Dream of Love
- Tree Trunks and Pig have fallen in love
- after promising not to go overboard with public displays of affection they do just the opposite, which seems to gross out everyone and also upsets Finn and Jake because it means Tree Trunks doesn't have enough time to bake them apple pies
- so-so episode; not great, not awful, I laughed a little bit
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Monday, August 29, 2016
Casual 2.10
Reunion
- Val stays away from home, with Jack; they pretend to be newlyweds and crash a high school reunion; its great until it isn't, towards the end of the episode
- Alex watches as his life continues to fall apart; Alex tries to tell Sarah that he doesn't want her anymore but it isn't until her mother and sister come to visit that in in a moment of desperation he agrees with them which opens Sarah's eyes to he really feels about her
- Alex tries repeatedly to get Val's attention and help but she doesn't respond to his voice mail or texts until he sends one from Laura's phone, not realizing that it is her brother and not her daughter who needs her until she gets home; it is after that when things come apart for Val and Jack, and Alex and Sarah
- Laura hangs with Spencer, who seems a little put out by her appetites; he admits to wanting more than sex but she can't seem to reciprocate
- not sure I liked this one as much as the last one but it was solidly good
- Val stays away from home, with Jack; they pretend to be newlyweds and crash a high school reunion; its great until it isn't, towards the end of the episode
- Alex watches as his life continues to fall apart; Alex tries to tell Sarah that he doesn't want her anymore but it isn't until her mother and sister come to visit that in in a moment of desperation he agrees with them which opens Sarah's eyes to he really feels about her
- Alex tries repeatedly to get Val's attention and help but she doesn't respond to his voice mail or texts until he sends one from Laura's phone, not realizing that it is her brother and not her daughter who needs her until she gets home; it is after that when things come apart for Val and Jack, and Alex and Sarah
- Laura hangs with Spencer, who seems a little put out by her appetites; he admits to wanting more than sex but she can't seem to reciprocate
- not sure I liked this one as much as the last one but it was solidly good
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Samurai Jack 2.04
XVII: Jack and the Scotsman II
- Jack helps the Scotsman rescue his wife
- not as subtle as some episodes but it still brought a smile to my face on more than one occasion
- it lacked the delicacy, wit, and creativity that most of my favorite episodes of this show have
- Jack helps the Scotsman rescue his wife
- not as subtle as some episodes but it still brought a smile to my face on more than one occasion
- it lacked the delicacy, wit, and creativity that most of my favorite episodes of this show have
UnREAL 1.07
Savior
- another solid episode; the focus of this flows out of the tragedy that occurred at the end of the previous episode
- there is lots of finger pointing and self-flagellation over what happened; Rachel and Shia each have their reasons for feeling culpable; Rachel doesn't know Shia's reason until Shia spills the beans; once Quinn learns what Shia was up to she has Jay secure her in a hotel room until the press has cooled down
- Quinn and Rachel quickly go into damage control mode; against orders from the corporate lawyers they start to put together some interviews to make it clear what kind of man Kirk, Mary's ex, is; they don't want to see him profiting in any way from the tragedy; in the end they even get Mary's sister in on the act; they keep Chet and everyone else in the dark about Shia's role in the tragedy
- Adam is very hard on Rachel, for good reason as she is very close lipped about what happened and what circumstances led up to the tragedy; the other contestants react to the tragedy in a variety of ways; Maya decides she has had enough and leaves the show
- Rachel has sex with Jeremy (in the trailer where she has been sleeping) the night after the tragedy and sneaks into Adam's bed the next night
- Chet tells Quinn he has left his wife
- the whole episode was very moving and tense, there weren't a lot of laughs in this one
- another solid episode; the focus of this flows out of the tragedy that occurred at the end of the previous episode
- there is lots of finger pointing and self-flagellation over what happened; Rachel and Shia each have their reasons for feeling culpable; Rachel doesn't know Shia's reason until Shia spills the beans; once Quinn learns what Shia was up to she has Jay secure her in a hotel room until the press has cooled down
- Quinn and Rachel quickly go into damage control mode; against orders from the corporate lawyers they start to put together some interviews to make it clear what kind of man Kirk, Mary's ex, is; they don't want to see him profiting in any way from the tragedy; in the end they even get Mary's sister in on the act; they keep Chet and everyone else in the dark about Shia's role in the tragedy
- Adam is very hard on Rachel, for good reason as she is very close lipped about what happened and what circumstances led up to the tragedy; the other contestants react to the tragedy in a variety of ways; Maya decides she has had enough and leaves the show
- Rachel has sex with Jeremy (in the trailer where she has been sleeping) the night after the tragedy and sneaks into Adam's bed the next night
- Chet tells Quinn he has left his wife
- the whole episode was very moving and tense, there weren't a lot of laughs in this one
Friday, August 26, 2016
Community 1.22
The Art of Discourse
- after Jeff and Britta get dissed by a trio of high school students they start scheming how to get back at them
- Abed gets some help from Troy checking things off his bucket list
- Pierce insults Shirley and gets kicked out of the group
- ends with a food fight and an Animal Party like series of updates
- meh; I could have done without this one; it really didn't do anything for me; seems like it was aimed at a younger audience; much less intelligent episode than many of the other ones
- after Jeff and Britta get dissed by a trio of high school students they start scheming how to get back at them
- Abed gets some help from Troy checking things off his bucket list
- Pierce insults Shirley and gets kicked out of the group
- ends with a food fight and an Animal Party like series of updates
- meh; I could have done without this one; it really didn't do anything for me; seems like it was aimed at a younger audience; much less intelligent episode than many of the other ones
