Wednesday, May 28, 2014

The Wire S0E06 "Homecoming"

Why didn't they round everybody up like this in the first place? There were too many of them?

Cedric keeps drawing away from Stringer. What's going on there? Is Cedric dirty? Or is Stringer undercover? Or is Cedric just a stickler for the rules?

Stringer is sooooo unhappy that Avon is out. And worse, Avon is not listening to him.

Oh come on, McNulty. That woman made it pretty clear you were a one and done.

I should look up Avon/Stringer slash when all this is done.

Oooh, who is Stringer's inside political guy? Just that Senator or whoever?

It is nice to see Cutty doing something he's good at and seems to enjoy.

Does Avon know about the co-op?

I'm waiting for Carcetti to be a total asshole, but besides sleeping with that other woman, he seems okay. He's a political manipulator, but he seems like an okay guy.

I like this relationship between Ronnie and Cedric.

This is the most acting Bunk has done the whole series, I think, this monologue to Omar.

Kima is a smart cookie.

Okay, sure, I respect Cutty for owning up and getting out.


The Wire S03E05 "Straight and True"

"You equivocatin' like a muthafucker." Oh Bubs.

I should start a band called My Girl Kima.

It's nice to see the businessman drugdealer be a person of color (as opposed, say, to Heisenberg).

I like Colvin's bespectacled buddy there.

Colvin seems to be the only person who knows McNulty who actually likes him.

"Is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?" Hahaha.

Beating someone up like that seems exhausting.

Oooooh, Avon's out!!

Sometimes Herc seems like a parody of someone from The Shield.

There's a certain amount of humor to this ghettoization of drug turf. But it's messed up, too.

I don't understand how these things happen. One minute they're chatting, and the next they're in the bedroom taking their clothes off. What happens in between??

Idris Elba in a suit is the best thing everrrr.


The Wire S03E04 "Amsterdam"

When are they going to get around to making me care about Cutty?

When did Lester agree to start going after Stringer?

Ohhh now Jimmy's going to find out about Cedric and whatserface!


Sunday, May 25, 2014

The Wire S03E03 "Dead Soldiers"

"I think I might legalize drugs" I like Bunny.

They *literally* lay the body out at the bar??


Orphan Black S02E06

Sarah asking Helena about what the Proletheans did to her is the first time she has showed interest in Helena.

Really? You're just going to leave Helena in the car and tell her not to cause any troube? What's the chance of that working?

"You have very pretty eyes." "You have a nice hat." I LOLed.

I don't understand what Scott found. The stem cells they're using on Cosima are from one of the clones' daughters or nieces?

Allison is just befriending everyone from Sarah's life. (Everyone = Felix and Vic.)

Oh no. Is Siobhan going to kill the birds?

Hannibal S02E13

Interesting clock-ticking score this episode - in the teaser, in this scene with Bella.

And we're also back to the piano. No more of the Japanese percussion.

This episode is almost a little too stylized.

"They know" - same thing Hannibal said to Garret Jacob Hobbes.

Goddamn I enjoy watching Mads Mikkelson fight.

If Alana gets killed I'm going to be so pissed.

Alana with the gun reminds me of Clarie with the gun in Buffalo Bill's house.

(I figured Abigail was alive. No shock there.)

"You were supposed to leave." "We couldn't leave without you."

The police have now been called to this address twice. Where are they??

Well this is just a bloodbath.

Well. I guess we'll see what happens next season?

WHAAAAAAAAT??? Of all the things I didn't see coming...

Saturday, May 24, 2014

The X-Files S07E01 "The Sixth Extinction: Part 1"

Look at all those bugs. Quick! Call Bambi!

So is this a ten plagues thing? Locusts, boils, blood... They're out of order, though.

So Mulder became an alien because he looked at a pencil rubbing of that fragment? Why only him? Or was he an alien all along?

I'm waiting for a big expository monologue.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Law & Order: SVU S15E23: Spring Awakening

Donal Logue is always so eager to go undercover.

Well at least this German tourist got to see the famous NYPD in action.

Munch!!

So Munch can come back for Amaro, but Stabler can't come back for Bencon?

Ohhhhhh now I remember where Baby Boy Doe comes from.

Maybe Amaro's luck would change if he stopped being an idiot.

Benson was a lot more sympathetic when it was Mischa Barton in the same position as this girl.

I like that the hooker told Fin that Ellie was green-lit, so Fin explains to her what green-lit means.

