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Entourage, Dexter, True Blood
Entourage 5.6: This wasn't my favourite episode of the season. The E/Vince plot dragged. The Ari plot was tepid, until that golden last act. The Drama/Turtle plot was aces. Vince has never been my favourite character and even the effort to reinject some struggle into his arc isn't making him come to life this year. There's just something limp about his response to the meltdown of his career in the wake of Medillocalypse. Eric at least is showing a genuine desire to turn things around, taking on new clients and fighting for them and Vince. He'd do well to stop taking Ari's advice though.
Ari. Oh Ari. This ep really showed you as a petty bully in a town full of bullies, some of them bigger and badder than you. Loved seeing Ari close to showing his belly during the golf game. Love that he didn't make that last hole. Ari doesn't get to be the hero. As much as his very real love for Vince makes him want to be the hero, he simply can't. I love that the show gets that. That there's always something craven about Ari, even while he's brazening his way past Hollywood deal makers.
The high point of this ep though, was Turtle quitting on that cereal-throwing princess Drama. Turtle should show backbone more often.
Last week's ep though, is one I'll be coming back to. Not just for the hijinks, (and they were high quality hijinks indeed) but also because of E's silence, which is a really interesting character moment. Both for E and the rest of the gang. His silence seems to me to be a choice, a coping mechanism. Like Ari, E doesn't like to be out of control and retreating into silence allows him to trip out without exposing himself to the rest of them. What's interesting is how much addled distress his silence inspires in the rest of the group, particularly Vince. E is the brains of the operation and they all depend on him. And as Vince so aptly puts it "E makes Vince good." E makes all of them good. Maybe they're scared of who they'd be (revert to) in the absence of him?
Dexter 3.3: I'm loving Jimmy Smitts' presence on the show. It almost makes up for the loss of Doakes.
True Blood: The first episode of this show was such a mess, wasn't it? I was ready to right it off but since I get it On Demand and had some time to kill, I spreed through the next three eps. My god does it ever improve! By 1.5 I'm hooked on the lolarity of Jason Stackhouse, the unadulterated awesome of Tara and Lafayette and marginally intrigued by the mystery killer. I'm still not quite sold on Anna Paquin as a poor Southern belle, and am weirdly kind of indifferent to most of the vampire characters, but there's enough there to keep me watching.
I know there are a bunch of you reading the books - anyone else watching the show?
Ari. Oh Ari. This ep really showed you as a petty bully in a town full of bullies, some of them bigger and badder than you. Loved seeing Ari close to showing his belly during the golf game. Love that he didn't make that last hole. Ari doesn't get to be the hero. As much as his very real love for Vince makes him want to be the hero, he simply can't. I love that the show gets that. That there's always something craven about Ari, even while he's brazening his way past Hollywood deal makers.
The high point of this ep though, was Turtle quitting on that cereal-throwing princess Drama. Turtle should show backbone more often.
Last week's ep though, is one I'll be coming back to. Not just for the hijinks, (and they were high quality hijinks indeed) but also because of E's silence, which is a really interesting character moment. Both for E and the rest of the gang. His silence seems to me to be a choice, a coping mechanism. Like Ari, E doesn't like to be out of control and retreating into silence allows him to trip out without exposing himself to the rest of them. What's interesting is how much addled distress his silence inspires in the rest of the group, particularly Vince. E is the brains of the operation and they all depend on him. And as Vince so aptly puts it "E makes Vince good." E makes all of them good. Maybe they're scared of who they'd be (revert to) in the absence of him?
Dexter 3.3: I'm loving Jimmy Smitts' presence on the show. It almost makes up for the loss of Doakes.
True Blood: The first episode of this show was such a mess, wasn't it? I was ready to right it off but since I get it On Demand and had some time to kill, I spreed through the next three eps. My god does it ever improve! By 1.5 I'm hooked on the lolarity of Jason Stackhouse, the unadulterated awesome of Tara and Lafayette and marginally intrigued by the mystery killer. I'm still not quite sold on Anna Paquin as a poor Southern belle, and am weirdly kind of indifferent to most of the vampire characters, but there's enough there to keep me watching.
I know there are a bunch of you reading the books - anyone else watching the show?
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And I'm watching True Blood, too! (If you somehow have time/interest, read the books. The contrast to the show is very interesting.)
I'm thinking the show should/could be structured a little bit different for better impact but still (even though I know what most likely happens) I'm at the edge of my seat. Which is good.:d
The vampire thing should start working with more Eric the Viking and Pam. :D (Maybe, kinda.)
Hey, what's your opinion about Sam? I find myself too tied to the books to tell if I'm seeing what what I want to see or what's really there.
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I might have a chance to read the books in the summer. *g* Until them I'm reading a 400 page novel, a play and roughly 600 pages of scholarship a week. Wah. I've been meaning to read more mysteries.
Sam. I'm watching the show with my BFF and we wikied him. He's supposed to be a shifter? Or did I get mixed up? We're undecided. At first we thought he was the dog that's always following Sookie. Then when he rolled around in the dead girl's sheets, we got a little creeped out. Not to the point of thinking he's the killer, but whoa, a little weird.
I do like Bill and Sookie/Bill, but I can't help but feel it will all end in tears. It's too sweet to be true.
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(The good news about Southern Vampires is that they're easy reading and quite fast paced. And I have them as html files if interested? /done pimping)
Yes, Sam's a shifter. I'm pretty sure he is the dog following her. The sheet thing was kinda wtf but I'm assuming that he just tried to get the scent or something.
What I really find creepy is the whole boss thing. And the following around without her knowing it's him.
It comes across way more inappropriate than in the books. Which may actually be interesting if done right?
Damn, can't say anything without spoiling. Bah.
It's too sweet to be true.
It's her first love. The first man *ever*. Manpire, whatever.:D
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Yeah, Bill/Sookie is very first love. She's so sure of her feelings, of his, of the rightness of their developing relationship. You just know it can't last.
Sam does seem incredibly inappropriate. The whole Bill/Sookie/Sam triangle makes me uncomfortable - daddy issues, much? If he is the dog following her then it gets even more inappropriate. The dog has been privy to some very private moments. I'm definitely interested to see how this all shakes out.
The Sam/Tara relationship has some inappropriateness to it as well, but I find myself bothered less. I don't know if it's because of Tara's brashness, or Sam's obvious vulnerability. Something to think about.
And I have them as html files if interested? /done pimping
*is interested*
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You're such a liar, I know you're thinking about it right now.:D
She's so sure of her feelings, of his, of the rightness of their developing relationship.
Yes, and it's so fantastic to watch/read after all those other vampire shows/books/movies. I was raised with Anne Rice (shut up, I was young!), Buffy & Angel, and every damn vampire movie ever made. The contrast to the most popular ones alone is *so* cool.
The Sam/Tara relationship has some inappropriateness to it as well, but I find myself bothered less. I don't know if it's because of Tara's brashness, or Sam's obvious vulnerability. Something to think about.
Sam really does not seem to get laid all that often on his own.:d And! Did he sleep with Dawn too? I mean, the rolling in her sheets was kinda...over the top for an employer?
All 8 books:
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