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Yes. That's why I hate takes that are like, this whole show would not have happened in a country with universal healthcare. He would have just found another way to become a villain.
If you look up the Billy Bob Thonton interview with Q TV on YouTube, so many of the comments are "This is why no one watches AOL Blast" and "Would you ask Leo DeCaprio about Christmas's around the corner?" and I think that's beautiful.
Alt text because I've never seen that quote before and I love it: "We wanted every episode to be four things: funny, sad, strange and beautiful." -Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi
how to get out of the mirror universe
Jennifer Love Hewitt talked that AI to death like she was James T Kirk.
Between the space plot and the AI story I think this show is officially science fiction now.
I loved the show at the time, and I have the tattoo to prove it, and I still want nothing but the best for (most of) the cast, but so much of it in retrospect is...bad. Let it be done. Do something new. And cast Jewel Staite and Morena Baccarin in that new thing.
The best time for a new season of Firefly was 20 years ago. The second best time is never.
I love the show 9-1-1. It is so bonkers. And these characters are the dumbest smart people ever. "Gee, I'm having weird unexplained medical stuff. It probably doesn't have anything to do with the fact that I spent the first half of this season STRANDED IN SPACE!"
Me when Jason Mantzoukas wins the Taskmaster game that's all about breath control:
The cartoon Fangface has 10x as many fics on AO3 as Suburgatory!
A screenshot of Buffy looking sad after revealing she’d been pulled out of heaven in s6 with a tweet pasted on top that says “what a time to be alive (derogatory)”
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Starting a new feature on the website: Welcome to Last Week: www.welcometotelevision.net/welcome-to-l...
I feel like a hipster whenever a show that I already love starts streaming and everyone discovers it. I recognize that is bad though. So anyway, I look forward to everyone talking about how great Search Party is now that it's on Netflix.
Wrote a little update about THE PITT as it takes a longer view than a day, and as it becomes clear how badly Robby is actually doing.
Last night I tried to pick up a conversation Max and I had been having and when he was confused I realized it wasn't a conversation from that day, it was from months ago, but I had just heard it in the edit of our podcast I was doing.
We respectfully ask that you please refrain from revealing specific plot points in advance of the season’s debut to allow viewers the opportunity to experience storylines as they unfold, including but not limited to:
*that the main character is a vampire
*how he got his surfboard
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Ooh, an excuse to link to our Don't Trust The B zine. :)
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The second episode of our Studio 60 podcast is available now: www.welcometotelevision.net/sunset-strip...
A screenshot from the Graham Linehan Facebook page, dated January 26, 2017. "Here's something to watch for: sub-par entertainers/hacks etc smelling that sweet right wing sucker money and making their move."
Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
"Okay, that was an exaggeration," Nikos said, popping another grape into his mouth. "I have to marry you. It's a dad thing." "Dad, meaning Hades?" Phoebe said, feeling the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. "Yes." Nikos sighed sullenly. "My father thinks I'm irresponsible." "Imagine that," Phoebe muttered, eyeing the boozy feast. "He's ordered me to take a bride by my twenty-fifth birthday," Nikos continued. "If I don't, I'm banished."
Given the way Niko had been coded since they got to Hades, it definitely feels like he's proposing some form of lavender marriage here.
wood chair. er feet on Phoebe looked around. The room was filled with red velvet couches and chaises. Tables were laden with fruit, meats, cheeses and big decanters of wine.
Do not eat the food, Phoebe! I would think this would go without saying, but so far the sisters have showed very little knowledge of even basic Greek Mythology.
"No, no, and no!" Prue wailed. "Okay, I've seen Phoebe do this. Piper, help me out here." Prue held her trembling hands over the open Book of Shadows. Piper placed her hands next to hers. They'd both witnessed the moments when Phoebe had held her hands over the book and the pages had magically flipped to just the spell or potion she was looking for. Their hands trembled in the air. They stared at the book's yellowed pages. The pages seemed to stare back-that is, they sat there, not moving. "Concentrate," Prue ordered. "I am," Piper said through gritted teeth. She squeezed her eyes shut.
I really don't think that Phoebe is the only person the Book magically opens for. I could have checked, but I'm so sure that I won't.
A book open to Chapter Six
Chapter Six: Prue and Piper consult the Book of Shadows. Phoebe gets her Evil Makeover and a marriage proposal.
"Damn you! Damn you to earth," he bellowed.
Boo
A book open to Chapter Five
Chapter Five: Phoebe trades her necklace for a trip from Charon. She is almost kidnapped by a centaur. She finds Nikos, who is a Prince of Hades and wants Phoebe for his Princess.
They are doing the super annoying thing where they act like Hades=Hell.
One of my favorite shows is about the staff at a restaurant and every character is played by one guy in different wigs and I am SO INVESTED.
Happy 104th Birthday to the late great actress, Ms. Betty White! She was everyone’s favorite grandma on TV, she defended against racism on her own talk show, and she’s became the oldest person to host SNL. God bless her and may her rest in heaven. 🥹
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It's frustrating to me how many people I would otherwise believe are capable of critical analysis think that the new season of The Pitt is supporting AI as opposed to foreshadowing it causing a disaster later in the season.