A judge's hunch? Really? Hasn't Benson done the guardian thing before?

Monday, May 19, 2014

Game of Thrones S04E07

Is he killing those fools just for practice??

I would like to see a children's book called "Arya and the Hound." "And on their journey, Arya and the Hound came across a man dying next to his wheelbarrow."

I hope this isn't the last we see of Bronn :-/

Beefcake.

Does the Red Woman keep her Vagisil and her toothpaste on the same shelf?

Aw shit, people the Lord of Light needs usually end up dead. Stannis is not going to be happy about this.

"'No fire!' shouted the Hound, backing away from Arya."

It seems like the Hound's burn scarring has gotten less grotesque over time. Is that just my perception?

So is Littlefinger like the Snape of this series?

Everyone's headed to the Aerie, so clearly something disastrous is going to happen here.

I feel kind of bad for Lyssa. Her anxiety is so crippling. Get her some SSRIs and I'm sure she'd be perfectly nice.

Orphan Black S02E05

I do feel bad for Rachel. I feel like now there is no chance of Rachel and the other clones working together on the same side. But, she's not quite a villain, is she?

Why doesn't Gracie want to say what happened with Helena?

How did they find out about Cal? I guess Daniel must have mentioned it?

With the fishtank Helena reminds me of Delirium.

WAS HE SENT TO KILL FELIX??

Oh, he's just getting Felix's prints on the gun.

I'm so glad Leekie is explaining this. It's starting to make sense now.

This season feels like a lot of lead up to something.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Hannibal S02E12

What's this piano music?

Gillian Anderson is so hot. Such a babe. Wow.

That jello fish dinner looks gross.

I love when Hannibal talks about God.

Why is the score so different this episode?

Hannibal would be such a catch if he weren't a people-eater.

Why does Will save Hannibal? Because Michael Pitt is an unpredictable psycho, where as Hannibal is calculating?

What IS that stuff?? I can't really understand what Hannibal is saying. Is that the point?

I would like a chart of all of Will's dogs and their names.

Michael Pitt would make a good Joker.

Winston wasn't having any of that.

How did Michael Pitt make a "m" sound without any lips?

So Hannibal broke Michael Pitt's neck, and he didn't die, and Michael Pitt isn't giving him up. Huh?

I love Margot's make-up! And her outfit.

So...is this still a friendship? What Will and Hannibal have?


Saturday, May 17, 2014

The Wire S03E02: All Due Respect

Hahaha, the Poe/po' house.

Oh, Omar.

Good song! Woof.

Oh. I get it. Dog fights.

Why do they pour milk on the dog? (Was that milk?)

I like the way they filmed the dog fight. Graphic without being explicit.

 I hadn't felt compelled to watch The Wire, lately, but I've missed these characters.

Wait, how did those guys rig the dog fight?

Herc has a wife?

Ohhhh, they're going to feel sooooo dumb when they realize Cheese is talking about a dog. (But really, who says they "cap" a dog's "ass"?)

Bodie looks really goofy with his do rag straps hanging down like that.

Really, Rhonda?

The X-Files S06E21: Biogenesis

A department head should not call one of his colleagues an embarrassment, especially a possibly dead colleague, and ESPECIALLY if the department head is trying to frame the possibly dead colleague for murder.

Who is this Chuck guy? Have we seen him before?

HAHAHAHAHA. Mulder's gesture at 18:19 is precious.

I would be more interested in COSMOS if it were hosted by Dana Scully instead of Neil Degrasse Tyson.

Another season finale, another near-death experience for Mulder.

Krycek, you bastard.

HOW HAS NO ONE NOTICED THAT??

Friday, May 16, 2014

Person of Interest S03E18

I really like Shaw's makeup in this episode.

Shaw is such a badass.

I saw the romance angle coming, but I'm not sure if I like it.

Wouldn't stealing the letter be a good idea even if it weren't fraudulent?

Why did Omar go with them?

Wait, why did the guy shoot Lapointe?

Pretty unremarkable episode with a weak tie-in to the meta plot.

Old guy seems like he belongs on the Syndicate in the X-Files.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Law & Order: SVU S15E22: Thought Criminal

Amaro has SUCH a bad attitude.

Whoa, Donal Logue, commitment to the role.

This episode is kind of like a dramatization of something out of Laura Kipnis' "Bound and Gagged"

I don't think Benson crossed a line with her interrogation.

