Mornings
This episode is almost entirely Dev and Rachel. It all takes place inside their apartment over a period of about a year. They go from sleeping together to moving in together. They go from idyllically happy to fighting over stuff. It definitely felt more real than the Nashville episode. That one was all fun and happiness. In the end they kiss and make up. Things are looking up once again, although the description for the next episode makes me wonder about my assessment of where things stand after this episode.
I'm still not sold on this series. I don't love it. I'm not intrigued by it. This wasn't a bad episode. I think my biggest problem with the show is Aziz Ansari or Dev. I think if I liked him I would like the show as well or more than I currently do.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Halt and Catch Fire 3.02
One Way or Another
Cameron and Donna shop around trying to find more venture capital funding. They are looking to make a move, add what would later be called e-commerce to Mutiny. They don't have any luck. The one bite they get turns out to be sexist BS. Nothing seems to be going their way until they meet with Diane. She is the mother of the girl that Joanie, Donna's daughter, beat up last episode. At first Diane's firm isn't interested, because they've already invested in another firm that is doing something similar and has a head start on Mutiny. After Donna and Cameron change their approach, and ask for money to buy the other company, they get the answer they are looking for.
Ryan continues to try and impress Joe. He is also courted by Gordon, who wants to work with him. Ultimately Joe offers Ryan a job, that he decides to take. Where this is all going I don't know. It feels like the tug of war for Ryan's loyalty and attention might not be over just yet. At one point I wondered if Joe was going to ask Ryan to stay at Mutiny and keep him informed on what's happening there. In a way that doesn't make sense because Ryan is a techie and wants to build something, a product, but it didn't seem outside the realm of possibilities until the end of the episode that he might betray Mutiny.
Gordon is still suing Joe for stealing his idea. He has to give a deposition. Joe isn't at the deposition but then he shows up unexpectedly. He offers Gordon a controlling interest in his company if he will drop the suit and come work with him. Gordon doesn't bite. He doesn't trust Joe. Considering his past history that seems like a wise choice.
Joe has changed his look. He seems to emanate a vibe that seems similar to that of Steve Jobs. I'm sure that is an intentional choice by the producers of the show. He's not a clone of Jobs but both in the way he dresses and acts he seems like the co-founder of Apple.
This episode was a lot more interesting and fun to watch than the last one. I'm not sure why. It might be because it felt like more happened this time around.
Cameron and Donna shop around trying to find more venture capital funding. They are looking to make a move, add what would later be called e-commerce to Mutiny. They don't have any luck. The one bite they get turns out to be sexist BS. Nothing seems to be going their way until they meet with Diane. She is the mother of the girl that Joanie, Donna's daughter, beat up last episode. At first Diane's firm isn't interested, because they've already invested in another firm that is doing something similar and has a head start on Mutiny. After Donna and Cameron change their approach, and ask for money to buy the other company, they get the answer they are looking for.
Ryan continues to try and impress Joe. He is also courted by Gordon, who wants to work with him. Ultimately Joe offers Ryan a job, that he decides to take. Where this is all going I don't know. It feels like the tug of war for Ryan's loyalty and attention might not be over just yet. At one point I wondered if Joe was going to ask Ryan to stay at Mutiny and keep him informed on what's happening there. In a way that doesn't make sense because Ryan is a techie and wants to build something, a product, but it didn't seem outside the realm of possibilities until the end of the episode that he might betray Mutiny.
Gordon is still suing Joe for stealing his idea. He has to give a deposition. Joe isn't at the deposition but then he shows up unexpectedly. He offers Gordon a controlling interest in his company if he will drop the suit and come work with him. Gordon doesn't bite. He doesn't trust Joe. Considering his past history that seems like a wise choice.
Joe has changed his look. He seems to emanate a vibe that seems similar to that of Steve Jobs. I'm sure that is an intentional choice by the producers of the show. He's not a clone of Jobs but both in the way he dresses and acts he seems like the co-founder of Apple.
