TV Things

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1. I'm now all caught up with Breaking Bad. OMG SO GOOD EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH THIS SHOW. And conveniently (well, sort of...) AMC is rerunning the entire series every day until the season 5 premiere in July... granted, they're generally at 1AM-4AM-ish, so it helps to have a DVR or be on a vampire's sleep schedule, but you really should watch it. I'd say it's among the top five best shows ever. Definitely one of the best-acted, and it is by far and away the most gorgeous show on TV. Those desert vistas, man...

Talk to me, BB fans! I am now unspoilable!

P.S. Dear Jesse Pinkman, I have a blanket and a cup of tea waiting for you. Let's cuddle. Love, me.

2. Mad Men season finale? I am surprisingly meh. Granted this was much more of a denouement episode after the HUGE events of the last two weeks, but the only thing I was really thinking after the finale is that I would totally watch a spin-off of Don and Peggy MST3K-ing at the movies. Also LOL at the number of times Pete Campbell has been punched in the face this season.

3. Anyone watching Bunheads? Stupidest title ever, but it's a very Gilmore Girls-y show from Amy Sherman-Palladino, with Broadway star Sutton Foster (whom I saw in Thoroughly Modern Millie and thinks she's adorbs). I've only seen the pilot (it premiered last night, but it's been available online for a while now) and I'm still very undecided. The first episode is very heavy on setting up the premise, so I don't feel like I have a sense of what the actual show will be like.

4. New web series to check out: WIGS. It's an ongoing project that produces high quality webisodes and short films, all featuring female protagonists. I'm really enjoying "Jan," about a photographer's assistant who's trying to break into the business, and "Blue," which features Julia Stiles as a call girl who hides her job from her teenage son. There's also "Serena," a short film with Jennifer Garner, but I haven't watched that one yet.

5. Dammit! Yvonne Strahovski (formerly of Chuck) will be guest starring on Dexter next season. Now I'm gonna have to watch it. In other news, apparently the Deb/Dexter thing isn't going away. FML.

6. Burn Notice is back this week!

For the most part, though, the summer is pretty light on TV. I have a TON of shows still on the to-watch list, so I welcome suggestions as to which should be next.

Comments

[beer_good_foamy]

I would totally watch a spin-off of Don and Peggy MST3K-ing at the movies.

...I didn't know that this was missing from my life, and now I only know that I'll never have it. :(

But yes, Pete getting punched in the face makes anything better.

In other news, apparently the Deb/Dexter thing isn't going away.

And my resolve to drop the show just got an 84% boost. Man, the people behind the show really think this is a good idea, don't they?

[mikeda]

Fun little note on "Bunheads". According to today's "Ask Ausiello" column over at tvline.com, casting is taking place for a character who may be called Luke. And the audition scene is actually from "Gilmore Girls".

rot-13 spoiler

According to Ausiello, gur punenpgre vf gur oebgure bs gur yngr Uhooryy

(Haven't watched the show. Considering it. After all, ASP + Kelly Bishop...)

[goldenusagi]

"It's ironic that people are fine with Dexter jabbing people in the heart but mortified by this romance," says Buck.

THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE MORTIFIED. Geez. I have no problem with fictional incest. I have a problem with fictional incest that comes out of NOWHERE. This isn't Game of Thrones or even Six Feet Under.

I'm 99% sure I'm done with Dexter. Season 6 was so awful, and I watched it getting worse week by week, and I just don't have the energy for that anymore. I never seen a show implode as spectacularly as Dexter did. To go from something so amazing to--that. And while each season is more or less self contained and S7 would be totally separate from S6, I just cannot with the Dexter/Deb. It's completely ruined the big finding out moment for me. I think the writers have completely lost sight of things. I might catch up after everything is out on DVD, but I might not. But with the way things are now, I definitely want to know what I'm getting into before I watch. But cutting Dexter loose will be easy in one way. I'm not in fandom, I don't hang out where people talk about it, so I probably will have no idea what's going on, won't keep seeing things for the show even though I don't watch it, etc. And that's more than fine by me.

[chaila]

it is by far and away the most gorgeous show on TV

I see you Breaking Bad, and raise you Luther. :) But otherwise, I have NO IDEA how I'm going to watch Breaking Bad in real time when we have to wait an entire week between episodes. Sadly though, since I mainlined it I never really digested it or had thoughts about it, except OMG.

I want to watch Bunheads too, for I love Gilmore Girls. I heard it had really awful ratings though, so I might not get too attached. :(