Is this case going to be the end of Donal Logue at SVU? Is he going to push too far for a victim that doesn't exist?

YAAAAAYYY!!!!!!!! Huang!!!!! This episode just got 1000x better.

Wait, what is the charge in this trial?

Okay, so what will happen in the last three hours to drive home some message?

Ohhh, is this a set up for the finale??

Even Stabler never hunted down a pedophile without provocation.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Law & Order: SVU S15E21: Reasonable Doubt

Amaro and Rollins are doing it!! (This has otherwise been a good, ol' formulaic L&O episode)

Why would she bring her daughter to the set??

Mavis totally isn't unconnected to all this, somehow.

Is "tread carefully" a legal term? Or just something that judges say a lot after "I'll allow it"?

"I meditate a lot" is your answer for why she lied to the cops?

Donal Logue with the real talk!!

Is this supposed to be a Woody Allen thing? Where's the open letter?

Why is he just blabbering on the stand? And what's with these looks Olivia is giving?

What's with all the real-life TV personalities on this one episode?

Yeah, Mavis should have testified in court, not on TV.

Wait, didn't the cops say they found hairs in the laundry room? Were those entered into evidence?

Hannibal S02E11

I would like them to introduce some new female characters, given that they axed Beverly and have reduced Alana to little more than a sex object. And Freddie might be dead too.

Flaming guy on a wheel chair - doesn't that happen to Philip Seymour Hoffman's character in one of the Hannibal movies?

So Freddie's dead, too. So the only ladies left are Alana and Anna Chlumsky, who we haven't seen since she shot and killed Chilton.

Oh right! Margot! They introduced Margot.

Hannibal seems so amused by this situation with Margot and Will.

I read somewhere that Michael Pitt in this is channeling Jerry Horne and it's SO TRUE.

Who is this kid he's messing with?

I need a "Have a chocolate" gif ASAP. Get on it, tumblr.

I'm not sure what I think about the direction the show is taking with Hannibal becoming Will's murder mentor.

Alana is jealous of Will's relationship with Hannibal.

I'm surprised Alana doesn't already have a gun.

Hannibal seems really impatient with Michael Pitt. What's his endgame?

More mentions of Hannibal's sister.

"Did you kill her?" Was Will asking about Abigail or about Hannibal's sister? Because it sounded like the latter, but Hannibal answered the former.

Since when is Alana profiling killers at crime scenes?

Jack listens to Alana/Will and Hannibal/Will make their IRL subtweets in their profiles and he's like "I can't even."

What's this weird shot-reverse-shot ting they're doing?

"You saw part of her." Are you serious right now, Hannibal?

How many appointments has Hannibal had this episode? And what's his rate? He's making bank. (Are Will's sessions pro bono?)

Who's that???

Margot's eyelashes are amazing.

Will is not going to be happy about this. (And obviously Margot is upset, too.)

Is Alana just projecting onto Jack now? What is this scene? Jack has been doing like nothing for the past few episodes.

Oh good! Freddie's alive!

How did Will convince Jack to go along with this?

Orphan Black S02E04

I'm not sure how I feel about Gracie, or how I'm supposed to feel about her.

Using the dead Dyad guy's phone is a bad idea. They can track it. Sarah should know better.

Helena's just playing possum, right? Right.

Hm. So what does Cal know about Dyad?

Ooohhhh Dyad guy is alive.

Ooohhh, was Mrs. S sleeping with this guy? Hot.

Nice to Mrs. S get busy. I guess.

Uh oh. Donny's bringing custody into this.

Who was in the closet???

Nice scene - Cosima's speculation over the home videos.

So was it Helena in the closet? How did she get there?

Whaaaaaaaat?

Monday, May 12, 2014

Game of Thrones S04E06

It's been a while since we had gratuitous naked ladies.

I feel like Yara and Stannis would get along well. (Both are first over the wall.)

Ramsay Snow might be #1 on my list of people I wouldn't want to bathe me.

I know some book readers were upset that we saw Theon being tortured before it should have been revealed. But I think we're not really seeing the full scope and ramifications until right now.

This scene with Daenarys and the goatherd reminds me of the scene from The Emperor's New Groove where the peasant asks Yzma for more food.

I like Oberyn Martell.

Two seasoned warriors counseling her that she's barely listening to.

This scene with Oberyn and Varys is good.

Interesting when the guy in the crowd calls Tyrion "Kingslayer" - he gets to be like his brother for once.

How do they find residue from a poison on a necklace? With a forensics lab?

