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shipperxMad Men Oddly paced episode. It almost played as two separate ones with the first half being Don in L.A. (and he's hitting on 18 year old's now? 18 was the drinking age then, right? He seriously hit on a teenager!) and the other half back in NYC with Lane Pryce. Poor Lane. It was basically as anyone would've guessed. His wife hated NYC and left him. Although, I'm sure receiving roses with "I'm sorry, Joan" did not help! Heh. Poor Lane. That secretarial mistake probably doomed him.
Then we got office drunkeness with Don and hookers! Lo how Don has fallen. Used to women regularly fell at his feet without effort. Now he's down to secretaries, teens, then hookers... $25 hookers. Ouch. And everyone else but Joan was mostly absent. And Joan not only didn't get her vacation but got patronized by Lane and can't get a straight-answer regarding deployment from her husband. Add in the original Mrs. Don Draper dying of cancer (that I totally guessed earlier than they told us) and it was not an upbeat episode, though in the first half with Don in L.A. he was looking better than he had been in a while. Then he discovered his not!wife was dying and he went all to hell.
True Blood: Okay, I don't know what it is about Jesus, but I just want to like him (can that be good? Liking can be dangerous since clearly Jesus is up to something) but I loved the Jesus/Lafayette chemistry. I realize that part of it is deliberate in that Eric/Talbot was supposed to be kind of fake as Eric was just plotting revenge, but there's a world of difference between the two slashy scenes and my preference is decidedly toward the emotional one with preferring Jesus/Lafayette. I'm intrigued by that storyline. In the other one... Oh Talbot. I'll miss you. You were amusing.
I have to admit that I really loved Jessica's scenes with Bill. Darnit, she needs him. He's the one who got her into this mess and he should help her.
What I didn't like was... damn it, Sookie! Really? All your convictions and all the warnings get tossed out and you're right back with Bill in less than 24 hours?! Tara's right. You're a country music song. I consider it totally in character for her as she's been shown on the show, but... sheesh!
On other fronts, 'aww' to Terry singing to 'his' baby and waking Arelene from her nightmare. And I think True Blood may present an opportunity to create a villain scale with Debbie Pelt being the most annoying, pointless, stupid, and ridiculous of villains and Russel being quite entertaining. Even Maryanne ranks somewhere in the middle between the two. Debbie is just UGH!
And I really wouldn't be against an Alicide/Tara/Sam triangle. (And I did appreciate her post traumatic stress as well as the ongoing fact that drinking vamp blood causes erotic dreams even for the terrified. Lafayette had something similar after Eric tortured him.
Then we got office drunkeness with Don and hookers! Lo how Don has fallen. Used to women regularly fell at his feet without effort. Now he's down to secretaries, teens, then hookers... $25 hookers. Ouch. And everyone else but Joan was mostly absent. And Joan not only didn't get her vacation but got patronized by Lane and can't get a straight-answer regarding deployment from her husband. Add in the original Mrs. Don Draper dying of cancer (that I totally guessed earlier than they told us) and it was not an upbeat episode, though in the first half with Don in L.A. he was looking better than he had been in a while. Then he discovered his not!wife was dying and he went all to hell.
True Blood: Okay, I don't know what it is about Jesus, but I just want to like him (can that be good? Liking can be dangerous since clearly Jesus is up to something) but I loved the Jesus/Lafayette chemistry. I realize that part of it is deliberate in that Eric/Talbot was supposed to be kind of fake as Eric was just plotting revenge, but there's a world of difference between the two slashy scenes and my preference is decidedly toward the emotional one with preferring Jesus/Lafayette. I'm intrigued by that storyline. In the other one... Oh Talbot. I'll miss you. You were amusing.
I have to admit that I really loved Jessica's scenes with Bill. Darnit, she needs him. He's the one who got her into this mess and he should help her.
What I didn't like was... damn it, Sookie! Really? All your convictions and all the warnings get tossed out and you're right back with Bill in less than 24 hours?! Tara's right. You're a country music song. I consider it totally in character for her as she's been shown on the show, but... sheesh!
On other fronts, 'aww' to Terry singing to 'his' baby and waking Arelene from her nightmare. And I think True Blood may present an opportunity to create a villain scale with Debbie Pelt being the most annoying, pointless, stupid, and ridiculous of villains and Russel being quite entertaining. Even Maryanne ranks somewhere in the middle between the two. Debbie is just UGH!
And I really wouldn't be against an Alicide/Tara/Sam triangle. (And I did appreciate her post traumatic stress as well as the ongoing fact that drinking vamp blood causes erotic dreams even for the terrified. Lafayette had something similar after Eric tortured him.
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Date: 2010-08-09 03:06 pm (UTC)On the plus side, I loved the Bill/Jessica stuff and thus was very disappointed that, having ascertained Sookie was okay, Bill didn't then rush off to help Jessica.
Not that she needed any help, but still....
:needs a Bill/Jessica icon:
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Date: 2010-08-09 03:08 pm (UTC)I'm not sure they're back together, I think maybe he was Mr. Right Now as she was wired up on V and adrenaline from the fight with Debbie.
Terry singing to 'his' baby and waking Arelene from her nightmare
Methinks the two nice guys on the show - Terry and Sam - are going to get kicked in the chops by the finale.
I really loved Jessica's scenes with Bill. Darnit, she needs him. He's the one who got her into this mess and he should help her.
Loved the scene with Hoyt driving by crying as Jessica is in the shubbery eating Don Swayze.
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Date: 2010-08-09 06:09 pm (UTC)I think Berkeley girl was probably a senior and 21 (which has long been the legal drinking age in this state). Doesn't make it any less gross. I loved the transition though: from Don making a completely inappropriate pass to having his world shattered just a bit more. They're throwing a lot at him this year and I think setting him up for some kind of gigantic shakeup. I don't know what form it will take (personal, professional, mental), but it's coming.