season 6 had Frankie. That was a plus. Both 5 and 6 still had Darmon disappearing up his own butt a bit too often. I also wasn't a fan of the recurring shitting on season 4.
You dare besmirch Keith David by omitting him? The cheek on you. The cheek.
Also shit on Season 4 always it was a very unfunny and bland season.
For me personally the first 2 seasons were at the time the most enjoyable TV airing, but I feel the lionisation comes mostly from Harmon's weird cult of personality. That amplified the worst parts of the fandom that alot of shows have.
Thinking about Community brings up all these other associations, now. I'm not sure it's a show I'll ever revisit, even though I liked it a bunch as it aired
Part of the problem for me is that it's very hard to separate the show from what you know a
community was the show with the paintball episodes that everyone told me i'd totally like and i watched one and it was the worst
that is the sum total of my community opinions.
i really, really like rick and morty though, but that's gotta be mostly roiland right? that shit is straight up house of cosbys 2.
From what I've heard Harmon's Rick and Morty contributions are stuff like the Beth and Jerry plots, which are almost always the least interesting parts of whatever episodes they're in, so
Parks and Rec seasons 2 and 3 and Community seasons 1 and 2, which were both airing at the same time, are up there as some of my favourite sitcom seasons of all time, alongside peak Simpsons, Seinfeld, Arrested Development and Sunny.
Really close with Scrubs but Scrubs had that terrible season 7.
Of course Parks had a terrible season 1
Yes but it is better to improve than to fall into a mess.
And I really think scrubs just span it's wheels during seasons four to six before just taking a huge nosedive with seven.
Season 8 of Scrubs introduced the world to Eliza Coupe and Taran Killam, so the latter seasons weren't a total waste
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Thinking about it more, scrubs and how I met your mother both suffered by lead single guy syndrome, where nothing interesting ever ends up happening to the character as they need to date people and pointlessly sabotage their own relationships.
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I am continuing to enjoy Houdini & Doyle. The characters have good chemistry. Houdini keeps making bets with Doyle about the cases and admits when he's wrong and just pays up. Nicely refreshing that.
It's about ten years too early for there to be a woman police constable, but Doyle is having to deal with his wife slowly dying from tuberculosis, which is accurate.
I loved and still love community. Season 4 was the weakest but I still enjoyed it. Haven't seen the new Yahoo season but I like it overall. It has some good episodes and some amazing episodes. Parks and Rec is still the best ever though.
And Scrubs...scrubs has a special place in my heart. I adore all 8 seasons of that show but I know its flawed.
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Noah Hawley, the showrunner and sole writer of most episodes of all 3 seasons of Fargo, has a new novel out this week, "Before The Fall"
On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs-the painter-and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.
With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members--including a Wall Street titan and his wife, a Texan-born party boy just in from London, a young woman questioning her path in life, and a career pilot--the mystery surrounding the tragedy heightens. As the passengers' intrigues unravel, odd coincidences point to a conspiracy. Was it merely by dumb chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something far more sinister at work? Events soon threaten to spiral out of control in an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations. And while Scott struggles to cope with fame that borders on notoriety, the authorities scramble to salvage the truth from the wreckage.
Amid pulse-quickening suspense, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.
Noah Hawley, the showrunner and sole writer writer of most episodes of all 3 seasons of Fargo, has a new novel out this week, "Before The Fall"
On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs-the painter-and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.
With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members--including a Wall Street titan and his wife, a Texan-born party boy just in from London, a young woman questioning her path in life, and a career pilot--the mystery surrounding the tragedy heightens. As the passengers' intrigues unravel, odd coincidences point to a conspiracy. Was it merely by dumb chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something far more sinister at work? Events soon threaten to spiral out of control in an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations. And while Scott struggles to cope with fame that borders on notoriety, the authorities scramble to salvage the truth from the wreckage.
Amid pulse-quickening suspense, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.
yeah that book is probably pretty good
This sounds very good and I've already pre-ordered it, but the description is weirdly reminiscent of this obscure book I loved in high school, Blackbox: A Novel in 840 Chapters.
The similarities are purely superficial, I reckon, but it's always funny when a thing I love now (the writing of Noah Hawley) reminds me of a thing I loved a decade ago (this book nobody's ever even heard of)
Houdini pays up? Does that mean there is supernatural stuff in this series?
If I remember correctly, in real life Houdini was a huge skeptic, while Doyle was super into the supernatural.
Sometimes they are able to debunk the supernatural element of the crime with science. Other times they solve the murder but are completely unable to explain the weird part of it.