It would be funny if "punished accordingly" meant that he had to pick up garbage or something and they weren't going to execute him after all.

Tyrion is so not going to ask for mercy.

OOoooh, now Tyrion is DEFINITELY not going to ask for mercy.

Tywin is so casual about sitting on the iron throne.

So is Shae just doing a "woman scorned" sort of thing? Or is she being manipulated somehow?

This speech is Peter Dinklage's run at an Emmy, eh?

These Tyrion/Tywin stares are intense!


So does Tyrion get a second in his trial by combat? Jaime? Bronn? Or will he forgo a second and fight himself?

Once Upon a Time S03E22: There's No Place Like Home

Season Finale! I hear there's a twist.

Ugh. Is the twist that Neal is coming back to life?

Oh I think there's one more episode after this.

Okay, who is this lady in the jail?

How did Red get her dress back on?

Rescuing that woman is obviously a bad idea and/or somehow significant. But WHO IS SHE?

Marion! Is it Maid Marion??

I don't remember where the dark fairy dust came from. Or what she eventually used it on.

Are they going to burn Snow White at the stake INSIDE?

"Yeah, that's her." Really? Charming can tell that the ladybug is Snow White? He met her like once.

I have enjoyed these two time travel episodes more than I enjoyed the entire past season.

If the mystery lady is Zelena in disguise I will be PISSED.

How did Regina know Snow was still alive?

Good thing Belle reminded us about this vault last episode!

They're being really careless with this lady. Obviously her family that thinks she's dead will be in Storybrooke.

That was a fun little romp.

Oh and this episode aired on Mother's Day, right?

Awww, the look on Rumplestiltskin's face when they revealed the baby's name. :)

Hooray for heterosexual couplings!

These vows are awfully long.

Yup. Totally Marion.

"I brought someone back from the past." Did she ever tell Regina she went to the past?

What is that?

OMG IT'S ELSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once Upon a Time S03E21: Snow Drifts

Haha, Emma accusing the Charmings of stalling for time in order to stall for time.

Regina's makeup in this scene with Robin Hood is like when she was younger. It's nice :)

When Belle finds out that Rumple lied she's going to be all like, "You lied to me!"

Hey! It's Ruby! We haven't seen her in forever.

And now Emma is going to change the past so that she's in it. Right?

But obviously Snow and Charming will get together otherwise Emma would, like, disappear.

Ooooh, is this the Orphan Black episode of Once Upon a Time?

Ha! Princess Leia! That's good.

None of these dresses are in the right style. They all look like 90s prom dresses.

Snow left her box at the foot of the wall.

Of course killing these guards makes no difference to anyone in the future, right?

Is this the first time we've really seen Emma's chest/cleavage?

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Bates Motel S02E10: The Immutable Truth

I like that the sheriff is so crooked. It makes everything more interesting.

Is Norman making a final bucket list?

Sigh. Why doesn't anyone ever listen to Sheriff Romero?

Jesus, Norma. Why you always crying? You're a strong woman. You can do shit.

Whaaaaaat? Mouth kissing?

If I were Norman I'd milk the hell out of this. "Pancakes every day, or I kill myself."

This Mother hallucination during the polygraph test is the best one yet.

Great final shot. (Mostly because it echoes the final shot of Psycho, but still.)

Once Upon a Time S03E20: Kansas

Fighting evil big-bads isn't what makes this show interesting. I hope they get that for next season.

Aww, Dorothy's hour didn't crush anyone.

Zelena is really dumb. Also, why hasn't anyone tried to just melt her with water?

Regina is the only good thing about this episode.

How did they know about the jewel?

Ugh, what are they going to do to get rid of Zelena? Because I don't want her anymore.

Oh good, Regina threatened to crush Zelena's heart. So she's not ALL good.

I don't think your crypt is so safe anymore, Regina. Everyone knows about it.

Awww, poor Hook.

What? Why did she turn to porcelain? Oh well. At least she's gone.

But seriously, Rumple? You lie to Belle and ask her to marry you?

Wait, so is this green fog Zelena? Is she still out there? Uggghhhhhh

Monday, May 5, 2014

Person of Interest S03E17

"I couldn't make you look bad if I tried." Hooray for Root/Shaw!

I'm surprised their phones don't get crushed more often.

That ketchup bottle cap is not on right.

What happened with that guy at the end of last episode?

Game of Thrones S04E05

"Long may he reign." Yeah. Right. Good luck with that.