This episode was a lot more interesting and fun to watch than the last one. I'm not sure why. It might be because it felt like more happened this time around.
Kids on the Slope 1.11
A real rollercoaster ride. Things go from bad to better to great to awful to better to not so great. The episode opens with Sentaro lookings like he is going to run away. Kaoru doesn't let him sneak away. The two fight but it is a one-sided fight and it wakes everyone. Sentaro is unable to sneak off.
Sentaro's father returns. He has gifts for everyone. Things are starting to look up. It seems as though his father may have learned to accept him. Senataro and Kaoru start practicing for the music festival. Ritsouko joins the act. She is going to sing. I love this part. Watching her practice singing "My Favorite Things" while Sentaro and Kaoru accompanied her was very moving for me for some reason. Everything seems to be looking up.
The night before the festival Kaoru leaves the practive space beneath the record store. Minutes after he leaves Sentaro notices Kaoru left behind some sheet music. He jumps on his motor bike and goes after his friend. While speeding down the road after Kaoru he gets hit by a truck. Kaoru and Ritsouko don't find out about the accident until the next day, minutes before the music festival is about to begin.
Kaoru rushes to the hospital. He gets the bad news and then gets worse news as he learns that Sentaro wasn't as hurt badly as his sister, Sachiko, who was also on the bike and suffered a head injury. Things went from bad to awful for a few minutes there but then Sachiko wakes up. Things are only good for a minute or two before it is revealed that Sentaro has disappeared.
Maybe a few too many twists and turns in this episode. Where the hell did the motor bike materialize from? I don't recall Sentaro owning such a vehicle. His family is fairly poor so it doesn't really jive that he would just happen to have one. What was his sister doing riding with him on the bike. He ran after Kaoru. It was a very last minute thing to do. It seems a little odd for her to be on the bike with him, except to increase the drama factor on the show by having a big reveal where it turns out that she's the one who got seriously injured. Then she pulls through and seems fine. WTF?
Okay, despite all my questions after the fact these thoughts were not going through my head as I watched the episode. I was moved by it, I did enjoy it, but I do wonder if it would hold up during a second viewing considering all these thoughts.
Friday, July 28, 2017
GLOW 1.06
This Is One of Those Moments
Sam wants Ruth to be heel (bad guy) to Debbie's face (good guy). Debbie's not interested or ready to work with Ruth. She uses the fact that she's the best thing Sam's got going to force him to try and find her another heel.
Justine has a spat with her new boyfriend after he makes fun of Sam's movies. During practice she finds out that Rhonda is sleeping with Sam, which totally kills her respect for him. She confronts him about it but he blows her off, tells her she should focus on her moves in the ring if she doesn't want to get fired. At the end of the episode she sneaks into his office and steals the video camera.
Sam gives Ruth the day off from practice so he can audition other women to be the heel to Debbie's face. Ruth goes back to the motel. She wants to work on her Russian character, Zoya the Destroyer. She questions Gregory, the manager of the motel. He is Russian. She wants to learn more to make her character more authentic. He takes her to a family event which turns out to be a bris for one of his adult cousins. Ruth entertains everyone by singing songs from Yentl.
Debbie goes through all the other women but none of them work as a heel for her. Ruth comes back just in time and Debbie challenges her. They get in the ring and start going at it.
There was this one moment at the beginning of the episode that had an interesting tension to it. Sam and Ruth were alone just before Debbie showed up. She was going off in her Russian accent and for a brief moment I thought something else might happen, that their relationship might cross a boundary. There was a similar moment in the last episode but in that case they were in the car with Rhonda who got very catty when she picked up on the vibe that was flowing between Ruth and Sam.
Not quite as entertaining as the last episode but this was another good one.
Sam wants Ruth to be heel (bad guy) to Debbie's face (good guy). Debbie's not interested or ready to work with Ruth. She uses the fact that she's the best thing Sam's got going to force him to try and find her another heel.