For example,
This guy is thrown from a window at night to his death by a thing in all black that is hanging on the side of the building and leaps across roof tops. Later another person gets attacked and a third dies trying to flee. The guys track down this reporter who admits to trying to scare people into thinking Springheel Jack is real to sell papers so he could be a famous reporter and says no one was supposed to die. When asked about the first murder he's like, what the fuck you talking about, I don't know a thing about that.
It stays true to Houdini being the skeptic and Doyle going to fortune tellers and such. Also it deals pretty heavily into their lives at the time with Doyle dealing with his dying wife and Houdini being in pretty constant pain due to all the injuries he's suffered in his performances.
Like I said before, the only real historical in accuracy is there being a female Scotland yard constable about 18 years too early. She basically gets stuck supervising the two because Houdini knows people and the inspector wants them off his back.
As for the bets,
in the recent episode Houdini bets Doyle that a livery owner is the murderer, then Houdini discovers himself that the guy could not have been the murder and when filling in Doyle, just casually admits he was wrong and hands over the money. For some reason that is nice and refreshing to me.
I loved and still love community. Season 4 was the weakest but I still enjoyed it. Haven't seen the new Yahoo season but I like it overall. It has some good episodes and some amazing episodes. Parks and Rec is still the best ever though.
And Scrubs...scrubs has a special place in my heart. I adore all 8 seasons of that show but I know its flawed.
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You dare besmirch Keith David by omitting him? The cheek on you. The cheek.
Also shit on Season 4 always it was a very unfunny and bland season.
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There have been way better sitcoms though, I've never understood it's lionization
It wasn't even the best sitcom on TV when it was airing
that is the sum total of my community opinions.
i really, really like rick and morty though, but that's gotta be mostly roiland right? that shit is straight up house of cosbys 2.
I'm so torn on hating the cult and wanting to see the best for some of the characters.
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Part of the problem for me is that it's very hard to separate the show from what you know a
It wasn't even the best sitcom airing on its network on the night that it aired
Though I'm sure there's a fight as to which show was better (it's not 30 Rock tho)
It certainly helps that it doesn't have so much baggage attached to it like Community, The Show Cancelled After Every Season
Really close with Scrubs but Scrubs had that terrible season 7.
Of course Parks had a terrible season 1
it's a remarkably abrupt transition
Yes but it is better to improve than to fall into a mess.
And I really think scrubs just span it's wheels during seasons four to six before just taking a huge nosedive with seven.
Satans..... hints.....
From what I've heard Harmon's Rick and Morty contributions are stuff like the Beth and Jerry plots, which are almost always the least interesting parts of whatever episodes they're in, so
Season 8 of Scrubs introduced the world to Eliza Coupe and Taran Killam, so the latter seasons weren't a total waste
Satans..... hints.....
Getting into anything episodic would be a hard ask for me now
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It's about ten years too early for there to be a woman police constable, but Doyle is having to deal with his wife slowly dying from tuberculosis, which is accurate.
If I remember correctly, in real life Houdini was a huge skeptic, while Doyle was super into the supernatural.
And Scrubs...scrubs has a special place in my heart. I adore all 8 seasons of that show but I know its flawed.
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yeah that book is probably pretty good
This sounds very good and I've already pre-ordered it, but the description is weirdly reminiscent of this obscure book I loved in high school, Blackbox: A Novel in 840 Chapters.
An old, old, old review of it here: http://www.avclub.com/review/nick-walker-iblackbox-a-novel-in-840-chaptersi-5441
The similarities are purely superficial, I reckon, but it's always funny when a thing I love now (the writing of Noah Hawley) reminds me of a thing I loved a decade ago (this book nobody's ever even heard of)
I linda hope Fox is like "Chris thats a great script we're gonna put it on the fridge where everyone can see it" and hires a good show runner.
We can dream away that bullshit last episode pretty easy so I have hopes for a new season if Carter stays away
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Sometimes they are able to debunk the supernatural element of the crime with science. Other times they solve the murder but are completely unable to explain the weird part of it.
For example,
It stays true to Houdini being the skeptic and Doyle going to fortune tellers and such. Also it deals pretty heavily into their lives at the time with Doyle dealing with his dying wife and Houdini being in pretty constant pain due to all the injuries he's suffered in his performances.
Like I said before, the only real historical in accuracy is there being a female Scotland yard constable about 18 years too early. She basically gets stuck supervising the two because Houdini knows people and the inspector wants them off his back.
As for the bets,
That's Kent, Sue, and most of all, Richard Splett
Also there are very few things I enjoy more than watching Dan Egan get humiliated
I'm so used to everyone on the cast being constantly humiliated that I was as surprised as Dan when Jonah complimented him.
His "go fuck yourself" in response was almost affectionate.