[Everwood - General Discussion]

On 7/4/2023 at 6:04 PM, omgsowicked said:

I think Hannah should have gone to Notre Dame and been done with Bright.

I strongly agree. It's the one thing I would change in the series finale. Even just on a practical level, Hannah is giving up a full ride to Notre Dame, an excellent, highly ranked school, to pay out-of-state tuition to a third-rate college, simply because…her high school friends and her ex are there. Talk about horrible decision making. That's not a heartwarming end.

She and Bright as you said were not a good match. Different values, different lifestyles, different views on sex. By staying in Everwood for college, Hannah essentially locks herself into a dead-end relationship. God forbid Amy wants to transfer out of state or even study abroad. Hannah is putting a lot of pressure on these friendships to stay unchanging in Everwood. 

The cute Australian guy was a better match for her in their two scenes together than in two seasons of her and Bright.

[Everwood - General Discussion]

This is so sad and unexpected.

Just last month I decided to rewatch season 3 and 4 (my favorites) for old times' sake and reread the old TWoP recaps. Ah, the nostalgia. I loved how he was just Treat in them. I kept thinking that if they do a revival someday (very unlikely), they'd have to re-cast Nina, or make Andy a widower again (RIP, Stephanie Niznik).

Not that a revival is necessary. Everwood should remain crystallized in the mid-2000s.

RIP, Treat.

[S06.E18: Us]

Interesting move, going out on such a stale turd of an episode. I feel exhausted by the avalanche of Deep and Meaningful™ Pearson word salads. I suppose I should be used to it by now.

Hilariously, 6 seasons of This Is Randall ended with long shots of Randall staring at Jack.

Truly one of the most mediocre finales in recent memory.

[S06.E17: The Train]

Nice to see they've all aged well. Well, almost all of them. With that pornstache Older!Phillip looks like he’s legally prohibited from living within ten miles of an elementary school.

[S06.E16: Family Meeting]

I'm a stone cold bitch, because I am still laughing at how they all made such a big deal about Kate being the final arbiter of Rebecca's wishes and then they all collectively went against her decision and turned the cabin into a dorm. Sorry, Kate! Got dropped on your head as a baby and now this.

[S06.E16: Family Meeting]

Oh look, Randall is a coddled, arrogant, pompous know-it-all with a savior complex. We’ve been here before.

[S06.E15: Miguel]

One episode about Miguel’s rather sad life was more emotionally affecting than several seasons of obnoxious Pearson whining.

I’d take Miguel over St. Jack as a husband and friend any day. And honestly, I find Rebecca and Miguel’s love story so much more real, mature, and romantic.

Thanks for keeping all of this from us for 6 seasons, show!

[S06.E14: The Night Before the Wedding]

A good point from a Redditor:

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Sophie: Can we love each other for the people we are now and not the people we were decades ago?

Kevin: Sure! Here’s a Valentines card I saved from when we were 5 years old!

 

[S06.E14: The Night Before the Wedding]

Kevin and Sophie have always had A+ chemistry in my book, the best Kevin/Justin Hartley has with any romantic pairing. So I'm happy they're finally together. Key word being finally.

The only mystery I want solved is the foundation Alexandra Breckenridge uses. That is some glowing skin.

[S06.E13: The Day of the Wedding]

Madison and Beth had a puzzling amount of chemistry in their Nancy Drew scenes together.

An unnecessary musical number, a long drawn-out Randall monologue, the origin story of Jack’s pornstache...this episode had a lot of filler.

The scene where Old!Rebecca mistook Kevin for Dead!!Jack was well done. Don’t say I never said anything nice about this show.

 

 

[S06.E12: Katoby]

Shut up Kate, you selfish, miserable, sour-faced harridan. Toby gave up an amazing job, moved cities, became an involved dad, and she’s still bitching, having made ZERO compromises of any kind. I nearly cheered when Toby said his only real crime was not being Jack Pearson.

What on earth does Phillip see in this woman? There is zero reason he would ever go for her. I can’t suspend my disbelief enough for this one. I’d sooner believe Randall became a male stripper.

Was this the first episode with zero flashbacks to the young Big 3 or Jack? No wonder it was so fast-paced but also plot-heavy. This season could have eliminated them entirely and nothing would have been lost.

[S06.E11: Saturday in the Park]

3 minutes ago, greekmom said:

The correlation  between the big green egg and Jack's head scar does not make sense.  It had nothing to do with the big green egg.

I thought that was semi-clever of the show to illustrate how fluid our memories and perceptions are. Jack correctly remembers his accident happening on the day of the BBQ. Since he can't see the world around him, he might rely on other senses like smell and touch. He probably smelled the grilled meat and over time erroneously connected it/the smoker to his accident, when really they were unrelated.

[S06.E11: Saturday in the Park]

Baby Jack is just absurdly cute.

Hey Kate, Toby left the baby gate open which led to Jack wandering around the house. You left the front door open which led to Jack wandering around Los Angeles. Shut the hell up.

Kate is such a rude, nasty, spoiled princess she can’t imagine a world where her dad, her brothers, or her husband don't coddle her and give her what she wants. Her entitlement is nuclear-level.

[S06.E10: Every Version of You]

I gave myself a headache eyerolling so hard at St. Randall's monologue to the cop. Have this show's writers ever met...humans? No one monologues this much in real life.