Justine has a spat with her new boyfriend after he makes fun of Sam's movies. During practice she finds out that Rhonda is sleeping with Sam, which totally kills her respect for him. She confronts him about it but he blows her off, tells her she should focus on her moves in the ring if she doesn't want to get fired. At the end of the episode she sneaks into his office and steals the video camera.
Sam gives Ruth the day off from practice so he can audition other women to be the heel to Debbie's face. Ruth goes back to the motel. She wants to work on her Russian character, Zoya the Destroyer. She questions Gregory, the manager of the motel. He is Russian. She wants to learn more to make her character more authentic. He takes her to a family event which turns out to be a bris for one of his adult cousins. Ruth entertains everyone by singing songs from Yentl.
Debbie goes through all the other women but none of them work as a heel for her. Ruth comes back just in time and Debbie challenges her. They get in the ring and start going at it.
There was this one moment at the beginning of the episode that had an interesting tension to it. Sam and Ruth were alone just before Debbie showed up. She was going off in her Russian accent and for a brief moment I thought something else might happen, that their relationship might cross a boundary. There was a similar moment in the last episode but in that case they were in the car with Rhonda who got very catty when she picked up on the vibe that was flowing between Ruth and Sam.
Not quite as entertaining as the last episode but this was another good one.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Young Justice 1.09
Bereft
The team wakes up in the desert of Bialya. They cannot remember what they are doing there and that they are a team. Kid Flash and Robin recognize one another but they are the only two who do. After comparing notes it seems like they have lost the last 6 months of their memories. That's an inconvenience for most of them but for Superboy it is critical. He wasn't even conscious 6 months ago. Superboy attacks his teammates in a feral rage as they try to make sense of what's going on. They are also attacked by Bialyan soldiers.
In a moment alone, Miss Martian manages to restore some of her own memories and then later mind melds with Robin, Kid Flash and Artemis to help restore more of her own and their memories. Meanwhile, Superboy is captured by the Bialyan troops who have a supervillain ally: Psimon. Robin, Kid Flash, and Artemis take care of Aqualad, who is severely dehydrated. Miss Martian goes looking for Superboy who is being tortured by Bialyan scientists. Miss Martina goes to free him but has to deal Psimon.
I love the Wally and Artemis moments. They wake up together, unaware of who the other is. For once Wally makes passes at Artemis instead of Miss Martian. Artemis inadvertently lets drop some information about her father. She covers for it later on by acting like it was a joke. The banter between these two adds a lot of humor to the episode.
M'gann and Superboy's scenes are special but in a slightly different sort of way. She rescues him and then he steps in to help her in the battle with Psimon. This pair's relationship, unlike Wally and Artemis, is helped more by remembering the past. This story seems like a turning point for both couples. Hopefully Wally will stop hitting on M'gann now. I know that he does and becomes more serious about his relationship with Artemis at some point but I don't recall if this is where it all starts to change.
I really liked the psychic battle between Miss Martian and Psimon. It didn't end exactly how I remembered it but I may be thinking of another episode later in the season.
This episode really messed with my head the first time I saw it, as I tried to understand what I was seeing. This is at least the third time I've watched it. It doesn't hit me the same way it did the first time around but it is still a lot of fun. The structure, how the story begins partway through the story, the humor, and the relationship moments make this one of my favorite episodes of the season.
The team wakes up in the desert of Bialya. They cannot remember what they are doing there and that they are a team. Kid Flash and Robin recognize one another but they are the only two who do. After comparing notes it seems like they have lost the last 6 months of their memories. That's an inconvenience for most of them but for Superboy it is critical. He wasn't even conscious 6 months ago. Superboy attacks his teammates in a feral rage as they try to make sense of what's going on. They are also attacked by Bialyan soldiers.
