actually surprised that some people don't like Piper and they make her out to be this totally horrible, no good person who should be punished for the sins, that I haven't really seen she's ever committed. I guess I've been living in a bubble together with all the people I know, with our Piper love. *shrugs* Anyway, you made some good points regarding the leading male/female characters on tv. There's definitely double standard going on there in how they are perceived and embraced by the fans. I mean, you can't get more self-centered than Tony Soprano, House or even Don Draper, yet people adore them (me being a huge fan as well!). Now we have a somewhat controversial female lead which makes for a good tv yet some people always choose to find faults with her instead of just enjoying the ride. I don't get it. Unless it's more of a social thing, given not only her gender, but her race, privileged upbringing etc. Which I think, if that's the case anyway, is highly prejudicial and unfair. But I'd like to believe that the society has long evolved from that.
  14. I can't get over the fact that Will is gone and there'll never be spoilers about him anymore. *sigh* Peter and Alicia kind of deserve each other. I'm not impressed by either of them. This, on the other hand, is good news.
  15. Loved reading the articles, especially the one about Phenomenal women on OITNB. It sure gives a great insight from the actors behind these roles. I'm intrigued as well. Because from watching this promo alone one would think Piper was still the lead character in S02, with other characters only supporting the storyline (which we all know is not the case). There may have been some backlash from viewers and Netflix is now responding to that by putting together this new promo in order to get people watch the new season. I think? All I know is that I was quite dissapointed with some of the structural changes in S02. And honestly not just me, friends and colleagues who also watch the show, they all pretty much had the same reaction (which was great to hear because I thought it was all in my head). I was talking to a friend earlier and he's watching ep 2.06 and kept asking me about Piper, where is she, why is she sidelined and wanted to know if things change for the better in the next few episodes. I hated to be the bearer of bad news. I just hope they put Piper in the spotlight again cause the show works much better that way.
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