[S06.E09: The Hill]

3 hours ago, Jax7917 said:

I don't see the changes in Toby that the show is trying to tell us. He still comes off as goofy, pays an extreme amount of attention to Kate, still does grand gestures, is a family man. If they wanted to really show us that he's acting differently, they need to do a better job.

Exactly this. The show is telling, not showing. Toby still feels like Toby to me as a viewer. He's not some cold husband who doesn't care about his kids. He's been busting his ass all season, constantly flying between cities to see his family and being the breadwinner. He's still affectionate and fun and into planning big days together. His big sin (up until the job offer reveal, which I still think the show threw in there because a Pearson can never be wrong) was extreme self-improvement.

But all of that is not enough for our Kate. She needs Toby to be fat like herself, depressed and miserable, and happy in complacency. That's the Toby she wants and needs. To call theirs an unhealthy dynamic is an understatement.

[S06.E09: The Hill]

Good grief these people hallucinate their loved ones a lot.

With the turned-down job offer in L.A., it seems like the show is throwing Toby under the bus. Both he and Kate had valid reasons for wanting to stay in SF and LA, respectively, but the show is framing Kate as being in the right and I hate that. It’s very hard to sympathize with her and her perpetual sour face and seeming desire to be miserable all the time.

[S01.E09: Let the Tournament Begin]

I don’t really like this show, but the ballroom dancing scene was gorgeous.

 

 

[S06.E07: Taboo]

"I swear, every year with this family."

–Beth, speaking for all of us

[S01.E07: Irresistible Change]

The show still isn't clicking for me. Seven episodes in and it still feels like a mismatch of scenes that never quite gel. Seven episodes into Downton and I felt like we were privy to a whole world with well-rounded characters and drama. Did anything really happen in this episode or tell us something that we didn't already kind of know?

As long as I'm bitching, why is the acting so flat? Marion is just a black hole of charisma with her monotone delivery. I keep thinking what a better actress like, for instance, Emma Stone could do with the character of Marion.

The last scene with Edison was good. There, I said at least one nice thing.

[S06.E06: Our Little Island Girl: Part 2]

I cringed throughout Beth's revenge phone call to her former teacher. Did she drunk dial him or something? Gah. Kate's tirade to her abusive ex was bad enough but this was worse because Beth is the rare character I actually enjoy. Enough with the cheesy "empowering" monologues, writers. You suck at them.

[S06.E05: Heart and Soul]

So Annie does exist. I was starting to think I had hallucinated her for four seasons.

[The West Wing - General Discussion]

Just finished a series rewatch. This time even more than others I wished Josh and Amy had ended up together as a D.C. powerbroker couple instead of Josh and Donna. Yes, the "will they or won't they?" with Donna had its charms, but by the end of the series you see how much Donna has grown and think maybe it's time she moves on from Josh too.

He'll be Chief of Staff for 4-8 years and realistically any romantic relationship of his would likely suffer the same fate as Leo's marriage. He's married to his work, totally single-minded. Donna would likely want to have children and I just don't see that for Josh. Amy is equally career-obsessed, and would probably tolerate the same from Josh.

Plus I think Josh and Amy's chemistry was just better but that's admittedly very subjective.

 

 

[S04.E04: Pinocchio]

Eddie's story is the only semi-interesting storyline to me right now, so he had better stay paralyzed. The last thing this shitty show needs is a soap-operatic miraculous healing. (Looking at you, Downton Abbey. And Glee. And Lost. And a million other examples of the Throwing Off the Disabillity trope.)

How cheap, lazy, and manipulative to make the woman who hit him to be a victim of domestic violence. Was that really necessary? It would've been stronger if she had just gotten distracted and made a mistake that took away his ability to walk for ever. But noooo, that's just not sappy enough, I guess.

 

 

[S04.E03: Game Night]

2 hours ago, CarpeFelis said:

Yes. When plainly both arms work. Apparently the writers are idiots who don’t know the difference between quadriplegic and paraplegic. And nobody in the cast picked up on it either.

This is the rare occasion where the Primetimer gang has it wrong. It's very possible to be a quadriplegic and have limited use of one's arms. It all depends on the level of injury to one's neck/spine.

There's a very interesting YouTube channel called Roll with Cole & Charisma about life as a quad. Cole broke his neck and vlogs about his disability; to quote from a website about him: "The impact shattered Cole’s neck at C5 and C6, rendering him a quadriplegic. Cole lost all function below those levels of his vertebrae. He’s unable to use his hands and triceps as well so he’s a complete quadriplegic. Cole is now able to use his shoulders, biceps and a little bit of his wrists."

He self-propels in a manual wheelchair. He can eat using special cutlery. He self-catheterizes. He can even cook with the assistance of his wife. He does not have full control of his arms. He's a quadriplegic.

Same deal with Eddie's PT. Curse all of you for making me semi-defend this supremely shitty show.

[S05.E16: The Adirondacks]

Huh. Well I didn’t see that coming.

I absolutely loathed the British guy on Modern Family. Having him be on the next season is going to grate.

“They’re just standing there. Like Children of the Corn or something.”

Tess’s brattiness really shouldn’t have been indulged to that degree. Altering a bridesmaid’s dress ten minutes before the ceremony, seriously?

Kevin and Madison...meh. I liked that they're clearly friendly in the flashforward, regardless of whether they are a couple.