Wait, Daario Naharis isn't Cal from Orphan Black, is he?

I'm kind of glad the freedom Daenarys has been leaving in her wake has been short-lived.

She has great eyebrows, though.

So Littlefinger has been orchestrating things from the beginning?

You would think Tywin would be cool with Cersei and Jaime getting together, what with his "We can only trust ourselves" thing.

Poor, poor Sansa.

Pod & Brienne is the new buddy pair, eh?

I like Oberyn's hips. That low-slung belt.

"Everywhere in the world they hurt little girls." Hm.

Hodor didn't want to kill anybody.

Come on, Jon Snow. Put an end to this cut-rate Peter Lorre impersonator with bad hair.

Orphan Black S02E03

OMG. She's peeing in a field. I love this show.

This store clerk is adorable.

Another clone!

(I love Cosima's eyeliner.)

I am once again surprised that Brian K Vaughan isn't involved with this show.

I love the way Sarah talks to Kira. She's just straight with her.

I like his beard too, Kira.

Awwww, poor Felix! But I like this interaction between him and Srah.

Is Cosima going to autopsy her own clone?? How eerie!!

Didn't Delphine kiss Leekie at some point? Did they just abandon that storyline? Or did I imagine that?

Ah. So Alison thinks Angie is another monitor.

Angie is not very good at playing soccer mom.

Wait, what happened to Paul?

Ohhhhh Alison, do not self-medicate before opening night.

Is Kira going to get snatched? Because MAN

Aww, I liked that sheriff guy.

You're going to make your captive drive? That seems unwise.

Oh good, we don't have to wait until next episode to see what the plan is for Helena. (I hope it's not rape...)

Oh. Forced marriage. Poor Helena.

Grace don't like it.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Hannibal S02E10

I hope they get around to addressing the Chilton murder soon...

And how are they going to explain this to Jack?

Oooohhh look how Hannibal gently dresses Will's wounds.

Gross.

So Hannibal and Will are in cahoots now? How are they going to play this

That's the best "This is my design" of  the series yet.

Will looks great in a scarf.

Oh my god, Freddi's cheekbones.

Is that Michael Pitt? It is!

Well that was an elaborate threat.

Weird little scene with the theremin, there.

I don't remember who shot Will. Jack?

Well this is an interesting sex scene. All kinds of interesting. (A gift from the slash gods? Among other things...)

I am again blown away that this is network television.

Why does Freddi suddenly believe Will about Hannibal?

I've never heard lesbianism referred to as "button-stitching"

Wasn't Hannibal's sister the rot of all his issues? Something in the Holocaust, maybe?

I love hearing Hannibal talk about lambs.

Is all this talk of boundaries some sort of sexual negotiation?

"We know where we are with each other" Uh huh.

That's all we needed to see? Hannibal wearing his clear suit in Freddi's room? (With a stag painting over the bed, no less)

I love this show. I love watching this show.

Surely Will would know better than to hold onto the skeleton suit. (I guess not.)

So in this season Will turns into the killer people were convinced he was by the end of last season?

Whaaaaat is happening?

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

"We'll make it together" is a great line. "You slice the ginger" is even better. But is that really Freddi??

This is the strangest dinner date ever.

Nice overlay of their faces at the end there.

I have no idea where this is going, but I anticipate it very much.

Law & Order: SVU S15E20: Post-Mortem Blues

The problem with this season of SVU is that it doesn't lend itself very well to random reruns, which is the bread & butter of Law & Order

Elliot REALLY should show up after this.

A) Way to not mention that you totally LOST Benson because you weren't paying attention, and B) I don't think your assumptions are admissable

What is the point of questioning this forewoman? Is this allowed? And did no one mention she helped Lewis escape?

Like, it's unbelievable to me that after all those years together Stabler doesn't even visit Benson.

Retirement paperwork???

Yeah Murphy!!

Unless this means that Murphy is going to have to leave being Captain? Because I like him being Captain so Olivia doesn't have to be.

Oh good, Murphy in charge. I like this development. I didn't want Liv to stay Captain.

Bates Motel S02E09: The Box

The box has air holes, so I wouldn't be too worried.

You think doing what Nick Ford says is going to end it?

Where's Emma's boyfriend been? Did they split after that thing at the river?

I mean, geez, if Bradley could kill that other guy, surely Dylan can kill Nick Ford.

Yup.

Oooooh, NOW we're seeing what's going on.