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stupidmop wrote:
I'm interested to see how they wrap stuff up in only two episodes, hopefully it doesn't feel too rushed. The first 3 episodes with their slow crawl and vaguely dream like quality are still the best for me, I could have watched an entire series of that.

Agree 100%. I watched the first 3 back-to-back-to-back and at the end was just like, holy shit

Also, I agree that the 'weaker' episodes will flow/stand up better in a binge rewatch.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:People saying this week's episode was the weakest so far demonstrates how great this has been. I thought it was an excellent hour of television.
I agree. The problem is they set the bar so high with the first four episodes. I'd say episode 6 was still better than the best episode of Season 2 of House of Cards.

I think this show works best when it dabbles in the psychology of the characters and lets the mood and setting take over. I know at some point you have to deal with the case/plot at hand, but I think the other stuff has fallen away too much and been replaced with standard cop show shtick. The fist fight was stupid. And Marty's new girl didn't really do much of other than say, "Fuck me in the ass." I would have rather of spent that time delving into Rust's state of mind.

Particularly disappointed they didn't do more with Rust's visions.

That being said, I still think the end could be something special.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:People saying this week's episode was the weakest so far demonstrates how great this has been. I thought it was an excellent hour of television.
Agreed.
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bond wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:People saying this week's episode was the weakest so far demonstrates how great this has been. I thought it was an excellent hour of television.
Agreed.
Yep.
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I loved this last episode. What father wouldn't want to go all Marty at the beginning of the episode. The fight between Marty and Rust was very well done. Rust and Tuttle's conversation was also great. I loved when he said "dead women and children" or whatever the line was to him. Very tense scene.
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I'm trying not to focus too much on what the characters are doing but more what the character says about us and what the writer is trying to convey regarding it.

I watched episodes 3,4, and 5 in one sitting. Now THAT was an experience.
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Of course it's too early to tell, but I think this show is the most potent, offbeat procedural in our popular culture since The X-Files & Twin Peaks.

I can't imagine another season ever topping this one though.
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Harry Lime wrote:Don't rule out Woody. They'll both be nominated in the same category and Woody seems to be giving the most range with his emotions. But something tells me those Emmy voters swoon over Spacey.
im pretty sure we already have 4 nominees

woody, matthew, spacey and steve buscemi

its the last season of boardwalk empire, no way he's stepping out

also the last season of mad men, the guy who plays Don Draper is fantastic

maybe the guy who plays Tyrion on GOT

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pnjguy wrote:I'm trying not to focus too much on what the characters are doing but more what the character says about us and what the writer is trying to convey regarding it.

I watched episodes 3,4, and 5 in one sitting. Now THAT was an experience.
i believe it.
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i could watch the 8 episodes in one sitting

with alcohol, maybe weed...a dark room

well that would be something
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psychobain wrote:i could watch the 8 episodes in one sitting

with alcohol, maybe weed...a dark room

well that would be something
you've already done it and will do it again
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I really liked the last one too. It's been a great watch and there's no reason to believe the last two won't live up to its predecessors. I'm particularly interested in the 2012 interaction between the two.
Didn't Helen Hunt win an Oscar & an Emmy in the same year? I can see McConaughey doing the same. But as you guys have said Woody's had the less flashy role but he's certainly held his own.
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I don't see the minister behind the chick Woody was banging unless he knew Woody was a fan of T Mobile and at some point would need a new phone. That would be some Bond villain level planning.
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bada wrote:I don't see the minister behind the chick Woody was banging unless he knew Woody was a fan of T Mobile and at some point would need a new phone. That would be some Bond villain level planning.
...well, he did vaguely resemble Karl Stromberg
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Assuming it doesn't completely come off the rails the next two weeks, I put this show in the category of Homicide and The Wire in the upper echelon of television dramas.
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@SkitchP wrote:Assuming it doesn't completely come off the rails the next two weeks, I put this show in the category of Homicide and The Wire in the upper echelon of television dramas.
Yup. Best show since The Wire.
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numbers wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:Assuming it doesn't completely come off the rails the next two weeks, I put this show in the category of Homicide and The Wire in the upper echelon of television dramas.
Yup. Best show since The Wire.

Im afraid Game of Thrones is going to feel cartoonish after watching this.
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@SkitchP wrote:
numbers wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:Assuming it doesn't completely come off the rails the next two weeks, I put this show in the category of Homicide and The Wire in the upper echelon of television dramas.
Yup. Best show since The Wire.

Im afraid Game of Thrones is going to feel cartoonish after watching this.
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Coach wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:
numbers wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:Assuming it doesn't completely come off the rails the next two weeks, I put this show in the category of Homicide and The Wire in the upper echelon of television dramas.
Yup. Best show since The Wire.

Im afraid Game of Thrones is going to feel cartoonish after watching this.
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