In a moment alone, Miss Martian manages to restore some of her own memories and then later mind melds with Robin, Kid Flash and Artemis to help restore more of her own and their memories. Meanwhile, Superboy is captured by the Bialyan troops who have a supervillain ally: Psimon. Robin, Kid Flash, and Artemis take care of Aqualad, who is severely dehydrated. Miss Martian goes looking for Superboy who is being tortured by Bialyan scientists. Miss Martina goes to free him but has to deal Psimon.
I love the Wally and Artemis moments. They wake up together, unaware of who the other is. For once Wally makes passes at Artemis instead of Miss Martian. Artemis inadvertently lets drop some information about her father. She covers for it later on by acting like it was a joke. The banter between these two adds a lot of humor to the episode.
M'gann and Superboy's scenes are special but in a slightly different sort of way. She rescues him and then he steps in to help her in the battle with Psimon. This pair's relationship, unlike Wally and Artemis, is helped more by remembering the past. This story seems like a turning point for both couples. Hopefully Wally will stop hitting on M'gann now. I know that he does and becomes more serious about his relationship with Artemis at some point but I don't recall if this is where it all starts to change.
I really liked the psychic battle between Miss Martian and Psimon. It didn't end exactly how I remembered it but I may be thinking of another episode later in the season.
This episode really messed with my head the first time I saw it, as I tried to understand what I was seeing. This is at least the third time I've watched it. It doesn't hit me the same way it did the first time around but it is still a lot of fun. The structure, how the story begins partway through the story, the humor, and the relationship moments make this one of my favorite episodes of the season.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Master of None 1.08
Old People
Dev and Arnold visit Arnold's grandfather. Dev and Rachel visit her grandmother. Arnold gets attached to his grandfather's robotic seal companion.
I liked this episode. It has a bittersweet quality to it. I seem to prefer the episodes where Dev is not the focus.
I'm still not a fan of Dev or Aziz Ansari's acting chops. He lacks subtlety which makes him feel like more of a caricature to me.
Dev and Arnold visit Arnold's grandfather. Dev and Rachel visit her grandmother. Arnold gets attached to his grandfather's robotic seal companion.
I liked this episode. It has a bittersweet quality to it. I seem to prefer the episodes where Dev is not the focus.
I'm still not a fan of Dev or Aziz Ansari's acting chops. He lacks subtlety which makes him feel like more of a caricature to me.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Casual 3.08
Venus
Alex has sex with Rae, his roommate. They were both drunk at the time and greatly regret it. He spends the rest of the episode avoiding her. He spends time at the office looking online for Val's other half-brother. Judy is there with her son. It's the weekend so no one else is there.
Val tries spending time with Jack, who is still detoxing which means no sex. They go to a museum but she keeps imaging they are making out. Eventually she can't take it anymore and tells him they should part ways, at least for now. The episode ends with her texting him. Trouble. I don't think this is going to end well.
Laura spends most of the episode at Casey's place. She obviously wants alone time with her but there's too many people hanging out at the house. She meets her competition: the boss' wife who is able to size Laura up pretty quickly.
A decent episode. It looks like something may be brewing between Alex and Judy. There's no sign of Leon or Leia but I'm sure that they will pop up again before the end of the season.
Alex has sex with Rae, his roommate. They were both drunk at the time and greatly regret it. He spends the rest of the episode avoiding her. He spends time at the office looking online for Val's other half-brother. Judy is there with her son. It's the weekend so no one else is there.
Val tries spending time with Jack, who is still detoxing which means no sex. They go to a museum but she keeps imaging they are making out. Eventually she can't take it anymore and tells him they should part ways, at least for now. The episode ends with her texting him. Trouble. I don't think this is going to end well.
Laura spends most of the episode at Casey's place. She obviously wants alone time with her but there's too many people hanging out at the house. She meets her competition: the boss' wife who is able to size Laura up pretty quickly.
A decent episode. It looks like something may be brewing between Alex and Judy. There's no sign of Leon or Leia but I'm sure that they will pop up again before the end of the season.
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