The Cathode Ray Mission: The Misc. Television Thread

[sbessiso]

Thanks to a one ms. kylie I have finally watched True Blood, and boy is it good! I totally get why this show is so popular

[cutterbutter]

The pilot episode for The Newsroom is great. Besides a couple obligatory "America Fuck Yeah"s, its already a show I'm wanting the next episode of to be here. The writing is superb as expected from Sorkin and moves quickly on a subject that could really drag if not handled correctly. And a surprising amount of quippy humor.

HBO has made the 75 minute Pilot available on YouTube. The embed is disable because you have to be logged in due to age restrictions.

[LickTheLizzard]

I liked it.

[cutterbutter]

I got my wisdom teeth out and am doped up on painkillers for the next couple days. Please recommend me a tv show I can start watching that will fit well with these circumstances.

Netflix instant or being able to start a hulu+ trial for is preferred. Thanks.

[SoulDischarge]

I just finished Twin Peaks . . . but I feel like you've already seen that. Eerie, Indiana?

[buddy]

maybe for some laughs, if you like louie, maybe try out peep show or black books on netflix instant.

[cutterbutter]

I just finished Twin Peaks . . . but I feel like you've already seen that. Eerie, Indiana?

I've only seen season 1 of Twin Peaks and didn't feel inclined to finish it off too much. Worth the time? I just got a huge feeling that it wasnt going to bring much satisfaction.

maybe for some laughs, if you like louie, maybe try out peep show or black books on netflix instant.

Never heard of Black Books. Thanks for the rec. Seems like my kind of thing.

[SoulDischarge]

The first 7 or so episodes of season 2 and the final maybe 3 are worth watching. All the Laura Palmer stuff. And the last episode has the crazy Black Lodge sequence that makes the awfulness of the middle episodes worth enduring.

[Miroir Noir]

If you missed the pilot of The Newsroom, you'll be able to catch up pretty quickly, as Sorkin is recycling all of his old material.

[lehorne]

Friends’ ex-coworker’s son is on that new show The Glass House, so have seen both episodes in support of her boy Jeffrey. The show is one of those team based, voting challenge deals, but I like it more because the particular team members intertwine changing teams week-to-week and the public votes on who stays or goes. It’s trashy fun and Jeffrey has a chance to go far with his good natured likeability and timely humor (I don’t think the show has indicated it, but he does standup in NYC. Insider scoop.)

[chairmenmeow47]

i'm just getting into six feet under. i think i just watch to see how people will die at the beginning. and the hot lead guy.

[SoulDischarge]

You're in for a long, bumpy ride. Stick with it though. The ending is the only thing to make me cry in the past 10 years, including the death of my dad. So.

[locachica73]

I am almost done with the first season of Mad Men, I am loving this show. I am also through season 5 of Dexter and now I have to wait for season 6 to be released on DVD. What would you all recommend next? I was thinking Breaking Bad but the idea of a show based on meth kinda grosses me out. Is it really that good? Is there anything else I should watch?

[nathanfairchild]

You're in for a long, bumpy ride. Stick with it though. The ending is the only thing to make me cry in the past 10 years, including the death of my dad. So.

No matter when I see the ending I always get choked up. Still my favorite show of all time.

[Down Rodeo]

Who else is psyched for the season 3 premiere of Louie tonight?

[Mugwog]

Just finished the first season of "Heroes", can't believe it was 25 fucking episodes. For one season, damn. The second season is definitely not holding on as strong.

[locachica73]

I loved the first season, and even made it through the second but not as quickly. After that it lost me though. I usually refuse to quit books or tv shows until the bitter end but I never did go back and finish that one.

[guedita]

Seriously, you jerks don't know what you're missing out on with Push Girls.

[locachica73]

I think I get that channel, I will check it out. With most of the shows on hold right now I just don't have enough tv to entertain my brain. You can only watch so much diners, drive ins and dives.

[amyzzz]

I think there was a writer's strike right smack in the middle of either the 2nd or 3rd season of Heroes, so the story is all messed up. Or the season was shorter.

[HunterGather]

Who else is psyched for the season 3 premiere of Louie tonight?

Ya rly! I caught up with the first 2 seasons a few months ago. Great show

[RageAgainstTheAoki]

You're in for a long, bumpy ride. Stick with it though. The ending is the only thing to make me cry in the past 10 years, including the death of my dad. So.

I'm always amazed at how many people I know loved that ending. I found it unbearably cheesy. Maybe it was the makeup.

[JustSteve]

Just finished the first season of "Heroes", can't believe it was 25 fucking episodes. For one season, damn. The second season is definitely not holding on as strong.

i would say stop after season one and be happy with what you got. we lost interest so quickly with season 2, regularly forgetting it was even on.

[JustSteve]

Eerie, Indiana?

hell yeah, one of my favorite shows as a kid!

[SoulDischarge]

I'm always amazed at how many people I know loved that ending. I found it unbearably cheesy. Maybe it was the makeup.

It hit me at the right time I guess. Was going through some shit and just seeing the eventual ends of these characters who I devoted so much time to getting wrapped up in their lives was a punch in the gut.

[RageAgainstTheAoki]

Oh I get it. You're talking to a guy who cried at the end of Gremlins. Well, I was 6 at the time, but still..

I found that show pretty involving, too, but the ending kinda made me cringe. Though, to be fair, I watched the finale separately from the rest of the season. My DVR didn't record the finale and I think I ended up seeing it two years after watching every single other ep.

[SoulDischarge]

Gremlins is fucking traumatic though. I don't know if the ending holds up. I just know it got me all emotional the one time I saw it. I'm amazed I still cared at that point. There are some reeeeaaallllly rough patches over the course of that thing.

[Mugwog]

i would say stop after season one and be happy with what you got. we lost interest so quickly with season 2, regularly forgetting it was even on.

Yeah this whole Grandparents story line is pretty stupid.

On to Six Feet Under or whatever else is on Netflix.

[cutterbutter]

Six Feet Under is my favorite anything that ever was. I wish I could watch it again for the first time.

[nathanfairchild]

^ I rewatched it last summer. It had been like 5 years since i last watched it and i forgot about so many little details that it felt like a completely new experience. I was doing some classes during the summer session and I spent two weeks watching all of it over again.