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Mad Men 7.12
Lost Horizon
- the principal players at Sterling Cooper have trouble settling in at McCann Erickson
- Don walks out of a meeting (that is being led by someone who is telling a story just like he tells stories) and heads for Wisconsin in search of Diana but comes up empty handed
- Roger doesn't want to leave the old building, so he stays at the old office for as long as possible; he hangs with Peggy who doesn't have an office yet at ME; they share a few drinks; he tells some stories and plays some tunes on an organ; they have a very real feeling conversation about what it was like working at Sterling Cooper over the years; there's a great, surreal moment when she skates around the office while he plays a tune, it is both funny and sad; eventually her office is ready and by the end of the episode they have both arrived at ME HQ
- Joan runs into a brick wall; I wish I could say this surprised me but considering how she was treated in the last episode I'm not; after complaining about one of her new employees who botches a conference call with a client (Avon) she gets a whole lot of unwanted attention from one of the principal players at ME, Ferg Donnelly; he says he is there to help but it is clear that he wants more from her; it is creepy, to say the least; Joan tries talking to Jim Hobart, the president of ME, about it but he doesn't want to hear it and doesn't respond well to her threats of legal action; in the end she takes half of what they owe her ($500K) to leave
- Pete and Ted only appear briefly in this episode and only have a few lines; Stan isn't in it at all
- another homerun
- I love the culture clash; seeing the difference between the two companies and how it impacts different people in different ways
- love, love this episode and this season
- I love the moment when Peggy walks in to ME with the painting Roger gave her, smoking a cigarette, and wearing shades; too awesome
- love the choice to use David Bowie's Space Oddity for the music at the end
- just two episodes left *sigh*
- the principal players at Sterling Cooper have trouble settling in at McCann Erickson
- Don walks out of a meeting (that is being led by someone who is telling a story just like he tells stories) and heads for Wisconsin in search of Diana but comes up empty handed
- Roger doesn't want to leave the old building, so he stays at the old office for as long as possible; he hangs with Peggy who doesn't have an office yet at ME; they share a few drinks; he tells some stories and plays some tunes on an organ; they have a very real feeling conversation about what it was like working at Sterling Cooper over the years; there's a great, surreal moment when she skates around the office while he plays a tune, it is both funny and sad; eventually her office is ready and by the end of the episode they have both arrived at ME HQ
- Joan runs into a brick wall; I wish I could say this surprised me but considering how she was treated in the last episode I'm not; after complaining about one of her new employees who botches a conference call with a client (Avon) she gets a whole lot of unwanted attention from one of the principal players at ME, Ferg Donnelly; he says he is there to help but it is clear that he wants more from her; it is creepy, to say the least; Joan tries talking to Jim Hobart, the president of ME, about it but he doesn't want to hear it and doesn't respond well to her threats of legal action; in the end she takes half of what they owe her ($500K) to leave
- Pete and Ted only appear briefly in this episode and only have a few lines; Stan isn't in it at all
- another homerun
- I love the culture clash; seeing the difference between the two companies and how it impacts different people in different ways
- love, love this episode and this season
- I love the moment when Peggy walks in to ME with the painting Roger gave her, smoking a cigarette, and wearing shades; too awesome
- love the choice to use David Bowie's Space Oddity for the music at the end
- just two episodes left *sigh*
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Casual 2.09
The Lake
- Alex is an idiot
- while Sarah is hanging at his place, Alex gets slapped with a lawsuit from Jordan; he tries to get his business partner to help him but instead he loses his stake in Snooger for pennies on the dollar; first Jordan buys out his partner for $2.5M and then buys Alex out for $65K
- Laura pisses off Aubrey; Aubrey puts two and two together and figures out that Laura and Spencer have been sleeping together behind her back; when Aubrey confronts her Laura kind of just shrugs her shoulders and says she lost interest
- Val goes on a road trip with Jack to a lake; it was his idea to go somewhere but she picked the place to go; for most of the trip she is on her phone trying to help Alex fix things; it takes most of the episode for her to loosen up and drop her phone and acknowledge Jack's presence
- Alex seems to be coasting downhill at this point; I don't think Sarah will stick around for the long term
- Val's relationship with Jack probably won't last; I just don't think that she and Jack mesh well in the long run; at least he seems to be a positive influence in that he encourages her to relax and have a little fun
- Laura will probably end up alone; whether that will be because Spencer dies or just dumps her I'm not sure
- Alex is an idiot
- while Sarah is hanging at his place, Alex gets slapped with a lawsuit from Jordan; he tries to get his business partner to help him but instead he loses his stake in Snooger for pennies on the dollar; first Jordan buys out his partner for $2.5M and then buys Alex out for $65K
- Laura pisses off Aubrey; Aubrey puts two and two together and figures out that Laura and Spencer have been sleeping together behind her back; when Aubrey confronts her Laura kind of just shrugs her shoulders and says she lost interest
- Val goes on a road trip with Jack to a lake; it was his idea to go somewhere but she picked the place to go; for most of the trip she is on her phone trying to help Alex fix things; it takes most of the episode for her to loosen up and drop her phone and acknowledge Jack's presence
- Alex seems to be coasting downhill at this point; I don't think Sarah will stick around for the long term
- Val's relationship with Jack probably won't last; I just don't think that she and Jack mesh well in the long run; at least he seems to be a positive influence in that he encourages her to relax and have a little fun
- Laura will probably end up alone; whether that will be because Spencer dies or just dumps her I'm not sure
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