I'm pretty much on the Gunker schedule. Some oh his I can pass on. I've watched Lost 4 seasons and I really don't give a shit this season. A pox on all their houses.
Big Love and Weeds are both great. I love how both are completely different shows from when they started.
24, but I'm glad to see it coming to an end. The writing has gotten a tad sloppy.
Modern Family is fucking fantastic. I know the geeky dad is supposed to be the breakaway character, but I love the whole ensemble. I love my homos flaming and Cameron fits that bill. And Al Bundy's bride...daddy loves Latin cleavage.
Sons of Anarchy works for me. I love shows that start a storyline, but don't always give the storyline a payoff. Loose ends are never all tied up in real life. Plus there's a ton of undercurrent stuff that just smolders, then suddenly pops up to jab you in the stomach. Great acting, great writing.
I'm there for Justified. The Shield guy and the Girl Next Door (jondra?) guy are a great Cane and Abel combination. To have one of the two major characters take a gut shot in the first ep, well, it can only be a monkey driven rocket ride from there.
Plus there are some great docs on the "learning" type channels. Altho, I'm starting to get concerned that the History Channel is kind of turning into MTV? Remember when they used to show these things called "music videos"? And now they don't. HC seems to be going in the same direction. What does Ax Men have to do with history? Show me another fucking doc on how Washington and Jefferson buggered young apprentice Masons.
And Breaking Bad. Best show on tv. The characters are really out of the box. Cranston is the perfect combination of utter desperation, utter despair, but with a mix of certainty that this will all work out in the end. Somehow. But it won't. It just can't. I agree the brother in law will be the epicenter of how it all comes crashing down. But who knows? Walt just may pull it off. Haven't seen ep 3 yet, so I'm really hoping he doesn't actually get his head cracked with an ax handle.
I think the bigger question is does anyone go to the movies anymore? I think the last movie I saw was Book of Eli, mostly because a bunch of us went to it at the dollar theater. TV's where it's at right now. Really groundbreaking stuff (OK, I know there's more shit than good, but the good is really great), great writing, great characters, epic acting. And I can sit on my couch with my feet propped up, a frosty homebrew in one hand, my new Stewie pipe in the other. What's not to like?
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